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Article: EchoStar ruffles feathers.(controversial plan to buy Hughes Electronics)(Brief Article)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- August 13, 2001
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Ergen under fire from broadcasters over carriage and from the FCC over the Young fracas
Inside the Beltway, EchoStar Chairman Charlie Ergen is seeking approval of a ideal that would give him control of the country's only satellite-TV company. Outside of it, however, he is riling broadcasters and has even run afoul of the FCC on a local-station issue.
Ergen is trying to buy General Motors' Hughes Electronics--and its crown jewel, EchoStar rival DirecTV (see story, page 12). If GM accepts the offer, Ergen will need the favor of regulators and lawmakers.
That may have just gotten harder. The FCC last Monday scolded EchoStar for not playing fair ...