Originally published at: https://troypoint.com/dish-sling-tv-lost-over-1-million-subscribers-in-2023/
According to new reports, DISH and Sling TV experienced a significant decline in subscribers in 2023, impacting customer choices in the pay-TV industry. This decline can be attributed to various factors, including financial struggles and the challenges posed by cord-cutting. An SEC filing revealed that DISH is facing financial difficulties, raising doubts about its ability…
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Oo Oo. Me me!!! I am one of those over 1 million subscribers! Yeah. I waited a very longgggggggggggg time for the opportunity to drop DISH and I don’t regret it for a second.
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Dish still don’t get it .
This is not good news for anybody who uses unverified IPTV services.
Dish is one of the sources of content used by some of those services. It is important that legit pay TV stay in business.
That what I always say! Not good news for IPTV.
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What??
Exactly! As much as I love to see these companies get hurt the less of them that are around the harder it becomes for my IPTV service to deliver great buffer free streams
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Where do you think these unverified IPTV providers get their streams from? Yes Verified IPTV providers
From the broadcasters, sources, Dish Network is not a source it is a customer is like anybody else. More of a middleman.
The ‘middlemen’ distribute the product.
Without the ‘middlemen’, unverified IPTV couldn’t exist.
Back in the 90’s and early 2000’s, it was possible and legal to catch network feeds using KU and C band satellite equipment. Then slowly those were heavily encrypted so that IFAIK the only people who can decrypt thos feeds are verified TV providers.
So if Dish goes belly up, that’ll be one less source of programming, both live and VOD.
I may not reply back right away because I have to go out and do some yard work, but anyways I’m speaking of the source of the feeds like nbc, abc, fox, USA, sports channels, I’m talking about their servers, aren’t the feeds kid coming off of their servers?
In a word, yes, but that’s irrelevant.
The unverified providers do not have direct access.
In fact with OTA networks, cable providers often don’t use direct access to those networks. They use OTA antennas to capture the signal when they can.
Ride it out as long as you can. Then we will all just use Kodi & Apps.
Who knows. Maybe the prices will get cheaper.
Kodi and apps are great for VOD, no doubt.
It’s live TV, primarily sports, which is potentially the biggest concern.
PPV , right! Who knows always nfl+ MLB Networks , NBA pass. Stuff like that. Time will tell for us all. Hopefully IPTV unverified does not increase.
It all amounts to affordability. Not everyone can afford the Cadillac. It all amounts to what you can afford in the world you choose to create. Nothing is free no matter how much the seller offers free.
I dropped them a long time ago. Nothing to watch and price kept going up. Stream everything now.