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But, Mr. Ergen is a world class poker player and not prone to do stupid things.

Dish Distants, Again 2006

Associated Press Disk Network CEO Charlie Ergen Consider last November, when addressing the online video threat that confronts subscription-TV firms such as Dish.

Ergen Needs to Dish on His Strategy Martin Peers 2011

Heard on the Street Ergen Needs to Dish on His Strategy Blockbuster could close many more or all of its stores depending on who wins the auction, said a person familiar with the matter, meaning the company could cease to exist as a mainstay video-store chain.

Groups Jockey for Blockbuster Mike Spector 2011

More Groups Jockey for Blockbuster Heard: Ergen Needs to Dish on His Strategy Many are in either free-standing buildings in front of shopping centers or on either end of a center.

Landlords Hopeful on Empty Stores Kris Hudson 2011

Then in February, Mr. Ergen appeared to liken the pay-TV business's future to the phone business when wireless came along: "That was still a good business for another 10, 15 years but at some point, that wasn't a very good business."

Ergen Needs to Dish on His Strategy Martin Peers 2011

The auction opened Tuesday morning with a $284 million bid from Dish, helmed by billionaire Charles Ergen .

Groups Jockey for Blockbuster Mike Spector 2011

Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen has raised the idea with multiple media companies as part of a broader effort to control rising programming costs.

Dish in Talks for Internet TV Sam Schechner 2011

Mr. Ergen shouldexplain more clearly what he is up to, or fill shareholders' plates.

Ergen Needs to Dish on His Strategy Martin Peers 2011

"Sports programming may be 20% of the viewing on a day-to-day basis, but it may be 50% of the cost that the consumer pays," Mr. Ergen said on a conference call Monday to discuss Dish's third-quarter results.

Dish in Talks for Internet TV Sam Schechner 2011

Not so at Dish Network , where CEO Charlie Ergen rides the straight-talk express.

Ergen Needs to Dish on His Strategy Martin Peers 2011