Only DISH gives you more value, flexibility and channels. Get 190 all-time favorite channels, including USA, CMT, Disney Channel, ESPN, and E!, plus a Free Voice Remote with Google Assistant and DVR included for only $79.99/mo.

DISH provides you Dish anywhere, so you don't even need a portable dish to enjoy our great programming. An internet connection is all you need to watch satellite TV on your computer, smartphone, or mobile device. You can even take satellite TV with you and watch without an internet connection.

DISH Network Corporation (DISH, an acronym for DIgital Sky Highway) is an American television provider and the owner of the direct-broadcast satellite provider Dish, commonly known as Dish Network, and the over-the-top IPTV service, Sling TV. Additionally, Dish offers mobile wireless service, Dish Wireless.

Charlie Ergen is the cofounder and chairman of satellite TV provider Dish Network and satellite communications company EchoStar. Ergen first began selling satellite dishes out of the back of a truck in Colorado in 1980. He took Dish public in 1996. Today, it boasts over 11 million subscribers.

Pricing: DISH is cheaper than DIRECTV and, with the DISH 3-year price guarantee, your payment won't change during your 2-year agreement or the year after. Hopper 3 DVR: DISH's Hopper 3 ($10/mo.) can record up to 16 shows at once and store up to 500 hours of SD (or 500 hours of HD) movies and shows.

Is DISH or DIRECTV better? DISH Network is our Editor's Choice for the best TV provider overall and the best TV provider for families - for three years running - and the DISH Hopper 3 DVR is the best receiver/DVR around. Also, DISH won't raise your monthly payment for three years.

Streaming services require internet, but you can always watch satellite TV at home without it. That being said, DISH's streaming TV and on-demand content does require internet access and some features are only available with an internet connection, such as the Google voice assistant on the DISH remotes.

While the television services are free, you will need to use a satellite dish or a roof antenna to receive the signal. Satellite dishes are usually less expensive to install than TV aerials, but they do require additional components to access the signal, including a set-top box, which raises the overall cost of a dish.

Dish Network reported that it lost about 552,000 net pay TV subscribers in the first quarter, compared with a decline of 462,000 in the year-ago period and a drop of 268,000 in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Dish Network, like its chief competitor DirecTV and other legacy cable TV providers, has witnessed a mass exodus of subscribers due to the inexorable rise of online streaming services like Netflix, Disney Plus and Hulu.

In 2022, Dish Network reported net earnings of over 2.3 billion US dollars, a slight drop from the 2.4 billion US dollars the previous year but up from nearly 1.8 billion in 2020. Despite the small decrease in income between 2018 and 2019, the figure has not dipped since 2019.

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