DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH)

EchoStar says to buy Sling Media (Reuters)

"EchoStar Communications [DISH], which I think is a great play on a possible takeout."

Cycling Into a Big Year for Tech Stocks
Sandra Ward. Barron's.

Good metrics- also who will "Fitz whom"?(DTV/DISH}

Start @ 39.75, and you may see about 75,00

HDTV hasn't quite yet hit the masses and the satelite companies seem to have the advantage over cable.

Time to give back a little

The fact that AT&T will drop DTV and pick DISH as its soul Sat Provider.

See FWLT commentary.

Friends don't let friends buy this stock.

TIVO is going to clean their clock. I have such disrespect for DISH that IF AT&T chooses them, I'm going to Verizon who sucks a lot more than T.

Growth stock

I want my MTV.

I think things are getting tougher for them.
Things should slow down.

Check

Look at this stock go! It's killing the competition and yet only receives a rating of one star. I don't get it.

Echostar is a holding company that operates two interrelated business, namely The Dish Network which provides a satellite subscription television services and Echostar Technology Corporation which designs and develops digital equipment. It is one of the market leaders in the industry along with DirecTV.

Unfortunately for Echostar, the sales growth in the first nine months of 2006 have not exactly resulted in increased net income due to high cost of sales and high interest expense. Also its competitor DirecTV has a larger number of subscribers and almost twice the free cash flow. While Echostar concentrates on higher subscriber acquisitions which results in huge customer acquisition costs, DirecTV concentrates on acquiring high quality subscribers i.e. subscribers who are less likely to leave the company.

Meanwhile, the satellite broadcasting market has undergone some drastic changes with companies like Comcast offering voice, video and data traffic together through the same connections. Echostar has combined with AT and T to provide such a package to its customers. Echostar has also signed an agreement with new US start up airline Virgin America according to which the company will provide live in flight satellite entertainment. The Digital Video Recording (DVR) market is growing rapidly which will augur well for the company. To take full advantage of this trend, Echostar has announced that it will offer free DVR’s to customers as part of its Digital Home Advantage Program.

But the patent infringement case with Tivo has resulted in an increase in litigation costs which has affected the company’s margins. It also appears that Echostar will end up loosing the case and paying millions in damages. Not just that, it could be prohibited from distributing DVR’s which could spell doom for its business. With a loss in the court case looming large and increased competition from cable companies, it looks like 2007 will be a rough year for Echostar.

Finally entering the NASCAR arena. (loyal fans). Captive audience with Virgin Airlines. CEO loves his

About to run into a lot of trouble and their products is also inferior to DTV

As telco and cable move to IP based infrastructures that can support subtantial high-def channels, high speed internet, video on demand, VOIP services and internet gaming the inherent flaw in the satellite architecture will be exposed and revealed in higher customer churn rates. This is a terrific long term secular short call.

Dish Network will be hurt by the telephone companies getting into the television business.

Current legal intanglements may hurt performance over time