Report
Neil Macker
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Dish’s wireless spectrum offers strategic optionality as its satellite pay-TV business declines.

Dish ended 2017 with another mixed quarter as it met top-line Street expectations but missed consensus EBITDA estimates. Dish broke out its satellite television and Sling customer bases for the first time, with Sling reaching 2.2 million subscribers, up from previous estimates of around 2 million and from 1.5 million at the end of 2016. The satellite segment (Dish TV) now has 11.0 million subs, down from 12.2 million at the end of 2016. Our narrow moat rating and $53 fair value estimate are unch...
Underlying
DISH Network Corporation Class A

DISH Network is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company operates two business segments: Pay-TV and Wireless. The company provides pay-TV services under: the DISH? brand, which consists of, among other things, Federal Communications Commission licenses authorizing the company to use direct broadcast satellite and Fixed Satellite Service spectrum, the company's owned and leased satellites, and certain other assets utilized in the company's operations; and the Sling? brand, which consists of, among other things, live-linear streaming over-the-top Internet-based domestic, international and Latino video programming services. In addition, the company invests to acquire certain wireless spectrum licenses and related assets.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

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Neil Macker

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