Here Comes Charlie.(Charlie Ergen works on DirecTV Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp. merger)(Brief Article)
Multichannel News, November, 2001 by Paskowski, Marianne
After 18 months of trying to hammer out a deal with General Motors Corp. -- the owner of Hughes Electronics Corp. and DirecTV Inc. -- News Corp. lost. Charlie Ergen, the entrepreneurial head of EchoStar Communications Corp., claimed victory -- even though he came late to the party, in August.
That outcome left a lot of people shaking their heads and wondering when the second shoe would drop. Many predicted Ergen would face a fierce battle to clear regulatory hurdles, given that a combined DirecTV-EchoStar would create a massive direct-broadcast satellite entity with more than 16.7 million subscribers.
The Federal Communications Commission responded quickly. Last week, it named a team to review the proposed $25.8-billion merger. Chairman Michael...
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