EchoStar, the Charlie Ergen-owned pay-TV and satellite operator, is struggling. CEO Hamid Akhavan told analysts in the company's post-results call with analysts that the company has $1.98 billion (€1.84bn) of debt maturing in November 2024, and is forecasting negative cash flows for the remainder of the calendar year. Current trading is not helping. It reported a decline of 8.5 per cent for its Q1 core business with declining subscribers at Dish Network (down 348,000 subs) and Sling TV (down 135,000 subs). The total number of pay-TV customers served between Dish and Sling TV stood at just under 8.2 million accounts. In EchoStar's latest 10Q obligatory filing to the SEC the company stated: "Because we do not currently have committed financing to fund our operations for at least twelve months [there are] substantial doubt exists about our ability to continue as a going concern.