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Dish Network

Charlie Ergen calls Dish merger with DirecTV “inevitable,” makes overture to Sinclair RSNs after first Sling TV subscriber loss

"The growth in TV is not coming from linear TV providers, but from huge programmers. You just can't swim upstream against a real tide of big players."

Dish Network

Dish Network pulls NBC Sports Chicago as yet another carriage dispute begins

Dish really hates live sports.

Dish Network

Fox unleashes pre-planned commercial blitz blaming Dish for carriage dispute, which isn’t a good sign

Fox aired multiple scripted commercials featuring actors regarding the carriage dispute with Dish, so this is clearly something they've been prepared for.

Dish Network

Dish Network drops FOX, FS1/FS2, BTN as part of carriage dispute

The outage also applies to Dish-owned Sling TV.

DirecTV

DirecTV and Dish Network reportedly considering a merger (again)

While there are no active talks, a merger between DirecTV and Dish Network would likely face much less regulatory scrutiny in 2019 than it did back in 2002.

Dish Network

Dish and Hearst finally end their almost eight-week dispute

It's about time!

Dish Network

Hearst Television begins a ‘shot clock’ to show how long Dish blackout is

The dispute between Dish and Hearst is in its third week

Dish Network

Hearst TV stations are blacked out on Dish Network and there’s no end in sight

Another dispute leaves viewers in the dark

2016

Dish introducing skinny bundle that won’t include ESPN, other major networks

The days of cord-shaving are fast upon us, and Dish Network has cast the latest blow against the...