Best Media Companies To Own For 2015

Best Media Companies To Own For 2015: DISH Network Corporation(DISH)

DISH Network Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides direct broadcast satellite (DBS) subscription television services in the United States. It offers programming that includes approximately 280 basic video channels, 60 Sirius satellite radio music channels, 30 premium movie channels, 35 regional and specialty sports channels, 2,800 local channels, 250 Latino and international channels, and 55 channels of pay-per-view content. The company also offers local HD channels in approximately 160 markets and 215 national HD channels; and receiver systems, including a small satellite dish, digital set-top receivers, and remote controls. In addition, it provides DISHOnline.com, which enables DISH Network subscribers to watch 150,000 movies, television shows, clips, and trailers; DISH Remote Access that enables subscribers to remotely manage their DVRs using compatible mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops through their broadband-connected receiver; and Go ogle TV that enables DISH Network subscribers to search the Internet, check email, interact with social media, and find additional online programming content while simultaneously watching television. As of March 31, 2011, the company had approximately 14.191 million customers. DISH Network provides receiver systems and programming through direct sales channels; and independent third parties, such as small satellite retailers, direct marketing groups, local and regional consumer electronics stores, nationwide retailers, and telecommunications companies. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By WWW.DAILYFINANCE.COM]

  We are hopeful our counterparts will return to the negotiating table, and we'll get a deal completed.

  Turner and led Dish, which is led by media mogul Charlie Ergen, didn't disclose if higher carriage costs led to the breakdown of the talks. Dis! h Network (DISH) shares were up 2.5 percent at $60.17 midday Tuesday on the Nasdaq. "We are hopeful our counterparts will return to the negotiating table, and we'll get a deal completed," Turner said in a statement. Analysts said dropping of channels by satellite and cable operators was routine. "It is not like you are dropping ESPN or some of the other widely watched channels ... [the Turner channels] are not game changing," ISI Group analyst Vijay Jayant told Reuters. Dish has in the past blacked out channels of networks over price increases. AMC Networks, home to popular shows such as "Breaking Bad," "The Walking Dead" and "Mad Men," was dropped from Dish's network in 2012 after its contract with the satellite TV company expired without a new agreement. Dish, the second-largest satellite TV provider behind DirectTV, had dropped AMC for about three months because it was charging fees that were too high. "I think these deals tend to get resolved. It's pretty customary to play hardball. Programming expenses have been a problem for a lot of companies," Macquarie Research analyst Amy Yong told Reuters. -. More from Reuters
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• [By Anders Bylund]

  Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S  ) and Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR  ) are nearing the end of their multiple bidding wars. Figuring out what Japanese wireless vendor Softbank and all-American broadcaster DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH  ) might get is tough enough, but hardly the whole story. This drama is so complicated, one of the targets (Sprint) is even bidding on the other one (Clearwire).

• [By Michael Lewis]

  DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH  ) has lots and lots of cash -- more than $7 billionfollowing this week's debt issuance. As opposed to other cash hoarders, there's no secret as to what the compa! ny wants ! to spend it on. DISH is knee-deep in the race for spectrum and wireless buildout to launch its much-anticipated 4G network. The question is, where will the company make its purchase? As Sprint (NYSE: S  ) and Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR  ) continue to cozy up, the satellite-television provider will likely have to look elsewhere for its spectrum bundle. Where will the billions go?

• [By Paul Ausick]

  Todays biggest gainer among the Dow 30 stocks was The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS). The House of Mouse agreed to a deal with Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) that allows the satellite company to stream content from Disney-owned ABC and ESPN to Internet connected devices. This is a pretty big deal and the first of its kind. Shares traded up 2.91% at $81.77 in a 52-week range of $55.76 to $82.17 (a new 52-week high) just ahead of the closing bell. Disneys volume is on track to be about 15% below the daily average of around 7.3 million shares traded.

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