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Ongoing carriage friction between Dish Network and Sinclair Broadcast Group could soon intensify, with Sinclair warning that 112 of its local TV stations could soon go dark on the pay-TV provider. In a press release, Sinclair said the stations, which serve 38% of Dish’s 11 million satellite and streaming customers…

HBO and Dish Network have resolved one of the most bitter distribution disputes in pay-TV history (and that’s saying something), agreeing to terms on a new carriage agreement. The companies had reached an impasse in the fall of 2018, resulting in the first blackout ever experienced by HBO starting in November of that…

Dish Network and AT&T are joining forces, though not, as some have predicted, in the pay-TV space. Instead, Dish has agreed to pay AT&T $5 billion over a 10-year period to secure the telecom giant as its wireless network provider. After four decades focused on satellite TV services, Dish is pivoting to telecom after…

A sports betting partnership between Dish Network and DraftKings has hammered the stock of upstart streaming bundle provider FuboTV. Shares in Fubo, which have been on a wild ride in recent months but have risen more than 300% over the past year, were down 19% as the trading day reached the home stretch. The company…

Discovery’s self-described “experiments” with programming on nascent streaming service Discovery+ are one reason why it has quickly reached almost 12 million direct-to-consumer subscribers. The company released the streaming totals — of which Discovery+ makes up the bulk — as part of its fourth-quarter earnings…

UPDATED with exec comments from call: Satellite broadcaster Dish Network posted profit and revenue gains for last quarter, beating Wall Street estimates and seeing its stock pop more than 3% in early trade. It reversed course and closed down more than 4% as the market digested the massive challenge of the company’s…

Dish Network and Nexstar Media Group, the No. 1 U.S. owner of local TV stations, have resolved a carriage dispute that took 164 Nexstar stations and cable network WGN America off the air for more than three weeks. The deal was announced just after 1AM ET on Friday, Christmas Day. In a press release, Nexstar said, “We…

Nexstar Media Group said its widely distributed cable network WGN America has reached its first carriage agreement with internet-delivered bundle FuboTV. The multi-year deal comes as Nexstar, the No. 1 owner of local TV stations in the U.S., remains in a carriage dispute with Dish Network that boiled over last week…

Nexstar Media Group TV stations in 120 markets and 42 states as well as WGN America nationwide have gone dark on Dish Network platforms after days of negotiations between the companies failed to yield a deal. In all, 164 stations are offline. In 2019, Nexstar became the largest owner of local stations in the U.S. when…

Nexstar Media Group said it has reached a carriage deal with YouTube TV for cable network WGN America. The multi-year WGN America deal with YouTube will take effect on January 19. The addition of 3 million YouTube customers extends the network’s total reach to 75 million pay-TV households, Nexstar said. The deal was…

Nexstar Media Group on Friday warned of a potential blackout of its programming on Dish Network next week as the two sides negotiate a new distribution deal for the media group’s 164 TV channels. Nexstar, the No. 1 owner of local TV stations in the U.S., is currently available in 120 Dish markets in 42 states. The two…

Slingbox, the ahead-of-its-time piece of hardware that enabled remote viewing of pay-TV signals, is headed for the scrapheap. The technology maker, acquired by Echostar and now owned by Dish Network, said Monday it will sunset all devices, making them “inoperable” by November 2022. Trade journals as far back as 2017…