Tag: Dish
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DISH Will Likely Lose 112 Channels Including Locals & Tennis Channel Next Week
DISH Network is expected to drop 112 Sinclair-owned TV stations next Monday, according to a statement from Sinclair today. Sinclair announced today that “it is unlikely” that DISH and Sinclair will come to an agreement on carriage terms before the current agreement expires on August 16, 2021. As a result, DISH will lose broadcast stations…
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DISH Lost 132,000 DISH TV Customers in Q2 2021
While DISH’s Sling TV saw an uptick in subscribers for Q2 2021, its DISH TV subscriber count was down for the quarter. DISH TV lost 132,000 customers in Q2, bringing the net loss of pay TV customers for the quarter to 67,000. “We lost approximately 132,000 net DISH TV subscribers during the three months ended…
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Dish and WarnerMedia End Feud, Bringing HBO Max, HBO & Cinemax to Dish Customers
Dish Network announced today an agreement with WarnerMedia, making HBO Max, HBO, and Cinemax available to Dish TV customers. With the agreement, Dish is offering customers a 10 day free preview of HBO and Cinemax, from August 6-15. “Our number one priority at DISH is and always has been to provide our customers the best…
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Sling TV Lost 100,000 Subscribers in Q1 2021, Dish Down 230,000 Video Customers
Dish Network reported its first quarter earnings Thursday morning, revealing that Dish lost 230,000 pay TV customers for the quarter and the Dish-owned streaming service Sling TV accounted for 100,000 of those losses. The other 130,000 were Dish TV customers. Sling TV ended the quarter with 2.37 million subscribers. Hulu with Live remains the number…
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Sling TV and Dish Remove Regional Sports Networks and MASN
Updated to include a statement from an NBC RSN spokesperson. Dish announced today that MASN and NBC regional sports networks were removed from both Sling TV and Dish last night. The update affects 10 states and Washington DC. Customers will no longer have access to NBC Sports Washington, NBC Sports Bay Area, and NBC Sports…
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Dish Partners with DraftKings to Integrate Sports Betting, Sling TV to be Added Later
Dish Network and DraftKings announced a partnership today that will bring DraftKing’s sportsbook and fantasy sports to Dish customers. The partnership will start with the Dish TV Hopper platform and allows for expansion to include Sling TV and Boost Mobile in the future. “The integration with DraftKings is an exciting enhancement for our customers and…
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Dish Lost 133,000 Pay TV Subscribers in Q4, Sling TV Reaches 2.47 Million Subscribers
In today’s quarterly earnings results, Dish reported a loss of 133,000 pay TV subscribers, ending the quarter with a total of 11.29 million pay TV customers. Of those, 8.82 million came from Dish and 2.47 million came from Sling TV. With Sling’s current subscriber count at 2.47 million, up from 2.46 million reported in the…
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Dish Removes Capitol Broadcasting Local Stations
More local stations are being removed for Dish customers in another disagreement over increased fees. The carriage dispute resulted in the blackout of three North Carolina stations: WRAZ-TV, Channel 50 (FOX, Raleigh-Durham, N.C.), WILM-TV, Channel 10 (IND, Wilmington, N.C.), and WRAL-TV, Channel 5 (NBC, Raleigh-Durham, N.C.). Dish sent the following statement to Cord Cutters News,…
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Weekend Wrap-Up: HBO Max Redefines ‘Home Box Office,’ Discovery’s New Streaming Service, and More
December is starting off with a bang thanks to some landmark streaming news from HBO Max and Discovery’s announcement of a new streaming service launching early next year. Elsewhere, a pair of carrier disputes have led to major channel blackouts, and fuboTV is betting on sports wagering as a major new revenue source. Here’s what…
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Dish Loses Nexstar Owned Locals in ‘Largest Local Station Blackout in TV History’
Nexstar has pulled access to its 164 local channels in 120 markets across 42 states for Dish customers, after refusing a contract extension offered by Dish. We first reported on the likely blackout last week when Dish shared that Nexstar was asking for over $1 billion in fees for their television channels. “This action by…