Tag: Dish
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Dish & Sling TV Are Considering Permanently Dropping Fox RSNs But Hopes to Offer a Price Break
Today during the 2nd quarter 2019 Dish earnings calls Dish announced that they are considering dropping Fox RSNs permanently. Dish said they offered a 30-day extension to their contract implying that Fox RSNs rejected that offer. Dish pressed the idea of how costly Fox RSNs are and how few viewers really watch the Fox RSNs.…
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Sling TV Added 48,000 New Subscribers in The 2nd Quarter of 2019
After DIRECTV NOW reported it had lost over 168,000 subscribers many wondered if Sling TV would also lose subscribers. Today we learned that Sling TV gained 48,000 subscribers and now has over 2.47 million subscribers. This is up from the 2.424 million subscribers Sling TV had in the 1st quarter of 2019. This means Sling…
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DISH Will Report Sling TV’s Subscriber Numbers Today: Here Is What to Look For…
Today, DISH will report their second quarter 2019 earnings numbers. Maybe one of the most anticipated announcements is current Sling TV subscriber numbers. For years DISH did not report Sling TV subscriber numbers, but recently they have started to. The subscriber numbers are not the only thing we are looking forward to though. Here is…
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Dish’s New Wireless 5G Phone Service Could Be Called Sling Wireless
Last week we learned that Dish had agreed to buy Boost Mobile and other additional assets from T-Mobile as apart of the Spring merger with T-Mobile. Dish had already been working on its own wireless network and owns a large catalog of spectrum it plans to use. Now with help from T-Mobile Dish will soon…
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Locast Has Found Unexpected Allies in DISH & AT&T’s DIRECTV
Locast is a free streaming service that offers locals (with popups asking for donations) in major markets like New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Locast can do this by using a rule in the law for nonprofits. Many wondered how long cable TV providers and content…
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Sling TV & Dish Lose Fox RSNs
Earlier today Sling TV & Dish lost access to Fox Regional Sports Networks. This comes as talks with Dish/Sling TV and Disney broke down. Making this even more complicated is that the Fox RSN group has its own team negotiating. Dish sent Cord Cutters News the following statement about the blackouts: “DISH and Sling has…
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T-Mobile & Sprint’s Merger is Approved By The DOJ With Help From Dish
Today The Department of Justice approved the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint thanks to a deal to sell some assets to Dish including Boost Mobile for $5 billion. The T-Mobile and Sprint merger will be a $26 billion deal to bring the two companies together. On T-Mobile’s website pushing for the merger they say: “It…
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Dish Reportedly Reaches a Deal With T-Mobile To Buy Boost Mobile
Today it is being reported that Dish and T-Mobile have reached a deal that will make Dish the 4th largest wireless carrier in the United States. As part of this deal, Dish will buy assets from T-Mobile including Boost Mobile to help it launch a Dish wireless phone service according to Bloomberg. This deal will…
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Sling TV & Dish Have Reportedly Agreed to a Temporary Extension With Disney For Fox RSNs, FX, & National Geographic
Last night Sling TV and Dish’s contract with Fox Regional Sports Networks, FX, and the National Geographic network came to an end. Now it is being reported that Sling TV and Dish have agreed to a temporary extension with Disney as the talks continue. It had been reported that Disney was looking for a temporary…
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Sling TV & Dish Will Reportedly Lose Fox Regional Sports Networks Tonight
Over the weekend Fox Regional Sports Networks started to warn that that Sling TV & Dish may lose access to Fox Regional Sports Networks. Now sources are reporting that that Fox Regional Sports networks will go dark tonight on Sling TV and Dish. Update: Sling TV and Dish have reportedly reached a Temporary deal with…