 Its primary competitors are AT&T's satellite service known as DirecTV and cable television providers.The company revenues for FY 2018 were $13.6 billion.In January 2008, EchoStar Communications Corporation, which was founded by Charlie Ergen as a satellite television equipment distributor in 1980, changed its name to DISH Network Corporation and spun off its technology arm as a new company, named EchoStar Corporation.