Tag: Dish
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DISH Wants to Offer 5G Internet to 70% of Americans in Just Three Years
DISH has for some time now talked about how important 5G is to the future of the company. Now DISH has announced that it plans to have 70% of Americans covered with 5G broadband by June 2023. This comes as DISH has started to ask for proposals to help it lay fiber to build out…
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How to Cancel DISH & Save Money but Still Watch Your Shows in 2020
Canceling DISH and becoming a cord cutter can sound scary at first, with a ton of options and decisions to make, but we hope this guide will show you that cord cutting is surprisingly easy. In fact, you may already have most, if not everything, you need. Today we are going to help you cancel…
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How To Stop Getting Spam Email And Mail From Dish, Spectrum, Comcast, DIRECTV, & More in 2020
At the beginning of every new year, phone calls and letters with offers and promotions trying to win you back as a cable, internet, or phone customer seems to spike. Luckily, there are ways to make these advertisements and promotional offers stop. Do Not Call Registry First things first. Put your phone number on the…
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DISH Wants to Crack Down on Piracy Using a Blockchain Automated Anti-Piracy System
DISH has recently been on a warpath to stop piracy with a focus on IPTV. Now DISH is proposing an automated Blockchain-based anti-piracy system to crack down on IPTV and piracy in general according to a patent spotted by TorrentFreak. According to DISH’s patent request, millennials and the next generation are increasingly turning their backs…
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Cable TV Prices Are Continuing to Rise in 2020 as Comcast, DISH, Spectrum & More Raise Their Prices
Cable companies are ringing in the new year with price hikes on their TV packages and extra fees. Let’s take a look at how prices are changing for Comcast, AT&T, Spectrum, and Dish customers. Spectrum was the first to alert customers of price changes in the most recent round of increases. Spectrum raised their prices…
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DISH Loses 18 Local TV Stations
Today DISH subscribers found that they have lost locals in 18 markets. This comes as DISH and Mission Broadcasting failed to reach a deal today. Today DISH sent Cord Cutters News this statement about the blackout: “Mission is using its own viewers as leverage as it demands higher monthly rates, interrupting programming as we head…
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DISH & Sling TV Drop Blaze TV As The Network Starts to Shutdown its Cable TV Network
Back in November news broke that Glenn Beck’s Blaze TV would be shutting down its live TV network at the end of 2019. Instead, Blaze TV will focus on its video-on-demand subscription streaming service. Now Sling TV and DISH have dropped the network from their lineup as its contract was not renewed. This all comes…
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AT&T & DISH Are Being Sued by BBiTV for Patent Infringement
This week, Broadband iTV, Inc. (BBiTV) announced that they have filed a lawsuit against AT&T’s DIRECTV and U-Verse TV. BBiTV has also filed a lawsuit against DISH. BBiT says the video-on-demand services of these companies infringe on their patents. According to BBiTV, they developed and own a portfolio of more than 60 issued U.S. patents…
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AT&T Warns That DIRECTV Could Lose Local Channels After STELA Expires
Right now, the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA) is set to expire in just over a week. STELA gives satellite services like DISH and AT&T access to local channels among other things. Now AT&T has come out and publicly warned that if this rule expires DIRECTV would lose access to local channels. The…
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Dish Plans to Launch a Wireless Service 30 Days After Closing Sprint T-Mobile Merger With 5G Coming in 2020
As the T-Mobile and Sprint merger case continues in court this week, Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen testified in support of the merger. Ergen shared that he has letters from three banks, offering $10 billion in funding for Dish to launch a new wireless network. The letters show that the banks are “highly confident” that…