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 [...]
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Dish Gets 2 NBC Stations Back Before Super Bowl
Dish announced last night that it has reached a new carriage pact with Waterman Broadcasting, returning two local NBC affiliates to its lineup in time for Sunday’s [...]
Dish Loses 2 More Local Channels In Fee Fight
Dish has lost two more local channels due to a fee fight and this dispute could stop the satcaster’s subscribers from watching Sunday’s Super Bowl. The two [...]
Dish Loses 4 Local Stations In Fee Fight
Dish today lost four local stations in four markets due to a fee fight with their owner, the Lockwood Broadcast Group. The stations are: KAKE-TV, the ABC affiliate in [...]
Dish, DIRECTV Offer Free Preview of NBA League Pass
DIRECTV and Dish next week will both hold week-long free previews of the NBA League Pass package of out-of-market games, the satcasters have announced. The DIRECTV preview [...]
Pay TV Fee Hikes: Old Habits Die Hard
News Analysis Dish yesterday became the fourth major pay TV operator to announce a price increase in their 2018 monthly programming packages for existing subscribers. The [...]
Dish, Lilly Settle 2-Month Fee Fight
Dish and Lilly Broadcasting have settled their carriage battle which had left the satcaster’s viewers unable to watch 10 Lilly-owned local stations since September 30. [...]
Dish to Hold Month-Long ‘Binge-a-Palooza’
Dish will hold a free preview of eight channels from December 1 through January 1, the satcaster announced today. The preview, which the satcaster is calling [...]
Dish & CBS Sign New Deal; Blackout Over
Dish and CBS last night ended its brief carriage dispute and signed a new multi-year deal that returns the network’s programming to the satcaster’s lineup. Early [...]
Dish Loses 28 CBS Stations In Fee Fight
Dish this morning lost 28 CBS-owned local stations in 18 markets due to a fee fight between the companies, both companies announced. Update: CBS said Wednesday that the two [...]
Dish Could Soon Lose CBS Stations Due to Fee Fight
Dish subscribers could soon lose access to 14 CBS-owned local channels as well as other CBS properties such as Showtime and the CBS Sports Network due to a fee fight between [...]
Dish Includes Voice Remote With Hopper DVR
New Dish customers who get a Hopper DVR will now also get a free voice remote, the company has announced. Existing customers can upgrade to the voice remote for $20. The [...]