Category: dish network

Dish subscribers lose access to local Scripps stations in channel dispute

Post author By Randall
Post date July 26, 2020
Categories In av, dish, dish network, gear, News, satellite television, satellite tv, scripps, Tech, Television, Tv

[ad_1] Two TV giants are once more at loggerheads over channel rates, and this time it might significantly hurt your access to local news. Local Scripps-owned stations in 42 markets (including New York City and San Diego) have gone dark on Dish Network after the companies failed to reach a deal on carriage rates. Scripps […]

Major broadcasters sue nonprofit TV service over copyright infringement

Post author By Randall
Post date July 31, 2019
Categories In abc, allegations, at&t, att, av, booster, broadcasting, business, cable bill, cbs, copyright, copyright infringement, dish network, Entertainment, fox, lawsuit, local tv, locast, nbcu, nbcuniversal, nonprofit, streaming, streaming tv, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] The lawsuit also alleges that Locast exists to help AT&T and Dish avoid paying to carry broadcast content. Both DirectTV and Dish customers are directed to Locast on their set-top box menus. The lawsuit claims that when Locast retransmits signals, the broadcasters lose out on vital viewership information. In its defense, Locast says its […]

Dish is close to a $6 billion deal with Sprint and T-Mobile

Post author By Randall
Post date June 19, 2019
Categories In at&t, boost mobile, business, department of justice, dish network, fcc, gear, merger, Mobile, Sprint, t-mobile, Tech

[ad_1] Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve heard that getting DoJ approval for T-Mobile’s proposed $26 billion purchase of Sprint will require making moves to create a new national wireless carrier as a competitor. That could be achieved by selling off Boost Mobile and enough spectrum to make a service viable, however they needed […]