Dish-Affiliated DE Says Nothing's Impermissible About Its Dish Relationship
Designated entity (DE) Northstar, managed by Doyon, an Alaska Native corporation, said there's nothing impermissible about its relationship with Dish Network, in a filing at the FCC. Northstar was one of the two designated entities working with Dish in the…
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AWS-3 auction (see 1505190046). Northstar responded to a pleading filed at the FCC by VTel, which is challenging the grant of the licenses to Northstar, which it bought in the auction using bidding credits. “VTel now attempts to suggest that DISH has de facto control of Northstar Wireless” because Northstar Manager can require Northstar to purchase all of the collective interests held by Northstar Manager under various conditions and American AWS-3 Wireless II LLC also has a right of first refusal, Northstar said. “These types of put rights and rights of first refusal are fully consistent with Commission precedent when, as here, the decision of whether to invoke them remains in the hands of the controlling party,” Northstar said. “American II has no ability to force Northstar Manager to exercise its put right or to sell its membership interests in Northstar Spectrum to any third party. Those decisions rest solely with Northstar Manager and Doyon.”