Amazon’s Alexa Can Record Shows On DIRECTV, Dish
Amazon announced yesterday that subscribers to DIRECTV, TiVo, Verizon and Dish will soon be able to use the ‘Alexa’ Echo to record programming. The new recording [...]
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Dish, DIRECTV to Offer MLB In 4K
Dish has joined DIRECTV in providing 4K coverage of Saturday’s MLB game between the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros. The game will begin at 4 p.m. ET from Globe Life [...]
Dish Hikes MLB Extra Innings Price By 6%
Dish is now selling the 2018 MLB Extra Innings plan for $175, which is $10 more than it charged for the 2017 package of out-of-market baseball games. The $10 hike represents [...]
DIRECTV, Dish to Show Big 10 Tournament In 4K
DIRECTV and Dish will both show the first three days of the Big Ten basketball tournament in 4K, starting with tonight’s doubleheader which begins at 5:30 p.m ET. The [...]
Why Does Cable & Satellite Keep Raising Prices?
Q. My DIRECTV bill just went up again! Why do they raise prices every year? I don’t know how much longer I can take it! Haven’t they heard about cord-cutting? Do [...]
Does Dish Offer Blue Planet II In 4K?
Q. I read your article that DIRECTV has Blue Planet II in 4K. But what about Dish? Does it offer it on 4K? I haven’t seen it in my Dish lineup. — Brandon, [...]
Dish Lost 21.8% Of Satellite Subs In Last 4 Years
Dish has lost more than three million satellite TV customers in the last four years, a 21.8 percent decrease, according to company reports. The company yesterday reported [...]
Dish Adds 39K Video Subs In 4Q; Sling TV Has 2.2M
Dish this morning reported that it added a net of approximately 39,000 video subscribers in the fourth quarter, including 75,000 reactivations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. [...]
Top Pay TV Ops Added 179K Subs In 4Q
News and Analysis Despite reports of impending doom, the nation’s top three pay TV services actually gained a net of 179,000 video subscribers in the fourth quarter. [...]
Dish to Offer Winter Olympics In 4K
Dish has confirmed it will offer next-day coverage of this month’s 2018 Winter Olympics in 4K HDR (High Dynamic Range). Comcast and DIRECTV has previously disclosed it [...]
Swanni Sez Newsletter — February 6, 2018
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today’s Swanni Sez newsletter, which includes links and summaries of the day’s top stories in TV technology. But before we go to the [...]
Dish: A Month of Premium Previews
Dish this month is holding free preview of five different premium channels, starting this weekend with the Starz channel. The Starz preview, which began yesterday and extends [...]