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Jon Lafayette

EchoStar Loses 348,000 Pay TV Subs in 1st Quarter

Dish Network.

EchoStar said it lost another 348,000 pay TV subscribers so far this year, closing the first quarter with 8.18 million subscribers. That total includes 6.26 million Dish Network satellite-TV subscribers and 1.92 million Sling TV virtual multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) customers.

The company said the losses resulted from its emphasis on acquiring higher-quality subscribers.

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