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    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    I could imagine Amazon or perhaps Tesla/SpaceX buying the whole thing. Both have the financial resources and it would fit in either business plan.
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    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    Banks collecting assets on this deal is like someone parachuting a Ferrari to an Afgan in the mountains. He would likely use it as a shed for his goats. Banks don't want hard assets, they want money.
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    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    The banks after Echostar is like the dog chasing the car. What are they going to do when they catch it?
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    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    There is a great "old" book by Fisher on how these things can get resolved . He was a professor at Harvard? and taught a course on successful negotiations and consulted for individuals, companies and countries. One of his principles was to establish your best alternative when negotiating a...
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    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    I can imagine a scenario where they reorganize in bankrupcy, keeping all the assets ;tv, satellite and wireless licenses and businesses. The bondholders would take the hit and get a delayed return with a piece of the long term action. The business is viable, just needs time to grow without the...
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    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    I was talking to a farmer at coffee a couple weeks ago. He contract raises young milk cows for the big milk farms. he was checking the status of each of his cows on his phone as we talked (several thousand miles from his operations). Each cow has a sensor inplant that generates continous...
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    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    Reaching 75 percent is a minor problem Rolling or offloading the billions in debt due this year is THE problem.
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    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    updated the satellite subscriber graph. The rate of subscriber loss is flattening.
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    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    The first quarter dirty details are available on the SEC EDGAR Web site https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1415404&owner=exclude
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    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    SpaceX has the Echostar 25 launch contract. 2026. EchoStar XXV. On March 20, 2023, we entered into a contract with Maxar Space LLC for the construction of EchoStar XXV, a DBS satellite that is capable of providing service to the continental United States (“CONUS”) and is intended to be used at...
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    Hopper 3 H373 update 04/24/2024

    It does it automatic when signal is lost
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    Hopper 3 H373 update 04/24/2024

    Wow it works super. I guess one could call it hybrid streaming. or hybrid satellite. Now, if they made all the channels available for streaming and the H3 could record for delayed viewing, they would open up an entire new market. Customers would have the power, speed and best in class user...
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    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    I live in a concrete house with low outdoor cell strength. Like zip reception indoors . I bought an outdoor receive antenna and 3 booster antennas indoors from Wilson which provided excellent reception to cure the problem. https://www.wilsonsignalbooster.com/