Tag: dish
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DISH Wants To Give You Cheap 5G Home Internet & Hopes the FCC Will Help As Cord Cutting 2.0 Grows
Cord cutters have long dreamed of having true options when it comes to internet service. Finally, cord cutters can now cancel their Cable TV service and their cable internet service, breaking completely free from cable TV thanks to new options like 5G Home Internet. This move has started what is becoming known as cord cutting…
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T-Mobile and Dish Make Peace Over Spectrum Sale
T-Mobile and Dish Network have agreed on new terms that give the satellite provider more time to acquire a swath of radio airwaves from the wireless carrier. The two companies have been in a months-long spat over the timing of the deal, with the Justice Department needing to step in. T-Mobile wanted Dish to followthrough…
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DISH Network’s Website is Back Online After a 24-Hour Outage, Leaving Customers Unable to Stream, Pay Bills, Or Get Support
For over 24 hours, snow DISH Network’s website has been down, including its support pages. This outage also means customers can’t log into apps like ESPN to stream their games because DISH’s login pages are down. For now this outage seems to be limited to DISH as Sling TV and its AirTV website are all…
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DIRECTV Also Raises Satellite TV Prices
On the heels of DIRECTV raising the price of its DIRECTV STREAM service, the company confirmed the price increases will be coming to its core satellite offering as well and take effect on November 5. Update: DIRECTV later published its list of price increases, which are listed below. The company said the average increase is…
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Dish and EchoStar Flip Merger Roles, With EchoStar To Take Over As the Parent Company
Dish Network and EchoStar Corp are still slated to merge back, but having flip-flopped on which one will be the parent. The companies disclosed in a filing with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that they are reversing their original plan, and will now merge with EchoStar as the parent company. The two companies said in…
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YouTube TV Has the Most Satisfied Customers
YouTube TV is the top dog when it comes to happy live TV streaming customers, according to J.D. Power’s 2023 U.S. Television Service Provider Satisfaction Study. The service sported a rating of 795 on the data analytics company’s 1,000-point scale. Hulu + Live TV came in second place with 785 points. That result is a…
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Dish Sues Vidgo, Fubo and iFit As Part of Growing Number of Lawsuits
Dish Network isn’t shy about exercising the power of its patents, and the company is at it again with another lawsuit filed against streaming service Vidgo. In a lawsuit filed last month, Dish’s technology arm, Dish Technologies LLC and Dish’s Sling TV LLC accused Vidgo of knowingly infringing on its technology to stream content to…
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Dish is Fined by the FCC for Not Dealing With Space Trash
With the revival of the space race back in full force, a growing amount of space debris is orbiting our planet. The Federal Communications Commission is taking action against companies who don’t pick up after themselves, starting with DISH. Today, the FCC fined DISH $150,000 after the company failed to properly deorbit its EchoStar-7 satellite…
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Dish Network Announces Price Hike to Hit in October
Dish Network on Friday said that it would be raising the rates on all of its plans, making it the latest player to announce a price hike this year. The change equates to a monthly hike of $5 on all of its plans, which goes into effect on October 12. You can see the full…
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Sling TV President Takes Over Dish TV, Overseeing Both Businesses
Sling TV has long played an important role in Dish Network, but thanks to a change in leadership, we get a sense of how important the streaming service is to the pay-TV provider. Gary Schanman, the executive vice president and group president for Sling TV, posted on LinkedIn earlier this week that he had been…