You can't do the math like this for several reasons
- the assets certainly have a value to Dish or else they wouldn't bid, but that value is certainly not equal to the accounting cost of the property and equipment. The value to Dish must be higher for strategic reasons.
- But: the cost to Dish is to free those assets from claims of debtors and preferred shareholders, so you have to add both those sources of claims. Debt alone exceeds the sale price of the deal even before counting in the claims of preferreds. So, I don't see the commons "in the money" at all. Looks like good business by Dish. Since the auction fell through due to lack of interest by other parties, there is no need for Dish to pay a premium for anything, and debtors will be in the defense position and will have to accept a discount to their claims. Unless Dish offers a share conversion, in what form do you expect the common shares to survive?