Charlie Ergen
Charlie Ergen
Charles William "Charlie" Ergenis an American businessman and is the co-founder and current Chairman of the Board, and former President and CEO of Dish Network and EchoStar Communications Corporation. He stepped down as CEO in May 2011 in favor of Joseph Clayton. He remains Chairman of the Board of both companies. Ergen resumed as CEO upon Clayton's March 31, 2015 retirement. Ergen owns 52 percent of Dish and Echostar shares and holds 88 percent of its total voting power...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
You either trust someone day one until they prove you wrong, or you say, 'I don't trust you until you show me I can trust you.' I'm the latter.
Ultimately, broadcasters and advertisers have to change the way they do business or they run the risk of linear TV becoming obsolete.
If the broadcasters were to win on their claims, they'd outlaw the DVR.
I care about our employees more than anybody in my company. I care about my kids, too, but that doesn't mean I give them everything that they want.
Allowing your kids to watch TV doesn't have to mean they have no choice but to see commercials for junk food and alcohol.
People will steal it if you don't make it easy to buy it.
When you deal with change, you have a couple choices: You can lead it and make the rules, or you can be a fast follower, or you can be a slow follower.
We're able now to provide local television channels to all Americans, so all 107 million households will be able to receive their local channels via satellite, which will give us true effective competition to the dominant cable providers, no matter where a person may live,
The world is changing.... I don't, as a consumer, want advertising that's not relevant. If we're going to take a side let's take the side of the consumer,