Tag: Dish
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Dish Plans to Launch Its Narrowband Internet IoT Network In Early 2020
Earlier this month at the Dish Team Summit it was announced to Dish employees and partners that Dish plans to launch narrowband “Internet of Things” (IoT) internet in early 2020 and spoke of plans to be the U.S.’s first standalone 5G provider at a later date. According to the Satelliteguys who attended the event Dish’s…
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Sling TV’s President Thinks AT&T is Being “Anti-Competitive”
Back when AT&T was in trial with the DOJ fighting to buy Time Warner Sling TV’s President Warren Schlichting testified against the merger. Today at the Pay-TV Show he said he thinks the fears raised back during that trial have come true AT&T is being “anti-competitive.” How exactly AT&T is being anti-competitive was not disclosed…
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Dish, Spectrum, Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon Have Lost Over 1.1 Million in The 1st Quarter of 2019 As Cord Cutting Grows
Today we learned that Dish, Spectrum, Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon have lost over 1.1 million TV subscribers in just 3 months. Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T have reported their first quarter 2019 numbers with over 900,000 people canceled their pay-TV service. AT&T also announced that DIRECTV NOW lost 83,000 subscribers in the 1st quarter of 2019. This is compared…
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Cord Cutting This Week 63 – Sling TV is Bigger Than PlayStation Vue & DIRECTV NOW, ATSC 3.0, & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. (Also let…
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AT&T, Spectrum, Comcast, Dish, & Verizon Lost 1.1 Million Subscribers in The 4th Quarter of 2018
Cable TV had a really bad 2018 with over 1.1 million subscribers canceling their traditional pay-TV services in just the 4th quarter. This news comes as today Dish announced that they lost 334,000 pay TV subscribers in the 4th quarter of 2018. Dish’s losses are in addition to the 658,000 DIRECTV lost, 36,000 Spectrum lost, 19,000 Comcast…
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How To Stop Getting Spam Email And Mail From Comcast, DIRECTV, Dish, Spectrum, And More (2019 Update)
2019 is here and your ex-pay TV provider really wants you back. We all know the pain after you cancel your TV service you get hundreds of emails and letters asking you to come back. The good news is you can make them stop but you need to do a little work. Here is how…
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Comcast, AT&T, DISH, Spectrum, & Others Are All Raising Their TV Prices This Month
It’s January and for traditional TV subscribers, that means it is time to pay more. We already reported on Spectrum and Comcast’s price hikes coming out later this month, now we know DISH is also raising their price. The price hikes seem to range from as little as $1 a month on things like Regional…
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5G Is DISH’s “Manhattan Project”
DISH has been slowly recreating their company from one that is known almost exclusively as a satellite TV service. From launching Sling TV to offering in-home cellphone repair and antenna installations, DISH has been looking to diversify. Now DISH is putting a lot of work into 5G Internet as a new focus. In an interview…
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SET TV is Ordered To Pay Dish $90 Million in Piracy Damages
For some time, SET TV was the talk of cord cutting. Hundreds of channels for just $20 a month. Many argued if it was legal and the battle went on even after Dish sued SETTV. Now a United States Judge has ordered the founders of SET TV to pay Dish $90,000,000 in damages. “DISH is…
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Sling TV & Dish Accuse AT&T Of Using HBO As An ‘Economic Weapon’
Today Dish Network the parent company of Sling TV help their 3rd quarter 2018 earnings call. During that call Dish Network’s Chairman, Charlie Ergen dived into their current fight with AT&T over HBO. According to Mr. Ergen AT&T is demanding unreasonable terms for HBO in an effort to use it as an “economic weapon”. “This is purely…