Dish Network, LLC
Direct broadcast satellite service provider
Based in DC
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AI Overview
With $1.5M in lobbying spend across 26 quarterly filings, Dish Network, LLC is a significant lobbying presence. They deploy 29 individual lobbyists
$1.5M
Total Lobbying Spend
26
Quarterly Filings
1
Lobbying Firms Used
29
Individual Lobbyists
Spending by Year
| Year | Lobbying Spend |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $240K |
| 2019 | $240K |
| 2020 | $180K |
| 2021 | $60K |
| 2022 | $180K |
| 2023 | $240K |
| 2024 | $120K |
| 2025 | $210K |
Lobbying Firms
MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.
What They Lobby For
- Monitor legislation and regulations related to the telecommunications industry, including the proposed Sinclair-Tribune merger and its market impacts
- Monitor legislation and regulations related to the telecommunications industry, including spectrum policy.
- Monitor legislation and regulations related to the telecommunications industry, including the proposed Sinclair-Tribune merger and its market impacts; re-transmission consent issues.
- Monitor legislation and regulations related to the telecommunications industry, including proposed mergers; and re-transmission consent issues.
- Monitor legislation and regulations related to the telecommunications industry, including proposed mergers and spectrum policy.
- Monitor legislation and regulations related to the telecommunications industry, including proposed mergers and re-transmission consent issues.
- Monitor legislation and regulations related to the telecommunications industry, including: merger and acquisition activity; spectrum policy; 5G deployment; retransmission consent reform; the STELAR reauthorization.
- Monitor legislation and regulations related to the telecommunications industry, including: merger and acquisition activity; spectrum policy; 5G deployment; retransmission consent reform and the STELAR reauthorization (including provisions in H.R. 1865 - Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020; H.R. 5035 - Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019, and H.R. 5140 - Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019.)
- Monitor legislation and regulations related to the video services industry, including retransmission consent reform.
- Monitor legislation and regulations related to the wireless industry, including wireless spectrum management, infrastructure, and competition. H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act - Public Law No: 116-136
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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