WAPA Media, a media company in Puerto Rico in television, radio, digital platforms, live events and podcasting, announced that WAPA TV is the first local channel available on Sling TV in Puerto Rico. The integration into the platform expands the reach of the island’s channel, giving Puerto Rican audiences greater access to news, variety, comedy, […]

EchoStar-owned Hughes Network Systems has reported a 3 per cent fall in revenue and a loss of 30,000 broadband subscribers during the first quarter. It now has 853,000 subscribers. But CEO Hamid Akhavan told analysts that while EchoStar was yet to make any announcements its engineering plans were ready but getting the timing right for […]

Sling TV, the US streaming service and subsidiary of EchoStar, has rolled out an enhancement to its DVR Plus add-on: unlimited DVR storage for $5 per month. Effective immediately, Unlimited DVR will allow customers to record as much content as they want, with recordings saved for up to nine months. “With Unlimited DVR and our […]

As heavily rumoured, DirecTV and EchoStar have entered into a definitive agreement under which DIRECTV will acquire EchoStar’s video distribution business DISH DBS, including DISH TV and Sling TV, through a debt exchange transaction. “DirecTV operates in a highly competitive video distribution industry,” said Bill Morrow, Chief Executive Officer, DirecTV. “With greater scale, we expect […]

El Salvador 24 (ES24), a FAST channel targeting the US Salvadorean community, is now available on ViX, fubo, Sling TV and Sling Freestream in the US. The channel is owned by Hemisphere Media Group, the US media company targeting the US Hispanic and Latin American markets. ES24 offers a range of news and entertainment programming, […]

US satellite operator EchoStar has not had the best of weeks. August 12th saw the company report revenue had fallen by 9.3 per cent and a net loss of $205.6 million (from a profit during the same period last year of $212.7 million). Its share price, already depressed, fell back by 6.1 per cent to […]

US streaming service Sling TV is to offer a 4K viewing experience, starting with FOX Sports’ 25th broadcast of the MLB All-Star Game on the evening of July 16th. For the first time, Sling TV subscribers, in certain markets, can enjoy a live event in 4K resolution, on supporting Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices. […]

Autentic, a specialist in documentaries and factual series, has announced the US launch of its three international FAST channels – Autentic Travel, Autentic History, and Adventure Earth. These channels are available immediately  on Sling TV’s FAST service, Sling Freestream, as well as streaming platforms VIDAA and Anoki, with further launches planned in the coming months. […]

Accoridng to the March edition of Nielsen’s The Gauge, streaming has grown 12 per cent on an annual basis among US adults. Major streaming players are investing big money in programming to attract audiences, and ad-supported options are proliferating, meeting the demand from even more viewers like the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander […]

DISH Media has announced a partnership with BrightLine to allow for interactive ad units on live and on demand inventory on Sling TV in the US. The two new advanced advertising products, In-Stream Interactive (versatile scrollers, simple games and trivia) and Dynamic Addressable (creative tailored to a viewer’s specific location), are now available on Sling. […]