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Jonathan Chaplin
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SATS 4Q23 Quick Take

EBITDA results were better than we feared. It appears that most of the EBITDA pressure anticipated in the S-4 was due to non-cash impairment charges. FCF was as we expected despite this (worse than consensus). Management anticipates negative FCF for 2024, which is worse than we thought (though we don’t know what they are assuming for capex). They don’t have resources to meet November 2024 maturities.
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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.

EchoStar Corporation Class A

EchoStar is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a global provider of broadband satellite technologies, broadband internet services for home and small office customers, satellite operations and satellite services. The company operates in two business segments: Hughes, which provides broadband satellite technologies and broadband internet services and broadband network technologies, managed services, equipment, hardware, satellite services and communications solutions; and EchoStar Satellite Services, which uses certain of the company's owned and leased in-orbit satellites and related licenses to provide satellite service operations and satellite services.

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