Digital TV News: Sling TV

SLING TV launches free classic arcade games
Mar 6, 2024 – SLING TV has announced the launch of a free games experience, Arcade. Subscribers and users can now launch and play games in Arcade while simultaneously watching TV.
News categories: SLING TV, Play.Works, Gary Schanman, Jonathan Boltax, Digital TV, Gaming, Streaming, USA

Top U.S. pay-TV providers lost 5 million subscribers in 2023
Mar 8, 2024 – Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that the largest pay-TV providers in the U.S. lost about 5,035,000 video subscribers in 2023, compared to a net loss of about 4,590,000 in 2022.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Bruce Leichtman, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

DISH Media expands addressable TV footprint to include Philo
Mar 6, 2024 – DISH Media (NASDAQ: SATS) has partnered with Philo to offer advertisers access to Philo inventory, expanding its addressable footprint beyond DISH TV and SLING TV for the first time.
News categories: DISH Media, Philo, David Antonelli, Reed Barker, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

EchoStar pay TV subscribers down 314,000 in 4Q 2023
Mar 1, 2024 – EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) has released results for the period to Dec. 31, 2023. Pay-TV subscribers fell 314,000 in the final quarter to close at 8.53 million (6.47 million DISH TV, 2.06 million SLING TV).
News categories: EchoStar, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

DISH Media partners with PubMatic on programmatic for SLING TV
Feb 15, 2024 – PubMatic (Nasdaq:PUBM) has announced a partnership with DISH Media (NASDAQ:SATS) that allows SLING TV to tap into PubMatic's supply path partnerships to access demand via private marketplace deals.
News categories: PubMatic, DISH Media, Nicole Scaglione, Andrew Tint, Brad Stockton, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

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

Pixalate releases reports on top grossing CTV apps in Q4 2023
Jan 24, 2024 – Pixalate has released benchmark reports with data on the top grossing apps in open programmatic advertising by region across Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Samsung Smart TV.
News categories: Pixalate, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, North America, Streaming, TV OS, Worldwide

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

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