Dish Network news and trends

Report: Dish Could Sell Wireless Plans Through Amazon
Technology // May 25, 2023

Dish Network is reportedly in discussions to offer wireless plans via Amazon. The arrangement could give Dish’s fledgling mobile phone network a crucial lifeline for its 5G rollout, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (May 25), citing unnamed sources. Details of phone plans offered via Amazon’s website...

DraftKings Teams Up With DISH Network For TV Betting
Partnerships / Acquisitions // March 03, 2021

On Wednesday (Mar. 3), sports betting site DraftKings and cable television provider DISH Network announced a first-of-its-kind partnership that will bring gaming directly to television broadcasts. The new strategic partnership across DISH’s portfolio of brands will bring DraftKings’ sportsbook and daily fantasy experiences directly to...

Bitcoin Daily: Lightnet Raises $31M, Dish Network Has Piracy Deterrent Based In Blockchain 
Bitcoin // January 13, 2020

The company that developed the Velo Protocol, Lightnet, has raised $31.2 million in a Series A funding round, according to a report by Coindesk Monday (Jan. 13). The round was led by UOB Venture Management, Seven Bank, Uni-President Asset Holdings, HashKey Capital, Hopeshine Ventures, Signum...

Amazon And Dish To Join Forces On The IoT Front?
Internet of Things // July 07, 2017

Amazon might join forces with Dish to start a wireless network. Reuters reported that CEOs Jeff Bezos and Charlie Ergen have been in talks about a potential partnership. Dish has been hungrily buying up radio frequencies that connect devices in the Internet of Things (IoT),...

Quick Reads
Telecoms and Amazon Dismiss Notion of Joint Wireless Effort

June 04, 2023
America’s telecom giants say they have no plans to work with Amazon to offer low-cost wireless to Prime members. A report Friday (June 2) by Bloomberg News said Amazon was in talks with Verizon Communications, T-Mobile US and Dish Network on a plan to offer Prime customers plans for $10 per month, if not for free. […]

Report: Dish Could Sell Wireless Plans Through Amazon

May 25, 2023
Dish Network is reportedly in discussions to offer wireless plans via Amazon. The arrangement could give Dish’s fledgling mobile phone network a crucial lifeline for its 5G rollout, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)...

Bitcoin Daily: Lightnet Raises $31M, Dish Network Has Piracy Deterrent Based In Blockchain 

January 13, 2020
The company that developed the Velo Protocol, Lightnet, has raised $31.2 million in a Series A funding round, according to a report by Coindesk Monday (Jan. 13). The round was...

Amazon And Dish To Join Forces On The IoT Front?

July 07, 2017
Amazon might join forces with Dish to start a wireless network. Reuters reported that CEOs Jeff Bezos and Charlie Ergen have been in talks about a potential partnership. Dish has...