pay-TV
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The fees were so steep that other pay-TV providers, including Cox, Dish Network and, for many years, DirecTV, refused to carry the Dodgers channel — leading to one of the longest blackouts in sports TV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The filing comes after EchoStar’s satellite pay-TV providers Dish Wireless and Dish DBS filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy because of delays in Dish’s deal to sell spectrum to AT&T.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The states identified wide-release films, big-budget blockbusters and the concentration of pay-TV channels as the three markets to test in the litigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Millions of calls from customers were likely to have been mishandled over a three-year period which prevented or delayed them from switching to a better broadband, landline or pay-TV deal.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Dish DBS, the satellite pay-TV provider under Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar broadcast empire, filed for bankruptcy Tuesday after a deal to sell spectrum to AT&T was held up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
