Tag: Dish
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The National Association of Broadcasters Complains About Dish & AT&T’s Support of Locast
Yesterday ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC filed a lawsuit targeting Locast in an effort to shut it down. Now the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has, as you would likely have expected, come out in support of the lawsuit. One interesting note is that the NAB included complaints about how AT&T and Dish have supported…
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ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Are Suing Locast to Shut It Down
Today it was learned that ABC, CBS. FOX, and NBC are suing to shutdown Locast according to The Wall Street Journal. This comes after Dish and AT&T have used Locast to help support their fight with local ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC local TV stations. Update: Locast sent Cord Cutters News the following statement about…
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Dish Wants to Offer “Disruptive” Wireless Phone Pricing & Offer Bundles With its Other Products
Today during Dish’s 2nd quarter 2019 earnings call Dish opened up a bit about its plans to offer wireless phone service. According to Dish, they plan to have “disruptive” pricing on its wireless phone service once it owns Boost Mobile. Dish also said they are looking into possible bundles for its new wireless phone service…
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Cord Cutting Today #106 – Disney+ Coming to Hulu, HOA’s Try to Illegally Block Antennas, Sling TV, & More
Cord Cutting Today is our daily look at some of the biggest stories happening right now in the world of cord cutting. You can find these videos posted on YouTube every Monday through Saturday. Today we take a look at some of the biggest stories in the world of cord cutting. Including Disney+Coming to Hulu,…
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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…