The Desk appreciates the support of readers who purchase products or services through links on our website. Learn more...

Dish Media

DirecTV and Dish Network logos.

Dish creditors reject bond exchange, raising questions about DirecTV acquisition

A group of creditors associated with Echostar's pay television service Dish Network have rejected a bond exchange offer from the company.

The electronic program guide for Dish Network's free television service Sling Freestream. (Graphic by The Desk)

Dish Media debuts “pause ads” on Sling TV

Sling TV has introduced pause ads through live and on-demand content, the company announced on Tuesday.

Tom Fochetta (Courtesy photo)

Echostar hires Tom Fochetta to lead Dish Media advertising unit

Tom Fochetta joins Dish Media from Samsung, where he helped build the advertising unit associated with the FAST platform Samsung TV Plus.

(Logo: Philo, Graphic designed by The Desk)

Dish Media forms addressable advertising pact with Philo

The partnership allows Dish Media clients to purchase addressable advertising inventory against dozens of channels available on Philo.

TheDesk.net is free to read — please help keep it that way.

We rely on advertising revenue to support our original journalism and analysis.
Please disable your ad-blocking technology to continue enjoying our content.

Learn how to disable your ad blocker on: Chrome | Firefox | Safari | Microsoft Edge | Opera | AdBlock plugin

Alternatively, add us as a preferred source on Google to unlock access to this website.

If you think this is an error, please contact us.