Charlie Ergen Charlie Ergen Makes ‘Inscrutable’ Moves, Shields Parts of Dish Spectrum and Pay TV Biz From Existing Creditors Equity analysts try to make sense of Dish/EchoStar chairman's latest ‘bewilderingly complicated’ strategery, fear ‘creditor-on-creditor violence’ Charlie Ergen Buys a Little Time as Dish-EchoStar Merger Closes As he looks to keep building out his 5G wireless network, Ergen now has access to EchoStar’s $1.9 billion in cash and estimated $265 million in free cash. But it’s all just a 'drop in the bucket,’ analysts say As Dish Reportedly Grows 'Desperate' to Raise Cash to Build Its 5G Network, the 'B Word' Increasingly Gets Thrown Around New report suggests Charlie Ergen has little furniture left to burn to stave off the coming winter Latest Charlie Ergen Ergen: Dish Is Ready for 5G By Mike Farrell published 22 February 17 Multichannel News 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Archives NEXT TV NEWSLETTERThe smarter way to stay on top of the streaming and OTT industry. Sign up below.* To subscribe, you must consent to Future’s privacy policy. LATEST ARTICLES1Publisher’s Message2DirecTV Acquires Dish, Unifying Struggling Satellite Business 3Next Text: As DirecTV and Dish Try to Seize the Remains of the Day, Does It Even Matter?4Freeze Frame: B+C Hall of Fame 20245E.W. Scripps Folding Scripps News, Eliminating 200 Jobs; Stock Jumps 15%