Will Dish’s Top Institutional Shareholders Be Happy with This Settlement?

Dish (NASDAQ:DISH) and Gannett (NYSE:GCI) have come to an agreement on the vexed issue of programming fees, particularly in the context of the AutoHop feature introduced by dish that allows subscribers to skip ads. The agreement avoids the discontinuation of programming from Gannett-owned content stations. The terms of the agreement are not yet known.

Will Dish’s largest shareholders increase their holdings? These institutional firms indicated owning shares of Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH) in Q3 2012. They reported owning a total of 339,923 shares on 09/30/2012. The shares closed at $30.61 on 09/30/2012.

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Here are the ten largest positions in Dish Network Corp. at the end of September 30th, 2012.

Beese Fulmer Investment Management Inc. held 215,850 shares on 09/30/2012 worth $6,607,169. This brought the portfolio total to 3.19%.

Shell Asset Management Co held 75,118 shares on 09/30/2012 worth $2,299,362. This brought the portfolio total to 0.05%.

First Citizens Bank & Trust Co held 18,838 shares on 09/30/2012 worth $576,631. This brought the portfolio total to 0.02%.

Tradeworx Inc. held 17,043 shares on 09/30/2012 worth $521,686. This brought the portfolio total to 0.37%.

BB&T Corp held 13,074 shares on 09/30/2012 worth $400,195. This brought the portfolio total to 0.02%.

Denali Advisors LLC held 0 shares on 09/30/2012 worth $0. This brought the portfolio total to %.

1st Global Advisors Inc. held 0 shares on 09/30/2012 worth $0. This brought the portfolio total to %.

Navellier & Associates Inc held 0 shares on 09/30/2012 worth $0. This brought the portfolio total to %.

Dodge & Cox held 12,980,400 shares on 06/30/2012 worth $370,590,410. This brought the portfolio total to 0.51%.

FMR LLC held 8,984,558 shares on 06/30/2012 worth $256,509,124. This brought the portfolio total to 0.05%.

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