EchoStar forms Dish Mexico
Times Wire Reports
EchoStar Corp. is pairing up with MVS Comunicaciones to form Dish Mexico.
The new satellite television company will take on Sky, owned largely by Mexican media giant Televisa.
Sky has had little competition from other satellite television providers since DirecTV Group Inc. pulled out of Mexico four years ago. DirecTV now owns 41% of Sky Mexico.
Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar says the new company will allow it to enter the Mexican market.
Dish will launch first in the cities of Puebla and Leon.
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