You can always count on DISH to come through with something interesting at the Consumer Electronics Show. Unlike DIRECTV, DISH relishes the spotlight with a traditionally large booth that only seems to get larger every year….
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4K is coming… it’s just a question of when. I think everyone’s a little annoyed that there aren’t more live 4K channels, but there just… aren’t. DIRECTV leads the way with three live 4K channels, but…
In an early morning filing, DISH revealed the financial results we more or less expected. Revenues are up, but subscriber counts are down, and that means that existing customers are paying more. DISH’s own press release,…
Get ready for another morning of rip-roaring fun tomorrow as DISH reveals its quarterly results. Always the master of ruining the suspense, DISH generally puts its financials out several hours before the call meaning that if…
Who isn’t a displaced fan these days? So many people grow up in one place and move to another, especially with the economy the way it’s been the last decade or so. That’s why I believe…
DISH took the ambitious step today of rolling out YouTube videos to its Hopper 3 DVR, making it the only pay-TV DVR with YouTube capabilities. DISH’s Hopper 3 is now a fairly full-featured streamer, with Netflix,…
DISH brings even more function to Hopper 3 DVRs with the introduction of the DPH42 multiswitch. This new switch will let you have two Hopper 3’s, each with six Joeys, from a single dish. It’s been…
Probably. We’ve all been there. Our favorite show is on and we’re out of the house. Hey, that’s what a DVR is for, right? And then, you’re out and about and you catch wind of…
Competition makes people think. That’s a good thing. Times have been tough for pay-TV in general, with more people thinking about cutting the cord and getting all their entertainment from antennas and from the internet. Most…
DISH and the NFL have found some common ground, and this means that DISH subscribers will get some football loving after all. Several sources are reporting that the two companies have resolved a dispute that came…
DISH has struggled with mixed results over the years, and this one is no different. The good news: revenues are up, mostly due to higher prices and customers taking more expensive packages. On the other hand,…
Yes, it’s that time again. Funny how quarterly conference calls seem to come around… about once a quarter. Tomorrow, we’ll have some idea how DISH did in the second quarter of 2016, the period that ended…
Who says there’s nothing on in the summer? There’s a big free preview on, as HBO invites you to sample season two of Ballers, a vehicle for Dwayne Johnson who stars as a former footballer turned…
Think all the way back to DISH’s booth at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show. That’s not a typo, I said 2015. Check out my report from then. Or, if you prefer, think all the way back to 2009,…
This may be the first time this has happened. Although many outsiders (myself included) have called for binding arbitration between content providers and pay-TV companies, this may be the first time that a pay-TV company is…