Tag: Dish Network
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The Recap: Disney Spills Hulu-Disney+ and ESPN Plans, More Bally Sports Drama, and More
Earnings season trucks on, but Walt Disney took the spotlight based on just how much it spilled this week. We got updates on its efforts to integrate Disney+ and Hulu, as well as ESPN, and even its password-sharing crackdown plans. DISH likewise offered a lot of nuggets of info in its earnings. Bally Sports, meanwhile,…
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Dish Wins Key Ally in Dispute With T-Mobile Over Spectrum Sale
Dish Network’s attempt to get more time to buy valuable spectrum from T-Mobile got support from the Justice Department. The agency urged the U.S. District Court in Washington to give Dish until April 1 to finalize the $3.5 billion purchase, according to a filing. The company had already blown through its August deadline, Bloomberg reported.…
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Want a Free iPhone 15? Boost’s New Plan Gives You Annual Upgrades
Boost Mobile is hoping the lure of a free iPhone 15 — and annual upgrades — will be enough to sign up for its new plan. Boost, a unit of satellite TV provider Dish Network, unveiled Infinite Access for iPhone. The $60-per-month plan comes with unlimited talk, text and data, but also comes with Apple’s…
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Dish and T-Mobile’s Spat Over Spectrum Sale Is Just Getting Uglier
T-Mobile’s sale of a swath of spectrum to Dish Network was supposed to be a simple transaction. But instead it’s devolved into a war of words and legal filings, with Dish firing the latest salvo and accusing the wireless carrier of stomping on the little guy. Dish had previously agreed to buy a chunk of…
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T-Mobile and Dish’s Wireless Spectrum Deal Looks Doomed
T-Mobile isn’t willing to play games with Dish Network. T-Mobile and Dish had entered into a deal for T-Mobile to sell a swath of its spectrum in the 800 Mhz band to Dish, a move that would help the satellite provider build out its own 5G network. But earlier this month, Dish asked the U.S.…
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How to Cancel Dish Network & Still Watch Your Favorite Sports, Shows, & Movies
With the rising costs of broadcast and rights fees, watching your favorite content is getting more expensive than ever and as the days pass more consumers are cutting the cord to free themselves, including Dish Network customers. Like other major cable and satellite providers, Dish has been hit hard by cord cutting with the company…
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DISH Network Slams IPTV Pirates With a Half-a-Billion Dollar Lawsuit
DISH Network and its subsidiary Sling won another hard-hitting copyright lawsuit against illegal IPTV streaming services, netting nearly half a billion in damages. This time, DISH took out SportsBay.org, SportsBay.tv, Live-NBA.stream, and Freefeds.com, all unlicensed sports streaming platforms operating under the collective name SportsBay run by Juan Barcan and Juan Nahuel Pereyra. By circumventing Sling’s…
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DISH and Sling Just Dealt A $5.7 Million Blow To IPTV Pirates
DISH and its Sling subsidiary won a major victory in the fight against video pirates, getting the nod in a massive lawsuit against IPTV box distributor Louisville Media Box. After a lengthy legal battle spanning back to 2021, Louisville Media Box was found to owe DISH $5.7 million in damages for illegally broadcasting and reselling…
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DISH is Reportedly Issuing Another Round of Layoffs As Cord Cutting Grows & 5G Focus
DISH Network is allegedly cutting jobs as the company moves to reduce operational costs and expenses throughout the business. DISH Network has been restructuring the company since 2020, and this is not the first round of layoffs to have occurred since. DISH has laid off around 3,000 employees in recent years. The exact number of…
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AT&T Comments On a DIRECTV & Dish Network Merger
Back in 2021, AT&T sold 30 percent of its economic stake in DIRECTV along with U-Verse and AT&T TV to TPG Capital to form a new DIRECTV. Since then, there have been talks and much speculation over DIRECTV merging with Dish Network. There have been several attempts to merge DIRECTV and Dish Network in recent…