Tag: Dish
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DISH & Sling TV Lost 268,000 Subscribers in The 4th Quarter of 2022
Today DISH announced their 4th quarter earnings for 2022. In that report, we learned that DISH and Sling TV lost a combined 268,000 subscribers in just three months. Sling TV ended 2022 with 2.334 million subscribers, down from a high of 2.556 million subscribers in the 3rd quarter of 2021. DISH TV ended the year…
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DISH Wins $32 Million From Illegal IPTV Owners
DISH, for years, has been a leader in going after owners of illegal IPTV services that sell live TV for a fraction of the cost. Now DISH has won again, and this time against Advanced TV Network. ATN, like other IPTV services, claimed to be legal but received its contents illegally. The service was reportedly…
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DISH Tries to Seize a House From The Owner of The IPTV Service Nitro TV
Back in June 2022, DISH went after the owners of the pirate IPTV service Nitro TV. DISH ended up winning $100 million in damages. Now DISH wants the court to seize the house of the owner. After winning the $100 million in damages, DISH started going through the Galindo’s family assets to find ways to…
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A DISH & DIRECTV Merger May Be Coming Soon Thanks to Cord Cutting
For years there have been talks of a possible DIRECTV and DISH merger. Now the time may be finally right and 2023 may be the year the two satellite TV services merge. The growth of cord cutting and AT&T spinning DIRECTV off into its own company creates conditions that could make the merger a reality.…
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DISH is offering $25 a Month for Life Unlimited Talk, Text, & Data Plan from Boost Mobile
Earlier on in 2022, DISH announced plans to offer a $ 25-a-month wireless phone plan with unlimited talk, text, and data from its Boost Mobile service. Now DISH has started to roll out the plan called Boost Infinite. With Boost Infinite, you will get unlimited talk, text, and 30GB of data before your speeds slow…
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DISH Lost 268K Pay TV Subscribers on Satellite & Sling TV in The 4th Quarter of 2022
The tough time for TV companies is continuing as DISH today announced that it has lost 268,000 subscribers in the 4th quarter of 2022. This works out to be about 2,913 subscribers canceling their accounts every day. As inflation grows, more Americans have been turning to cord cutting to help cut their TV costs. Increasingly…
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DISH Plans to Raise $1.5 Billion in Senior Secured Notes
Today DISH Network announced plans to raise $1,5000,000,000 in Senior Secured Notes. According to DISH, they plan to use the proceeds of the offering for “general corporate purposes, including the buildout of wireless infrastructure.” With these being Senior Secured Notes, it means that these bonds must be repaid before most other debts in the event…
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DISH Sues to Stop SpaceX’s Second-Gen Starlink Satellites
SpaceX has set an aggressive timeline when it comes to the global expansion of its Starlink satellite internet service and the rollout of its second-gen Starlink satellites. This new second-gen satellite will add new abilities, better speeds, greater coverage, and even work with T-Mobile phones to remove any dead spots, at least for texting. Now…
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DISH Sued This Piracy Service in 2018 But Says Its Operators Are Still Running IPTV Services
In November 2018, DISH was awarded over $90,000,000 in damages from SetTV, a popular streaming app that offered hundreds of channels for just $20 per month, when it was determined that SetTV was illegally obtaining DISH’s broadcast and redistributing them to customers online. Now, DISH claims the operators of the service are back at it…
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Dish and Sling Reach Agreement for Sinclair Locals and Tennis Channel, Leaving RSNs Out
Dish and Sinclair announced today that they have reached a multi-year carriage agreement to keep Sinclair’s 144 local stations and the Tennis Channel on Dish TV and Sling TV. The deal did not include Sinclair-owned Bally Sports Networks. The regional sports networks were dropped by Dish Network in Summer 2019. At that time, Dish sent…