FCC chair proposes ban on cable, satellite TV early termination fees
The proposal would also force cable and satellite TV companies to terminate a customer’s service the very day they request it.
Sling TV is an Internet-based streaming cable TV alternative owned by satellite TV company Dish Network. The company offers a handful of cable television channels delivered over the Internet, starting at $40 a month.
Sling TV also offers more than 300 free streaming content channels through the Sling Freestream brand.
The proposal would also force cable and satellite TV companies to terminate a customer’s service the very day they request it.
Sling TV is offering bill credits to customers who were affected by a technical disruption over the weekend.
Dish Network is issuing pink slips to more than 500 employees at its satellite TV service, Sling TV and Dish Wireless divisions.
A survey sent to Sling Freestream users suggests the service could onboard NBC’s free, ad-supported streaming channels soon.
Dish Network’s customer support and streaming portals went down on Saturday, with the company yet to offer a public statement on what caused the outages.
YouTube TV has de-throned rival Fubo as the best streaming service based on customer satisfaction, according to a new J.D. Power survey.
The high cost of broadcast and cable programming is likely to make the situation worse, as customers flee Dish and Sling for cheaper options.
The Preserve Viewer Choice Coalition pits major broadcast network owners against local affiliate groups in the fight over the streaming television industry’s future.
Dish Network’s free, ad-supported streaming service Sling Freestream launched seven new channels this week, including four from the Estrella Media brand.
The milestone was reached this week after the Dish Network-backed service added three new channels.
Dish and DirecTV have tried to merge several times over the last few decades, with those discussions falling apart each time.
There are plenty of cheap and free ways to stream the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat during the 2023 NBA Finals without cable.
The affirmation comes weeks after a Dish spokesperson said a “limited number” of employee records were compromised.
The new streams include three from FilmRise and several Spanish-language channels.
Sling Freestream is adding six new channels and hundreds of Spanish-language television shows from Canela.TV.
The six new channels bring the total number of linear content streams to over 370 on Sling Freestream.
The new free streams include two channels from FilmRise, and adds to Sling Freestream’s growing list of over 340 linear content channels.
The company saw its linear business bring in 7 percent less revenue during Q2 2023, but still posted a profit of $1.828 billion.
Dish Network saw more than 550,000 customers leave its two pay television products during the previous financial quarter.
Dish Network says no customer data was obtained during a cybersecurity incident that took internal systems down in mid-February.
Dish Network’s free television service Sling Freestream is adding 12 exclusive channels this week, the company announced on Thursday.
The service has been adding new channels at a steady rate since the Sling Freestream brand launched in February 2023.
Dish Network’s Sling Freestream now offers more than 300 channels of streaming content and over 41,000 free movies and TV episodes.
The football event will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN and NFL Network, and widely available on streaming services.
The finals will be available on ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBA TV this year, which are carried on a wide variety of afforable streaming TV services.
Sling TV is now available on some Amazon Echo Show smart screen devices, the company said this week.
Sling Freestream has added nine new linear content channels, the company announced on Thursday.
Google is rolling out an updated version of its Google TV interface that will see hundreds of free television streams added to the platform.
A pending lawsuit claims Dish Network had weak cybersecurity that opened the door for hackers to compromise its internal systems.
Sling TV hired the “Sweat Mop Guy” to serve as the face of its latest ad campaign for the NBA Playoffs.
Sling Freestream quietly added more than a dozen new content channels this week.
Federal lawmakers have introduced a proposal that would ban loud ads from appearing on streaming TV services.
Sling Freestream added 16 new linear content channels this week, bringing the total number of free channels to over 230.
Dish Network customers have a few options to change or cancel their service after February’s large-scale cyberattack.
Stream every 2023 NCAA March Madness men’s college basketball tournament game on CBS/Paramount Plus, TBS, TNT and Tru TV.
Some of the NCAA March Madness tournament will be free on CBS; others will require access to a pay TV streaming subscription like Sling TV.
Sling TV has added local ABC-owned television stations in eight markets to one of its base programming packages.
Dish Network says less than 10 million customers are paying for its flagship satellite service and streaming product Sling TV.
Sling TV has rebranded its free, ad-supported television product to Sling Freestream, the company announced on Thursday.
Sling TV will add live feeds of eight ABC-owned stations to its streaming service in March.