Tag archive: DISH Network

With cable subscriptions beginning to decline, everyone wants in on streaming. Though it's late to the game, Verizon is teaming with Redbox (owned by Coinstar) to create a Netflix hybrid service that would offer Redbox DVDs and streaming movies over a Verizon video subscription service. The new service should launch (or be unveiled) later this year (second half of 2012).  According to Verizon, the new service will give users “the… Read More

Back in April when Dish Network paid some $320 million to take over Blockbuster's retail video rental operations, the company said it planned to keep some 1,500 Blockbuster locations operating, as well as keep some 15,000 Blockbuster employees on the books to keep thing humming along. Now, however, Dish Network is admitted it's going to be able to keep fewer Blockbusters operating than it had originally projected—although it… Read More

Announced on Friday night on a blog post by Time Warner spokesman Jeff Simmermon, Time Warner Cable has finally struck a deal with HBO in regards to bringing the HBO Go streaming application as well as the Max Go app to subscribers. The cable company will run a short trial to test out the streaming app on the Time Warner Cable network and roll out the app to all 12 million subscribers during January 2012. Just like implementations on other… Read More

In an interview with Bloomberg, Dish Network CEO Joseph Clayton says the company would be interested in partnering with T-Mobile to build out satellite-assisted nationwide broadband network, should T-Mobile's tending $39 billion merger with AT&T collapses. “We want to use [our spectrum] to create a national wireless network, video, voice, and data,” said Clayton. “We've got expertise in satellite TV, and we… Read More

According to a report from Bloomberg earlier today, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Charter Communications was looking into usage-based fees based on the amount of bandwidth consumed rather than simply a flat rate for a specific transmission speed. This modification in pricing would impose extra monthly fees on consumers that consume larger amounts of bandwidth, likely due to watching high definition video on services like Netflix,… Read More

By now, you’ve taken stock of the best that Black Friday has to offer. It’s a technologist’s favorite holiday, when brand-name, top-of-the-line electronics suffer seriously slashed prices in exchange for devoted consumerism. But is it worth it? Not only have brick-and-mortar retailers felt the push of Cyber Monday sales, but some companies like Amazon and eBay are beating in-store retailers to the punch by opening for business Thanksgiving… Read More

On Thursday of this week, Starz President Chris Albrecht announced plans to create and launch a digital platform for distributing Starz content very similar to the HBO GO application created by HBO. The application will work on a variety of platforms and may require an existing subscription to the Starz network through a cable or satellite company. However, Albrecht also indicated that the company was exploring the option of providing Starz to… Read More

Back in August, satellite TV operator Dish Network launched an ambitious plan to create a 4G mobile broadband network based on LTE technology. The idea is similar to the service that LightSquared is currently trying to roll out: Dish Network would deploy a number of terrestrial base stations to support mobile broadband devices, and those stations would be linked into a network not by backhauls and fiber, but by satellite uplinks. However,… Read More

Earlier this week, Roku rolled out an update that offered access to the HBO GO application. Assuming that a Roku owner is currently subscribed to an approved provider, users can download the application and watch the latest in HBO original programming. However, HBO doesn't provide any method to subscribe directly to the service due to existing relationships with cable and satellite companies. A Roku owner must be subscribed to HBO through… Read More

An announcement had been expected for a while and it finally came Friday evening. In a post on its official blog, YouTube revealed its plans to expand its current channel line-up with a mass of originally produced content, “including channels created by well-known personalities and content producers from the TV, film, music, news, and sports fields, as well as some of the most innovative up-and-coming media companies in the world and some of… Read More

Recently, we learned that Netflix will soon completely split up its Instant Streaming and DVD-by-mail services. Netflix will continue to be the home for Instant Streaming and a new company called Qwikster, run by the same guys who have been running Netflix DVD rentals for a decade, will handle DVD-by-mail subscriptions. If you're like us, you're wondering what the heck is going on over at Netflix headquarters. While we'll be… Read More

Announced last week, NBC brought an update to its iPad application which allows users to watch ad-supported episodes of 28 popular NBC shows including The Office, Community, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, America's Got Talent, Chuck, 30 Rock and The Biggest Loser. Oddly, this eliminates a reason for iPad owners to subscribe to Hulu Plus, the streaming video company that's partly owned by NBCUniversal and currently up for sale to the… Read More

Rolling out to consumers on an unannounced date in October, Dish Network is bringing a streaming competitor to Netflix with the Blockbuster brand. Reported by Bloomberg earlier today, Dish will be using an existing infrastructure that delivers on-demand movies to consumers. This service may be structured with a dual purpose, offering a selection of classic and archive movies titles as well as brand new, on-demand titles currently available to… Read More

Designed for camping in the great outdoors or entertaining guests while tailgating, Dish Network announced the release of the Tailgaiter, a mobile satellite television antenna that's compatible with Dish Network service. Weighing in at 10 pounds, the satellite antenna is encased in a 10-sided plastic shell with a handle for lugging around the device. The shell is designed to protect the antenna in poor weather conditions and allows the… Read More

On August 15 before the fall television season begins, Fox Broadcasting is shifting to an 8-day exclusivity window and preventing consumers from watching the latest episode of House or The Simpsons for free. According to the Wall Street Journal, consumers will be forced to wait for a bit over a week to catch up via online video on services like Fox.com and Hulu. However, subscribers of Hulu Plus and Dish Network will be able to see the latest… Read More