
Dish enters Chapter 11 with a prepackaged plan as EchoStar eyes asset moves
Dish DBS Corp. and Dish Wireless filed for Chapter 11 protection in a prepackaged restructuring tied to a March restructuring support agreement backed by more than 88% of its noteholders and more than $8.7 billion of Dish Wireless debt. The plan will allow orderly disposal of remaining assets and the decommissioning of Dish Wireless, while EchoStar frames it as positioning the business for a stronger future. The move follows EchoStar’s spectrum-license sales to AT&T and SpaceX for about $42 billion after FCC review, with an escrow of $2.4 billion to cover contractor claims. The filing is not expected to affect Boost Mobile and Gen Mobile customers, and cash-interest notes due July 1 will be paid in cash on closing or on the plan’s effective date as delays persist.










