Tag: Dish
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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…
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Dish Could See Largest TV Station Blackout in History
Nexstar Media Group is threatening to pull its channels from Dish, taking away customer access to 164 local channels in 120 markets across 42 states. Dish claims that Nexstar is “trying to use its market power to demand unreasonable rate increases while intentionally using millions of Americans as pawns in their negotiations.” Nexstar is currently…
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Sling TV Reaches 2.46 Million Subscribers in Q3 2020, Dish TV Down 87,000 for the Quarter
Sling TV saw an increase in subscribers for Q3, Dish announced in its quarterly earnings report today. The streaming service added 203,000 subscribers, bringing the total count to 2.46 million. While Sling TV saw an uptick for the quarter, total subscriber numbers are still down year over year. In Q3 2019, the service reported 2.69…
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Will DirecTV and Dish Merge? DOJ Says No
DirecTV and Dish will not be merging any time soon, a new report shows. In August, we reported that AT&T was once again looking at options for selling DirecTV in an effort to offload debt. This week, The New York Post shared an update on the potential sale, noting that AT&T stands to lose billions…
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Mission Broadcasting Blacks Out Local Stations for DISH Customers in 21 Markets
DISH has announced that after a rejected request for a contract extension, Mission Broadcasting has blacked out local channels for DISH customers in 21 markets spanning 18 states. “Mission proudly claims on its website that its stations ‘provide free over-the-air programming,’ but clearly their actions could not run more counter to that claim,” said Brian…
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AT&T is Reportedly Trying to Sell DirecTV
AT&T is reportedly talking about plans once again to sell DirecTV. With subscriber numbers dropping for the satellite service, AT&T is looking at offloading DirecTV to private-equity investors. “AT&T Inc. is seeking private equity investors to buy the majority of its DirecTV satellite-television business, helping it cope with a major drag on its operations,” a…
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Dish Chairman Says DirecTV Merger is ‘Inevitable’ Once Again
Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen says that a merger between Dish and DirecTV is “inevitable” with comments suggesting that a merger could happen at any time. “Yeah, I mean, I still think DISH and DIRECTV will be inevitable. Could that be a month from now or 10 years from now? That I don’t know,” Ergen…