Tag: Dish
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YouTube TV Has the Most Satisfied Customers
YouTube TV is the top dog when it comes to happy live TV streaming customers, according to J.D. Power’s 2023 U.S. Television Service Provider Satisfaction Study. The service sported a rating of 795 on the data analytics company’s 1,000-point scale. Hulu + Live TV came in second place with 785 points. That result is a…
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Dish Sues Vidgo, Fubo and iFit As Part of Growing Number of Lawsuits
Dish Network isn’t shy about exercising the power of its patents, and the company is at it again with another lawsuit filed against streaming service Vidgo. In a lawsuit filed last month, Dish’s technology arm, Dish Technologies LLC and Dish’s Sling TV LLC accused Vidgo of knowingly infringing on its technology to stream content to…
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Dish is Fined by the FCC for Not Dealing With Space Trash
With the revival of the space race back in full force, a growing amount of space debris is orbiting our planet. The Federal Communications Commission is taking action against companies who don’t pick up after themselves, starting with DISH. Today, the FCC fined DISH $150,000 after the company failed to properly deorbit its EchoStar-7 satellite…
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Dish Network Announces Price Hike to Hit in October
Dish Network on Friday said that it would be raising the rates on all of its plans, making it the latest player to announce a price hike this year. The change equates to a monthly hike of $5 on all of its plans, which goes into effect on October 12. You can see the full…
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Sling TV President Takes Over Dish TV, Overseeing Both Businesses
Sling TV has long played an important role in Dish Network, but thanks to a change in leadership, we get a sense of how important the streaming service is to the pay-TV provider. Gary Schanman, the executive vice president and group president for Sling TV, posted on LinkedIn earlier this week that he had been…
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Sling Brings Back Disney Star, Adding 19 Channels To International Package
Sling on Thursday said that it was bringing Disney Star back to its lineup, which now includes 19 channels and 150 hours of on-demand South Asian programming. The line-up includes renowned premium channels such as Star Plus (Hindi), Vijay TV (Tamil), Asianet (Malayalam), Star Maa (Telugu), Star Jalsha (Bengali), Star Pravah (Marathi) & Star Suvarna (Kannada). U.S.…
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Comcast, DIRECTV, DISH, & Spectrum All Have Some Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Blacked Out Right Now
Back in February, we predicted that 2023 would see blackouts become more common. Now in September, we have seen this prediction become a reality as Comcast, DIRECTV, DISH, and Spectrum all have active blackouts affecting some ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC locals. Right now, DIRECTV has a blackout happening with Nexstar-owned and operated ABC, CBS,…
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DISH Loses Some Local ABC, CBS, & NBC Stations in Fight With Hearst
Today DISH and Hearst announced that Hearst owned ABC, CBS, CW, and NBC stations have gone dark on DISH. This comes as the two sides fight over fees for the local channels. “Hearst continues to raise its prices despite its declining viewership and lower-quality content,” said Gary Schanman, executive vice president and group president, video services,…
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DISH Lost 515,000 TV Subscribers In The First Half of 2023
Cord cutting has continued to hit live TV services hard with cable TV and satellite getting hit hardest. Now DISH has reported in its earnings calls that it has lost over 515,000 TV subscribers so far in 2023. That works out to be over 2,800 subscribers lost every single day in the first half of…
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DISH Wants To Give You Cheap 5G Home Internet Service As Cord Cutting 2.0 Grows
One of the hottest areas in cord cutting right now is 5G home internet. Finally, cord cutters can now cancel their Cable TV service and their cable internet service, breaking completely free from cable TV. This move has started what is becoming known as cord cutting 2.0. So what is cord cutting 2.0? Cord Cutting…