Tag: Dish
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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…
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DISH Has a New Plan to Stop IPTV Piracy & Wins a U.S. Patent to Do Just That
Recently DISH Network has won a new patent for a way to make content on streaming and over traditional cable TV DVRs more secure. The hope is this system will make it harder for IPTV services to use DISH and other cable companies’ technology to illegally stream their content online. In short, DISH has built…
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DISH & Sling TV Lost 294,000 Subscribers in The 2nd Quarter of 2023
Today DISH announced its 2nd quarter 2023 earnings and reported that DISH and Sling TV lost 294,000 subscribers. This worked out to the company losing 3,230 subscribers every day in the 2nd quarter of 2023. Sling TV reportedly lost 97,000, and DISH lost 197,000 subscribers. In total, DISH now has 8,904,000 pay TV customers between…
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DISH Network Will Merge With EchoStar As It Looks For Cash
Today DISH Network announced a deal to merge with its sister company EchoStar. DISH, the parent company of Sling TV has been struggling for cash for some time now and is hoping this deal could help it complete its 5G buildout. This deal will be an all-stock merger. “This is a strategically and financially compelling…
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DISH Hires a New Executive Vice President To Help Lead Its Wireless 5G Efforts
Today DISH announced that Eben Albertyn will join DISH as an executive vice president and chief technology officer of its wireless 5G business. Mr. Albertyn will oversee network technology strategy and operations for DISH Wireless, responsibilities currently held by Dave Mayo and Marc Rouanne. “Eben has operated in fast-moving environments where highly engaged leadership, communication and teamwork…