Digital TV News: Sling TV
DISH Media offers Pause Ads on Sling TV
Jul 9, 2024 – DISH Media has announced the launch of Pause Ads, a new format for advertisers to engage viewers in a non-disruptive manner when they pause live or on-demand content on Sling TV.
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DISH Media, Sling, Tom Fochetta, Advertising, Digital TV, USA, UX
EchoStar pay TV subscribers down 348,000 in 1Q 2024
May 8, 2024 – EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) has released results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. Pay-TV subscribers fell 348,000 in the quarter, to close at 8.18 million (6.26 million DISH TV, 1.92 million SLING TV).
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EchoStar, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA
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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Pixalate, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, North America, Streaming, TV OS, Worldwide
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