Dish Defaults on Payments to Crown Castle Following Spectrum Rights Sale

Crown Castle exercised its right to terminate the agreement and recover in excess of $3.5 billion in remaining payments owed. The Houston-based communications company said it doesn't expect the ...
CNBC

EchoStar's Dish sale marks disappointing end to Charlie Ergen's 'Seinfeld' strategy

EchoStar agreed to sell pay-TV provider Dish Network to DirecTV Monday for $1 in equity and $9.75 billion in associated debt. The transaction, if approved by regulators, ends Dish's decade-long quest ...
Variety

Dish’s Debt-Exchange Sale to DirecTV Is ‘Tantamount to a Default,’ Credit-Rating Agency Says

EchoStar‘s proposed deal to sell Dish Network to DirecTV — for $1 cash and the assumption of $9.75 billion in debt — is akin to Dish defaulting on its debt securities, according to credit-rating ...
NBC Los Angeles

EchoStar's Dish sale marks disappointing end to Charlie Ergen's ‘Seinfeld' strategy

Dish's "Seinfeld" strategy appears to have ended quite like the actual show — with its finale a generally-accepted disappointment. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. In 2011, ...