Digital TV News: DISH

Everyone TV reveals Freely UI and features
Feb 5, 2024 – Everyone TV has announced that Freely will launch in Q2 2024, and has offered a first glimpse at the UI and features of the streaming service. Vestel has been added as a smart TV partner.
News categories: Everyone TV, Vestel, Sarah Milton, Carl Pfeiffer, Atinc Ogut, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK, UX

Dish Media adopts Unified ID 2.0 identity solution
Jan 30, 2024 – DISH Media has enabled Unified ID 2.0 (UID2), an identity solution, becoming the first MVPD and the largest vMVPD to integrate the solution across its traditional TV and OTT services.
News categories: Dish Media, Kevin Arri, The Trade Desk, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Satellite, Streaming, USA

France Télévisions launches France 2 in UHD, on DTT and FRANSAT
Jan 23, 2024 – France Télévisions is to begin broadcasting its France 2 channel in 4K-UHD via DTT and on the FRANSAT free-to-air bouquet, the first French TV broadcaster to offer a domestic channel in the format.
News categories: Eutelsat, France Télévisions, FRANSAT, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, Satellite, Terrestrial

EchoStar completes merger with DISH Network
Jan 2, 2024 – EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS) has announced the completion of its acquisition of DISH Network via the merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar with DISH Network.
News categories: EchoStar, DISH Network, Hamid Akhavan, Charles Ergen, John Swieringa, Digital TV, MandA, Satellite, Streaming, USA

mvshub integrates Contentwise and Minerva for personalized recommendations
Dec 13, 2023 – Dish Mexico has selected Minerva and ContentWise to provide the recommendation engine for its super aggregation platform, mvshub, built on SES's Online Video Platform (OVP).
News categories: ContentWise, mvshub, SES S.A, Minerva, Renato Bonomini, Roger Quintin, Big Data, Digital TV, Mexico, Streaming, UX

Everyone TV unveils Hisense as first smart TV partner for Freely
Dec 13, 2023 – Everyone TV has announced that its new streaming service, Freely, will be built into the next generation of smart TVs, with Hisense as the first partner to offer the service.
News categories: Everyone TV, Hisense, Amy Rowcliffe, Deep Halder, Howard Grindrod, Arun Bhatoye, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, UK, UX

DISH Media partners with BrightLine for interactive ads on Sling TV
Dec 12, 2023 – DISH Media has partnered with BrightLine to bring two new ad formats - In-Stream Interactive (scrollers, games and trivia) and Dynamic Addressable (creative tailored to the viewer's location) - to SLING TV.
News categories: DISH Media, BrightLine, Dave Antonelli, Michael Bologna, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Go Addressable becomes industry trade body
Nov 21, 2023 – Go Addressable has been incorporated as a non-profit trade organization, comprising a4 Advertising, Spectrum Reach, Comcast Advertising, DIRECTV Advertising, DISH Media and Paramount Advertising.
News categories: Go Addressable, Paramount, Larry Allen, Maribel Becker, Advertising, Digital TV, USA

Top U.S. pay-TV providers lost 465,000 subscribers in 3Q 2023
Nov 14, 2023 – Leichtman Research Grouphas found that the largest pay-TV providers in the U.S. lost about 465,000 net video subscribers in 3Q 2023, compared to a pro forma net loss of about 385,000 in 3Q 2022.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Bruce Leichtman, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA