US platform Dish has debuted its new integration with the Google Assistant for hands-free control.
DISH launches legal action against pirate IPTV services
US DTH platform DISH has filed two lawsuits to end unauthorised distribution of Arabic channels and content for which it has the exclusive licences.
DISH debuts Amazon Alexa for Hopper
US pay TV provider DISH customers with a Hopper or Wally and an Amazon Echo, Echo Dot or Amazon Tap can watch hands-free TV with Alexa. DISH is now also available on on Fire TV
Judge awards $25 million in damages for Shava and Cres TV pirate STBs
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled to shut down unauthorised digital streaming and distribution by the providers of the Shava and Cres TV set-top boxes and awarded more than $25 million in damages.
DISH awarded over $1 million from pirate service
A US federal court has ruled that the owners of the Lool IPTV service unlawfully streamed international television channels to users in the US in violation of rights held by DISH.
US pay-TV services cut subscriber losses
US pay-TV operators could be beginning to stem their subscriber erosion. The 10 leading pay television services have pulled third quarter losses down to 73,000.
Lawsuit to combat piracy via h.TV STB
Dish and Chinese-language programmers TVB and CCTV announced a lawsuit to halt illegal streaming of content via the “h.TV” device.
Sling TV goes multistream
Dish Network has launched a new, multistream version of Sling TV that includes channels from 20th Century Fox.
Ergen relinquishes DISH presidency
Charlie Ergen, the founder of pioneering US satellite platform DISH, is stepping down from his role as company President.
Dish unveils Sling TV OTT service
Dish Networks is launching Sling TV, a live, OTT service, to customers in the US in the first quarter of 2015.