Rising price of streaming alternatives to cable could be boon for Sling
As competing streaming services like YouTube TV and Fubo TV raise their base price, customers could be lured back to Dish Network’s Sling TV.
Dish Network
Dish Network is a direct-to-home satellite television company. It operates Dish Network satellite TV, streaming service Sling TV and the wireless phone company Boost Mobile. The company is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
With Boost acquisition, Dish Network is now a mobile phone company
Dish acquired the Boost brand from Sprint after the fourth-largest wireless carrier merged with T-Mobile.
AT&T executive reiterates company’s desire to sell DirecTV
An AT&T executive reiterated his company’s desire to offload satellite pay TV service DirecTV less than five years after the telecommunications giant acquired the service.
Sling TV to get new AMC add-on packages
Dish Network’s Sling TV has reached a new deal with programmer AMC Networks covering six linear channels as well as a handful of new on-demand add-on options.
Regional Fox Sports networks probably aren’t coming back to Dish anytime soon
Dish’s chairman said the company was able to save money by dropping 16 Fox-branded RSNs last year.
Dish chairman: Merger with DirecTV “probably inevitable”
Dish Network’s chairman said it’s likely inevitable that his company and AT&T’s DirecTV would merge in the future.
Dish-owned Sling TV loses subscribers for first time
Dish Network turned a profit last quarter despite losing subscribers of both its traditional satellite TV and online-only Sling TV services.
Amazon testing commercial skip feature for Fire TV Recast device: report
The feature started rolling out to a handful of users ahead of an event where Amazon is expected to announce new devices.
Discovery chief executive says sports to blame for cable costs, carriage disputes
If you feel like you’re paying an absurd amount for cable or satellite, you can blame sports channels, says the boss of a network that has no sports channels.
Tribune warns of blackout on Dish Network if agreement not reached
Tribune Media could be yanked from Dish Network’s satellite platform if both sides don’t reach a new contract by August 15.