for years, ergen has been buying up gold. wireless kind. + i think dish is a culture for those who want to do something and there is some uncertainty as we are talking about what you can do with wireless. it takes a little bit of bravery as a shareholder. employees would like to know what is going to happen tomorrow , so it is a special kind of -- it takes trust in your management, takes an adventurous spirit to work here because you don't always know exactly where you're going to go. you have to be a bit of a self-starter. for those people who like that, you can start -- we have people who have started in the warehouse that are executives. people who are achieving their own internal potential and they are having a lot of fun. if you are to write a management book, what would it be? that companies -- the culture of the company is important. i think that companies don't have a good track record are surviving on a fountain. it is not saying a culture would involve -- evolve and change. you you establish a culture have got to hi

i think anybody would take a call from charlie ergen. charlie: oh, i think people will take our call, but i think that certainly the wireless industry is controlled by two companies today. and they are very -- they are 20 times, you know, bigger than we are. so, they are going to make their moves and do their things and people are probably going to react to that. and so sometimes, you just have to be ready to move when you see other things that happen in the industry. but we know that -- the one thing we know for sure is the spectrum we have is valuable, the spectrum is going to get put to use, and it is going to create value for our shareholders. but we just want to make sure it gets put to use in the most economical way and providing the best competition and the best product. betty: could charlie ergen's next play be a merger with t-mobile? i will ask him if all of those reports make sense when "titans at the table" returns. ♪ ♪ betty: welcome back to "titans at the table" and my conversation with media titan charlie ergen. for years,

i think anybody would take a call from charlie ergen.harlie: oh, i think people will take our call, but i think that certainly the wireless industry is controlled by two companies today. and they are very -- they are 20 times, you know, bigger than we are. so, they are going to make their moves and do their things and people are probably going to react to that. and so sometimes, you just have to be ready to move when you see other things that happen in the industry. but we know that -- the one thing we know for sure is the spectrum we have is valuable, the spectrum is going to get put to use, and it is going to create value for our shareholders. but we want to make sure it gets put to use in the most economical way and providing the best competition and the best product. betty: could charlie ergen's next play be a merger with t-mobile? i will ask him if all of those reports make sense when "titans at the table" returns. ♪ ♪ betty: welcome back to "titans at the table" and my conversation with media titan charlie ergen. for years, ergen h

i think anybody would take a call from charlie ergen.rlie: oh, i think people will take our call, but i think that certainly the wireless industry is controlled by two companies today. and they are very -- they are 20 times, you know, bigger than we are. so, they are going to make their moves and do their things and people are probably going to react to that. and so sometimes, you just have to be ready to move when you see other things that happen in the industry. ♪ betty: welcome back to "titans at the table" and my conversation with media titan charlie ergen. for years, ergen has been buying up gold. the wireless kind. he has bid in several auctions for wireless spectrum, which are basically the airwaves that transmit your phone calls or video to your devices. analysts estimate ergen is sitting on almost $50 billion worth of this gold, which has led many to wonder if he is on the cusp of merging with a wireless carrier. maybe t-mobile? he wouldn't confirm the rumors, but i asked him if it would be logical for the two companies to team

betty: join me as charlie ergen dishes it all out on this

dish network founder charlie ergen. >> give a lot to talk about. >> for the first time on bloomberg television, he weighs in on the seismic shift taking place in television. big plan to become the next wireless company and why he might be looking to merge with this guy. the pink shirt wearing john ledger. >> they have done a fantastic job. but, the famously tough boss is in questions but his management style. ,> if you're not used to that you're not comfortable.

a gunman fired shots at the corner ergen avenue around 3:00 p.m.. the bullet hit a car shattering the rear window and herding the one and half feral baby step into car seat. the suspect fled the scene and officials say the toddlers being treated at the hospital for injuries to his cheek. a very scary scene at laguardia airport is hundreds of spirit airlines flight. dan bowens has the story. >> a spirit airlines flight was headed for laguardia to fort lauderdale and was supposed to leave at 11:00 this morning but moments before takeoff passengers noticed smoke coming from the side of the plane and everyone had to get all pretty turned out to be relatively minor mechanical issue that created major delays for hundreds of people this holiday weekend. some people described a chaotic scene people hopping overseas trying to get off the smoky spirit airlines flight. this video posted on line shows people getting their luggage back. zach is one of 225 passengers on board tweeting quote we saw smoke and then got emergency evacuation from spirit airlines at la

morehange gives ergen time to work on a plan to enter the wireless industry.is sitting on a $50 billion supply of airwaves the company has yet to use. with is inspired to speak the likes of verizon and at&t with a high-speed network for television. coming up, the biggest education overhaul in the united states in years could be a watershed moment for the future of silicon valley's talent pool. code.org's ceo joins us next. we will bring you the top 10 tech trends for the year ahead. ♪ in this week's edition of my longform interview "studio 1.0." we hear from troy carter about everything from lady gaga to uber and lyft. why he says taylor swift's argument to spotify is flawed. you can download that episode on itunes and are all available online at bloomberg.com. turning to education, president obama calls it a christmas miracle. this week he signed into law a sweeping rewrite of the controversial federal education law no child left behind. givesw law calls on -- states more control about how to evaluate teachers and schools but it makes a profound change in the