Editing Charlie Ergen (section)

== Dish ==
{{main | Dish Network}}
Under Ergen, Dish was the first satellite television provider to offer two-way high-speed internet access as an investor in and dealer for [[StarBand]] Communications' geostationary Ku-band satellite internet access service in the United States and the first to introduce a [[Digital video recorder]] in a [[set-top box]]. He was also instrumental in making satellite receivers available for under $200. In 2012, the Big Four Broadcasters, [[NBC]], [[CBS]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] filed a suit against Dish after it launched AutoHop, a technology that records broadcasting programming and plays it back without [[Television advertisement|commercials]]. Dish filed a suit seeking a declaratory judgment asserting the legality of the judgment. Preliminary [[injunction]] by [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] to block the service was denied. Ergen has stated that Dish's present focus is on acquiring a significant share of the [[spectrum]] for cellular wireless services. Dish is also looking for a partner to build a [[wireless]] network, with [[Google]] and [[AT&T]] speculated to be potential [[Business partner|partner]]s.<ref name="Dish">{{cite magazine |title=Dish Network CEO Charlie Ergen, the TV Disrupter|url=http://adage.com/article/media/dish-network-ceo-charlie-ergen-tv-disrupter/238527/|magazine=Advertising Age|date = 4 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="Federal court">{{cite press release |title=Federal Court Won't Block Dish's 'AutoHop'|url=http://www.multichannel.com/distribution/federal-court-wont-block-dishs-%E2%80%98autohop%E2%80%99/144550|publisher=MultiChannel}}</ref><ref name="Autohop">{{cite news |title=Dish's AutoHop scores another legal win|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-autohop-dish-cbs-20130918,0,1354339.story#axzz2rsbi065y|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

Under Ergen, EchoStar and Dish Network acquired multiple companies, after an $8 million deal for 22 channel assignments of DBSC.<ref name="Hughes">{{cite press release |title=EchoStar to Acquire Hughes for About $1.32 Billion|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-14/echostar-to-purchase-hughes-communications-for-2-billion-including-debt.html|publisher=Bloomberg|date = 14 February 2011}}</ref><ref name="Alpha">{{cite press release |title=DISH Network's Intriguing 2011 Acquisitions|url=http://seekingalpha.com/article/283851-dish-networks-intriguing-2011-acquisitions|date = 4 December 2012}}</ref>