'Charlie's no Angel': Foes of DBS merger write a book.(Charlie Ergen, chairman and CEO of EchoStar Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)
Multichannel News, February, 2002 by Hearn, Ted
WASHINGTON -- Floating around Capitol Hill is a short history of EchoStar Communications Corp. The title: Charlie's No Angel. In this case, Charlie refers to Charlie Ergen, EchoStar's maverick chairman and CEO, who wants to merge his company with DirecTV Inc. to a create a direct-broadcast satellite giant with roughly 14.9 million subscribers.
Powerful forces, including the authors of Charlie's No Angel, are trying to scuttle the deal. Before Ergen can surface as the sultan of satellite, he needs approval from Washington's regulatory emirs at the Federal Communications Commission and at Justice. Although Ergen has his share of supporters, he has just as many detractors -- and they have the legal talent and financial means to make plenty of...
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