Dish Network is “dead serious” about entering the...
Dish Network is “dead serious” about entering the wireless market, said Executive Vice President Stanton Dodge at the Technology Policy Institute’s Aspen Forum Sunday. “We acquired a bunch of S-band spectrum several years ago, successfully worked with the FCC to…
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grant us terrestrial rights to that, and we're currently out there trying to find more spectrum,” he said. The wireless market “should not belong to the incumbents of today,” and “policymakers should ensure that new entrants to the wireless broadband market have a chance to acquire new licensing and roll out new services,” Dodge said. Dish had been planning to enter the market by 2015, “but given where we find ourselves today, I think that’s a bit optimistic,” he said. Dodge also spoke disparagingly about retransmission consent, which he called “a system that should be destroyed now.” Dish wants “a fair deal” when negotiating with broadcasters, “and we want consumers out of the cross hairs,” he said. Dish’s attempt at compromise is a distant network signal system, which is “not a perfect solution” for operators because they would “still have incentives to continue to negotiate,” he said. “But at least, during those periods, consumers will be able to get their must-have programming."