With Dish Network Corp. losing 25,000 subscribers in the 2nd quarter, there’s talk the company’s CEO will try again to merge with rival DirecTV.
The WSJ reported yesterday that Dish CEO Charles Ergen is looking into another merger attempt, in light of its financial troubles. Dish tried to acquire DirecTV (owned by Hughes Electronics Corp at the time), but regulatory opposition forced both companies to drop it.
With the FCC’s recent merger approval of satellite radio companies Sirius and XM, is it possible they may be more receptive to another one… in sat TV?