Dish Network’s (DISH) Q1 earnings are expected to rise 5% as analysts await co-founder and once-again CEO Charlie Ergen’s latest views on trends in the pay-TV, online video and wireless markets on the company’s earnings conference call. Dish Network reports before the open Monday. Dish Network stock has dropped about 15% since the satellite TV broadcaster reported Q4 results on Feb. 23. Some analysts question Ergen’s strategy of amassing radio
As federal regulators ready rules for the next government auction of radio spectrum for wireless phone services, the impact of the AWS-3 auction is still rippling through the industry. The AWS-3 auction raised $41 billion, adjusted for discounts provided to bidding partners of satellite broadcaster Dish Network (DISH). In the upcoming Broadcast Incentive Auction, slated for early 2016, the Federal Communications Commission is mulling changes that
Verizon Communications (VZ) has become the latest pay-TV provider to offer skinny bundles of TV channels to consumers seeking lower-cost viewing options. Following the lead of Dish Network (DISH), Verizon’s FiOS service will begin offering a slim package of TV channels, including broadcasters like ABC and Fox and cable networks like CNN and AMC, starting Sunday. It will offer add-on “channel packs” covering genres such as sports, news, lifestyle, entertainment and children’s shows, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. FiOS Custom TV is targeted at millennials, cord shavers and cord cutters, Verizon spokesman Phillip Burrows said. “It’s a simple way for customers to choose the types of channels they want without paying for those they don’t,” he said. The cheapest plan costs $55 a month and includes a base channel package with over 35 channels (all local broadcast channels and cable favorites like CNN, HGTV, AMC and Food Network), plus…