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Dish Bankruptcy Mediation Extended Two Weeks

SpaceX rumors loomed during a Wednesday hearing

Jake Neenan

Nov 4, 2026 — 4 min read

Photo of EchoStar CEO Charlie Ergen at a Google conference in San Francisco in 2010 by Paul Sakuma/AP

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2026 – Dish Wireless will stay in mediation with major U.S. tower companies until Nov. 18, a bankruptcy judge said Wednesday.

Dish’s bankruptcy has been paused since Sept. 14, but the two sides weren’t able to come to an agreement and told U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez they would enter mediation last month.

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