I don't read it that way. I see the bond payment money as being a non-refundable deposit just as with the previous merger attempt where DISH was charged a substantial "back-out" fee for not completing the acquisition of DIRECTV.
if dtv goes out i'm am almost sure that we would be converted to some streaming service or they might convert us over to dish
I'm thinking DTV could stick around longer than Dish. They are going to be a separate company since AT&T sold their 70% stake to TPG. Unless TPG won't see DTV as profitable without the Dish Network merger and TPG decides to sell it or scrap it? They can still sell Satellite until 2034 until that runs out of fuel, unless that isn't profitable by then either?
I seriously doubt TPG agreed to pay $2.5 billion for their debt payment and then lose it if the Dish bond holders rejected the deal. TPG didn’t have billions of dollars on hand because they are stupid.
I have not seen one article saying it is a non-refundable deposit, both of you are putting that info in here, post a link to prove it.
There is no way, losing 2 Million a year in Subscribers, with the 10 Million they have now, they are about 3 years, at the most, before they hit unprofitability.
Unless TPG has a out clause, no idea if true.
By 2034, 10M subscribers as of now, losing 2 Million a year, by 2034, they will be a negative 8-10 Million in subscribers.
Dish is not going Bankrupt anytime soon, thanks to the stupidity of TPG, basically loaning them $2B.
Both companies Satellites are getting extremely old, but at least Dish has one on order.
Well they are currently debt free (meaning no debt coming due) for almost 2 years. All the debt they had due for November has been paid. They are in a good place right now.
Do you think they will still launch that new satellite or cancel it? Their latest satellite will run out of fuel next year. Unless they can extend it?
I was told new satellite is still full speed ahead. Business as usual.
I wonder if the deal would have gone through would the new satellite be able to be configured to work with the DTV equipment?
A satellite just bounces off the signals sent to it. It don't matter if its DISH or DIRECT or something else. Its the receiver which takes the signal and decodes it and thus a DIRECTV receiver decides DIRECTV and a DISH receiver decides dish. In fact DISH and DIRECTV have satellites at the 110 orbital location and the DISH receivers do not see or decode the DIRECTV signals at 110 not do the DIRECTV receivers get the DISH signals.
