And thanks to Ergen's legendary deal-making savvy, EchoStar's finances are in better shape than they look.
They sold satellite dishes door-to-door in Colorado in the 1980s, building a satellite company called EchoStar.
EchoStar also delivers satellite services through 10 owned and leased in-orbit satellites and related FCC licenses.
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Good call: Jilted by satellite TV broadcaster EchoStar, invested in Primestar despite regulatory hurdles.
Comcast takes advantage of the loophole to keep games in Philadelphia away from DirecTV and EchoStar.
Arguably EchoStar has made this type of legal strategy part of its business model.
Today EchoStar and 942 cable operators, mostly in rural and suburban markets, carry the network.
April 13, 2006 - Jury votes in favor of TiVo in the EchoStar case.
DirecTV added a net 484, 000 subscribers in its third quarter, and EchoStar added about 350, 000.
For now, EchoStar and its multibillionaire Chief Executive Charlie Ergen have control of the remote.
Thus, EchoStar is trying to do yet another deal to save the last deal.
EchoStar has reportedly agreed to transfer dozens of communications frequencies and three satellites to Cablevision.
Whether the EchoStar deal sticks depends entirely upon regulatory approval for its Hughes merger.
If regulators nix the EchoStar bid, then DirecTV presumably could fall back into Murdoch's lap.
Bronfman claims that Messier told him to study the advisability of investing in EchoStar, a satellite-TV service.
DirecTV and EchoStar have repeatedly asked the Federal Communications Commission to close the loophole, with no luck.
EchoStar and Hughes are expected to define ways for new entrants to enter the satellite TV market.
During this entire time, EchoStar has continued to market and use its infringing devices to its immense profit.
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But the broadcasters accuse EchoStar of selling distant signals to customers even if they can receive local stations.
Mr Murdoch ended up by selling to Charlie Ergen, for which he got 37% of Mr Ergen's Echostar.
Other familiar names of issuers include Jaden Corp, Echostar (NASDAQ: SATS), and L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL).
Cable companies presently control more than 80% of the U.S. pay television market, according to Hughes and EchoStar.
Cablevision (nyse: CVC - news - people ), Cox Communications and EchoStar are all approved bidders.
Indeed, SG Cowen's Watts expects 2003 to be EchoStar's first fully profitable year.
She didn't want to be distracted by news of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and EchoStar fighting over her company.
EchoStar is working to undermine the role of the courts in enforcing the intellectual property rights that facilitate innovation.
The jury also found that EchoStar had acted willfully in infringing the patent.
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Pitching itself as the channel dedicated to "living well, naturally, " Veria debuted on EchoStar Communications' Dish Network in October.
EchoStar Soars Toward Profitability 03.04.03 Despite a big loss, the satellite firm is growing faster than DirecTV and headed into the black.
This could mean that EchoStar is the better satellite TV operator and it could do better still with more.
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