Dish CEO on Broadband, Blockbuster, and Netflix

The company has big plans for streaming, broadband

Dish Network has been on a major spending spree in recent months, buying up nearly $3 billion worth of broadband spectrum and dropping a reported $320 million for the Blockbuster video chain in April. According to the Los Angeles Times, it’s all part of Dish’s grand plan to position itself as a Netflix streaming rival and wireless communications provider.

“We are putting together the building blocks to be able to provide a whole suite of services to the customer,” Dish President and CEO Joe Clayton told the newspaper in an interview.

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