Satellite & tv articles

Orby TV Hitches Ride with Eutelsat to Launch New Satellite TV Service  Multichannel News

After shining a light on the management structure for its new U.S. satellite TV *service* that quietly soft-launched earlier this year, Orby TV Friday released more ...

If AT&T dumps DirecTV, where does that leave the viewer?  USA TODAY

AT&T is reportedly exploring options for breaking up with DirecTV. It could land with rival Dish or stay put. What does this mean for viewers?

AT&T is exploring the sale of DirecTV. Could Dish be the savior?  NBCNews.com

Telecom giant AT&T, under pressure from an activist investor, is exploring a possible sale of its satellite TV unit DirecTV, a source familiar with the matter ...

Orby TV Links Up With Eutelsat for New Prepaid Satellite TV Service  Light Reading

Revealing a few more technical details behind a recently launched prepaid satellite TV *service*, Orby TV has hooked up with Eutelsat Americas to supply critical ...

Could DIRECTV and Dish Merge if AT&T Drops It?  Market Realist

AT&T keen to drop DirecTV. Dish seen as best suitor, but closing a deal now may not be easy. Dish has several unfinished businesses.

Start-up Orby TV Beams into U.S. Satellite TV Biz with Pre-Pay Play  Multichannel News

Sure, people laughed at Jeff Binder when he launched a cable TV start-up back in 2015 … until he sold Layer 3 TV to T-Mobile for $325 million.

Hollywood news banter: Peacock struts into a crowded field  KCRW

Another week, another streaming *service*. This time, NBCUniversal announces the forthcoming Peacock .

Yemen rebels say they’re halting attacks on Saudi Arabia  Washington Post

Yemen's Houthi rebels say they are halting drone and missile attacks against Saudi Arabia, one week after they claimed responsibility for a strike that crippled a ...

You can get paid $1300 to binge-watch 13 Stephen King horror movies before Halloween  INSIDER

Any horror fans, specifically big Stephen King fans, looking to make a little extra cash this Halloween season will want to pay attention here. Dish, a satellite TV ...

New US Satellite Television Provider Orby TV Announces Senior Management Team for First-Ever Dedicated Prepaid Pay Television Service  SYS-CON Media

Orby TV (www.OrbyTV.com), a new and affordable prepaid satellite television *service*, announced its senior management team, led by Co-Founder and CEO, ...

Media: A weekly column about the media world in Colorado  The Colorado Independent

The theme of this week's column on the Colorado media scene is coverage collaboration, which seems entirely coincidental. But, hey, three's a trend they say.

DealBook Briefing: The Debate Over Profits vs. Public Interest Continues  The New York Times

Many C.E.O.s say they'll focus on helping their communities. Others say they're sticking with profits. It shows that Corporate America has more thinking to do.

New Orleans Pelicans announce 2019-20 broadcast schedule | New Orleans Pelicans  Pelicans.com

September 19, 2019 NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Pelicans announced today the television and radio broadcast schedule for the upcoming 2019-20 ...

AT&T Told to Sell DirecTV by Hedge Fund Investor  Multichannel News

AT&T's top management has been asked by a hedge fund investor to sell its struggling DirecTV satellite TV operation. Elliott Management put out a press ...

It's TV: How AT&T is reshaping HBO with the help of 'Big Bang Theory'  NBCNews.com

It's safe to say "The Big Bang Theory," a mass-market broadcast comedy that TV critics tend to find barely watchable with a laugh track (and intolerable without it) ...

Frndly TV: A cheap way get Hallmark Channel, Weather Channel and more without cable  TechHive

Sometimes just one channel stands in the way of someone cutting the cable TV cord. And given what I've heard from readers, it can often be something niche ...

Tiny misalignment of satellite dishes responsible for Iqaluit TV disruption  CBC.ca

Arctic Co-Operatives says the cable issues that customers in Iqaluit have been experiencing for the better part of a month, should all be resolved by the end of ...

Altitude Goes Dark to Dish Customers  Multichannel News

Regional sports network Altitude Sports and Entertainment made good on its promise that Dish Network customers would be without its Colorado sports team ...

What Satellite Imagery Tells Us About the Amazon Rain Forest Fires  The New York Times

Scientists studying satellite image data from the fires in the Amazon rain forest said that most of the fires are burning on agricultural land where the forest had ...

Appear TV exhibit new features on all products at IBC 2019  Broadcasting & Cable

Amsterdam, September 14, 2019 – Appear TV, a leading provider of next-generation high-quality video processing platforms for broadcast and streaming, ...

How Orby TV Is Targeting Cord-Cutters  ConsumerReports.org

Orby TV is a new. low-price satellite TV *service* that offers an alternative to other pay TV and streaming services, but, Consumer Reports says. it's not for ...

Cable Claiming ‘Outsized Share’ of Satellite-TV Ditchers  Multichannel News

Dish Network and DirecTV continue to bleed massive amounts of satellite TV customers, 809000 in the first quarter alone, and a whopping 2.3 million in 2018.

Dish open to merging satellite TV business with AT&T's DirecTV: report  Reuters

(Reuters) - Dish Network Corp is open to merging its satellite television business with AT&T Inc's pay TV *service* DirecTV but the two companies have no active ...

Dish loses more satellite TV customers as it embarks on a 5G mobile future  The Verge

Days after outlining how it plans to rise from out of nowhere as a major wireless provider in the United States and launch 5G *service* by the end of next year, Dish ...

Reports: AT&T, Dish open to merging satellite TV units  CNBC

CNBC's Julia Boorstin brings news on reports that Dish Network and AT&T would be open to merging their satellite TV businesses, but no active talks seem to ...

AT&T just declared the end of the satellite-TV era in the US  Quartz

“We've launched our last satellite,” John Donovan, CEO of AT&T Communications, said in a meeting with analysts on Nov. 29. The AT&T executive effectively ...

Broadcasters to FCC: Leave Satellite TV Fee Alone  Broadcasting & Cable

The FCC should not levy the same user fee on satellite stations that it does on their mother ships. That is according to station group owners Nexstar and Gray ...

AT&T's DirectTV, Dish May Merge Satellite TV Divisions  Via Satellite

AT&T Inc.'s DirecTV and Dish Network Corp., suffering the steepest subscriber losses in the pay-TV industry, are open to a merger and both companies believe ...

Why Cord Cutting Doubled In 2018 And 10 Million Have Left Since 2012  Forbes

Some 3 percent of pay TV subscribers became cord cutters last year, twice the rate they left in 2017. There are a number of reasons behind the trend, which hit ...

AT&T Gets Serious About Sunsetting Satellites  Broadcasting & Cable

In case you haven't heard, AT&T is done launching DirecTV satellites. The telecom, which purchased satellite-TV company DirecTV for $48.5 billion in 2015, has ...

AT&T Looks to Replace Satellite TV with ‘Self-Installed, Full Linear Product’ Osprey  Multichannel News

Company CFO Stephens said the new Android TV-powered video *service* makes the "truck roll the UPS truck". AT&T CFO John Stephens told investors Tuesday ...

Dish Network to Buy EchoStar’s Broadcast Satellite Business  The Wall Street Journal

Dish Network Corp. reached a deal to buy EchoStar Corp. 's broadcast satellite-*service* business for about $800 million in stock, as the company brings in-house ...

Hearing on Satellite TV Broadcasts  C-SPAN

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology holds a hearing on the Satellite Television Extension and Localism ...

Dish bleeds more pay-TV subscribers, Sling TV disappoints  Reuters

(Reuters) - Dish Network Corp fell short of estimates for quarterly profit on Friday, as the U.S. satellite TV *service* provider lost more pay-TV subscribers than ...

Epix And DirecTV Reach Streaming And Satellite Carriage Deal  Deadline

MGM's premium TV network Epix will be available for DirecTV subscribers for $6 a month as part of a new distribution deal with AT&T. The agreement, which ...

Cable vs. Streaming Live TV Services  ConsumerReports.org

When it comes to deciding between cable vs. streaming live TV services recent streaming price hikes could affect your decision to cut the cord. Consumer ...

Rural Media Markets Remain Neglected Due to Satellite Loophole  InsideSources

Some consumers in 12 of the tiniest rural television markets in the country are being denied access to local programming by some satellite TV providers.

Watching the 2019 Rugby World Cup from your couch may be better than being there  702

The only thing that can beat watching broadcast sport these days, is watching it live at the ground. But that is under threat as TV and social media are beginning ...

Cord-cutting speeds up: Cable, satellite losing 12K pay-TV customers a  Fast Company

Cable and satellite TV providers are shedding subscribers at ever-faster rates as more people turn to cheaper streaming services and free over-the-air ...

What Do Cord-Cutters Think of Cable and Satellite TV?  eMarketer

At a time when the number of cord-cutters continues to climb, a new report indicates that most folks who ditched their cable TV *service* don't miss anything about ...

The Arctic Village With Satellite TV But No Running Water  WIRED

For 3 million years, some 656,000 square miles of ice have covered Greenland. Now it's melting away. According to a study published last week, ice loss ...

Is Satellite TV Soon To Become Obsolete?  Forbes

Is satellite TV soon to become obsolete? Cable and fiber optics have been slowly and steadily eating into satellite's share of the global TV market. The success ...

FCC Decision Will Bring Denver TV Stations To Southwest Colorado  Colorado Public Radio

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved a plan to allow Denver TV stations to broadcast to Durango and the surrounding area.

Cord cutting: A beginner's guide  TechHive

Now is a better time than ever to cut the cable or satellite TV cord. Instead of paying upwards of $100 per month for a bloated channel bundle, you can replace it ...

AT&T renames DirecTV streaming service AT&T TV Now  Los Angeles Times

AT&T is dropping DirecTV from the name of its streaming *service*. On Tuesday, DirecTV Now customers received notices saying the name of that *service* had ...

How a DirecTV and Dish Merger Could Create a Pay TV Powerhouse with 36M Subscribers  Multichannel News

Last week, Bloomberg reported that decision-makers for AT&T and Dish Network were open to the idea of merging their two struggling satellite pay TV ...

Analysis | CBS Blackout on DirecTV Is What's Wrong With the TV Market  Washington Post

If the market for television and video-streaming services wasn't frustrating enough for consumers, now comes news that millions paying for DirecTV suddenly ...

AT&T Wants to Be Big in Entertainment. First, It Has a $49 Billion Problem to Fix.  The Wall Street Journal

DirecTV, the satellite pay-TV *service* it acquired in 2015, has become a drag as subscribers flee and streaming services such as Netflix take the lead. A DirecTV ...

For the First Time, More Americans Pay For Internet Video Than Cable or Satellite TV  Fortune

The number of people subscribing to Internet video services like Netflix exceeded the number paying for cable or satellite TV *service*.

AT&T misses revenue estimates as pay-TV subscribers bleed away  Reuters

(Reuters) - AT&T Inc's first-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates on Wednesday after it lost subscribers in nearly all of its main businesses except ...

Broadcast, Cable Companies Brace for Fight Over Satellite TV Bill (1)  Bloomberg Law

A bill to allow satellite-TV providers like AT&T Inc.'s DirecTV and Dish Network Corp. to keep sending broadcast TV signals to rural households may lead to ...

Amazon’s entry into the satellite internet market sets up another faceoff between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk  Los Angeles Times

Amazon may be entering a crowded satellite-internet field, but analysts say it is not too late for the company to make a splash.

Cord-cutting Q4 2018: Cable and satellite providers need a miracle now  Fast Company

Cable and satellite TV services had another lousy quarter as cord-cutting continues. BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield notes that AT&T, Charter, Comcast, Dish, and ...

Young TV viewers turn to antennae to escape cable's insane prices  Fast Company

While it's no secret that antenna use is on the rise in the age of cord cutting, a new survey by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) includes a surprising ...

Should AT&T's DIRECTV and Dish's TV Business Go for a Merger?  Market Realist

Cable company Dish Network and telecommunications giant AT&T are considering merging their satellite TV businesses, according to Bloomberg.

Illinois bill would expand Chicago's 'Netflix tax' statewide  Illinois Policy

Lawmakers in the Illinois House are weighing a bill that would tax streaming and satellite *service* users “for the privilege to witness, view, or otherwise enjoy the ...

Cord cutting just took its biggest bite out of cable yet  Fast Company

While cord cutting continues to hit satellite-TV providers the hardest, cable providers such as Comcast and Charter aren't too far behind. New data from ...

Small TV Stations Locked in Retrans Dispute With DirecTV  Multichannel News

DirecTV is locked in a retransmission consent dispute with 17 small TV stations in 14 markets across the country that have gone dark to the satellite TV giant ...

6 steps to solving your streaming video problems  TechHive

Got buffering or other streaming video issues? Here's a step-by-step troubleshooting guide.

Netflix to overtake Sky's satellite TV subscriptions by end of year  The Guardian

The number of subscribers to Netflix in the UK will overtake the number of homes who are signed up to Sky's satellite TV *service* by the end of the year, in a ...

Nielsen: 16M U.S. homes now get TV over-the-air, a 48% increase over past 8 years  TechCrunch

The number of U.S. households without a traditional cable or satellite TV subscription that instead receive broadcast stations using a digital antenna has jumped ...

DirecTV owner AT&T says it's done buying satellites  SpaceNews

WASHINGTON — AT&T, owner of U.S. satellite television giant DirecTV, is finished buying satellites, executives said Nov. 29. “We've launched our last satellite,” ...

CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox Sue to Stop Locast, a Free Streaming Service  The New York Times

America's four major broadcast networks joined forces on Wednesday to sue a little-known nonprofit organization that streams television signals at no charge, ...

Dish Cuts Off 22 Disney-Owned Regional Sports Networks  The Wall Street Journal

Dish Network has stopped carrying 22 regional sports networks owned by the Walt Disney, the result of a contract dispute.

CBS stations blacked out for DirecTV customers after deal with AT&T fails  Los Angeles Times

Millions of DirecTV subscribers lost access to CBS programming this weekend after talks over a new distribution deal collapsed. CBS Corp. and AT&T Inc., which ...

AT&T satellite TV numbers disappoint, shares fall  Reuters

AT&T Inc's quarterly profit for the latest quarter rose less than expected, held back by its declining satellite TV business, sending the company's shares down ...

Cord cutting accelerates as pay TV loses 1 million customers in largest-ever quarterly loss  USA TODAY

Pay-TV providers lost more than 1 million customers from July to September, the worst-ever decline – a sign that cord cutting is accelerating.

Cut the cord, or else!  TechHive

As cord-cutting grows, folks who stick with cable and satellite are getting squeezed.

Sling TV would be great if it wasn't so chintzy  TechHive

Here's what Sling needs to be the best streaming *service* for cord-cutters.

Netflix to Overtake Sky Satellite TV in Subscribers  Market Realist

The cord-cutting trend is picking up steam all over the world. Netflix (NFLX) is slated to overtake Sky satellite TV subscribers in the UK by the end of the year, ...

TVision by T-Mobile review: This streaming TV service shows promise, but it's not what cord-cutters want today  TechHive

If you don't like making sacrifices in your TV entertainment choices, and it's available where you live, TVision isn't a bad deal. But subscribers should be ...

SOS: AT&T backs off in dispute over satellite TV equipment  Madison.com

Thomas Godwin said that when he canceled his satellite TV *service*, he didn't just do what he was supposed to do, he documented that he did it — which can be ...

Dish reportedly reaches deal with T-Mobile and Sprint to become the new fourth major US carrier  The Verge

Dish, T-Mobile, and Sprint have reportedly agreed to a deal that will give prepaid businesses and spectrum to the satellite TV company, putting it in a position to ...

Cable and Satellite TV Lost 1 Million Subscribers Because of Cord Cutting  Fortune

Cable, direct broadcast satellite, and telecommunications TV sector lost 1.2 million subscribers in third quarter because of cord cutting.

AT&T TV Launches in Handful of Test Markets  Multichannel News

AT&T has finally launched its streaming version of a full traditional pay TV bundle, with the portal for the new OTT *service* now live. AT&T TV is now available in ...

Just How Bleak Is The Future Of Traditional TV?  Forbes

As cord-cutters grow in number, canceling their traditional cable and satellite services, the outlook for traditional TV is going from bad to worse, according to an ...

T-Mobile's TVision Home Can Replace Your Cable TV, but It's Not Cheap  ConsumerReports.org

T-Vision Home is T-Mobile's first foray in the streaming market. Consumer Reports gives it a try to see if it's worth the money.

AT&T Needs to Kill DirecTV to Save It  Multichannel News

A new study by BIA Advisory Services puts into black and white what a lot of analysts have been saying for awhile: in order for AT&T to preserve its video ...

AT&T Gives Up on DirecTV Brand in Latest Streaming Ventures  Multichannel News

These days, before any company launches one of the myriad new streaming ventures, you can pretty much guess that it'll end with a “plus” or a “go” … or a “now ...

U.S. Pay-TV Subscriber Losses More Than Triple To 1.5M In Q2, Report Finds  Deadline

The largest pay-TV providers in the U.S. saw video subscriber losses more than triple to 1.53 million in the second quarter, according to the latest report from ...

T-Mobile officially unveils its home TV service, TVision Home  TechCrunch

T-Mobile today officially unveiled its forthcoming home TV *service*, which will now be known as TVision Home. The *service* is the rebranding of Layer3 TV, ...

AT&T and NFL to Stick With DirecTV ‘Sunday Ticket’ Deal Through 2020-21: Report  Multichannel News

AT&T and the NFL have missed deadlines to opt out of their current deal for DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket and will keep the live games package exclusively on the ...

WSKG TV Rescan Day is August 2  WSKG.org

Antenna users may need to “re-scan” their TV channels to find WSKG TV. The target for the change is noon Friday, August 2, 2019. You'll know you need to take ...

Bleeding DirecTV Subscribers, AT&T Throws Five Streaming Services At The Wall  Forbes

As customers abandon traditional television services, AT&T is determined to keep up with a changing media landscape.

FitzyTV review: A neat but shaky workaround for streaming TV annoyances  TechHive

This unusual app doesn't provide much *content* on its own, but it could improve how you watch what you're already paying for. Jared Newman By Jared ...

How to get a single channel guide for both over-the-air and streaming TV  TechHive

It's possible to combine over-the-air and streaming video sources into one menu, but only with the right hardware and software. Jared Newman By Jared ...

NAB Launches Fight Against STELAR Renewal  Broadcasting & Cable

The fight over renewing the satellite TV license for another half a decade has begun in earnest.

Viacom Storms DirecTV With ‘Daily Show’ Warning Of Looming Blackout  Deadline

It's no laughing matter to Viacom that AT&T could be dropping its channels from DirecTV and U-verse in just a couple of day but Comedy Central's The Daily ...

Sources: Stars Aligning for Hill STELAR Act Hearing Kick-offs  Broadcasting & Cable

The initial Hill hearings focused on the renewal of the satellite compulsory license will begin the week after Congress returns from its Memorial Day recess.

Dish Sheds 334K Pay TV Subs in Q4  Multichannel News

Dish Network's decision to do without key channels from Spanish-language broadcaster Univision and premium channel HBO weighed on the satellite giant's ...

Welcome to the wireless business Dish, it's terrible: analyst downgrades on T-Mobile/Sprint deal  CNBC

Winning is good. That is, of course, unless you happen to "win" wireless spectrum assets from T-Mobile, according to MoffettNathanson.

Outlook for Traditional TV Goes From Bad to Worse  The Wall Street Journal

More than 1 million consumers canceled their cable-TV or satellite subscriptions in the past quarter, one of the largest seasonal drops ever, stepping up ...

RV Industry Mobilizes for STELAR  Multichannel News

Associations representing RV manufacturers, dealers, owners and the campgrounds that host RVs are calling on Congress to renew the compulsory satellite ...

It Doesn't Matter If You Choose Hulu, Sling Or YouTube TV: Change The Channel On Your Cable Plan  Forbes

You are probably aware of the cord-cutting trend. But have you benefited yet? If not, it's easy and well worth it to cut your cable.

Programmatic Speeds Satellite TV Advertising, DISH's Robertson  BeetTV

As more TV sets get connected to the Internet, more of them are also being used to place ads bought in real-time to reach specific audiences. By comparison…

Judiciary Seeks STELAR Info From DBS  Broadcasting & Cable

The House Judiciary Committee is drilling down on the renewal--or not--of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act Reauthorization (STELAR), ...

How China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a time  CNN

In China, few people have heard of StarTimes. But in Africa, the Chinese company is helping villages switch from analog to digital television and exerting ...

Is Netflix Doomed? Here's Why Disney+ Isn't A Netflix Killer Despite What You Might Have Heard  Forbes

Despite what some people are saying, streaming giant Netflix isn't under some sort of existential threat from Disney's new streaming *service* Disney++, or from ...

Why millions of Dish Network’s customers have been cut off from HBO  Washington Post

The business dispute that yanked HBO off the air for millions of Americans on Nov. 1 is entering its second week — with no signs of a respite. As many as 2.5 ...

It's 2019. Why can't you cancel cable TV online?  TechHive

Earlier this week, I was on the phone with Spectrum, trying to cancel the company's “TV Choice” streaming *service* after writing a review for TechHive. Although I ...