• Coronavirus helps subscription numbers at struggling Dish Network

    Coronavirus helps subscription numbers at struggling Dish Network

    The coronavirus pandemic has helped stanch the bloodletting at Charlie Ergen’s struggling satellite TV company Dish Network. The Englewood, Colo.-based company on Friday reported fewer-than-expected subscriber losses for the three months ended June 30, thanks to stay-at-home orders that kept customers at home watching TV. Dish, which has been hurt by the growth of streaming …
  • Dish demands Disney pay for ESPN refund over no live sports

    Dish demands Disney pay for ESPN refund over no live sports

    Charlie Ergen’s satellite TV company is calling foul on Disney for making it pay for ESPN at a time when there is no live sports programming, The Post has learned. Ergen’s Dish Network, the nation’s fourth largest TV provider, is pushing for refunds that it says it will pass along to its roughly 12 million …
  • Ergen’s wireless network plans dim amid coronavirus pandemic

    Ergen’s wireless network plans dim amid coronavirus pandemic

    Charlie Ergen’s plans to build the nation’s fourth wireless network by 2023 are being thrown into doubt due to the coronavirus. Ergen, the billionaire chairman of satellite-TV company Dish Network, needs to raise about $10 billion to build a 5G network that covers 70 percent of the US population by June 2023, fulfilling his part …