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On Debt Call, Dish Sibling Hughes OKs Bankruptcy Filing
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Radio & Television Business Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing that follows a move already made by its sibling — the direct broadcast satellite TV service provider owned by Charlie Ergen-helmed EchoStar.
Satellite-based consumer market-focused Hughes Network Systems has moved forward with a bankruptcy filing in a Texas federal court, primarily due to its inability to repay some $1.5 billion owed to debtholders by an August 1 due date.
In a bankruptcy filing, the Dish sibling under EchoStar ownership shared that it doesn’t have the cash on hand — nor does it have access to any further lending opportunities — to make the debt repayment deadline.
Hughes had $102 million in greenbacks at the end of the first quarter.
The Hughes Chapter 11 move put a cloud over otherwise good news from EchoStar, as it reported Q2 2026 results showing a swing from a net loss to a profit.