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DISH Set Top Boxes Get Voice Control Through Google Assistant

Kellen January 10, 2018 6

DISH announced today that during the first half of this year, they'll give customers the option to control their TV experience using Google Assistant. The new feature will come to Hopper, Joey, and Wally boxes. The Google Assistant integration will happen when...

Dish Introduces AirTV, $99 4K Android TV Box With Sling TV and Netflix Preloaded

Kellen January 3, 2017 32

To kick of its own CES 2017 week, Dish just unveiled a new set top box called AirTV that's powered by Android TV and might be the perfect option for cord cutters who stream everything. The box comes preloaded with Sling TV, Netflix, YouTube, and has access to...

Dish Network Proposes $25.5 Billion Bid to Take Control of Sprint

Eric April 15, 2013 40

The last time we heard news from Dish Network, they were in a bidding war with Sprint over majority share of Clearwire. It now seems as if Dish got tired of that idea and has since decided to try and buy Sprint instead. Sprint and SoftBank have been trying to...

Dish Network Outbids Sprint to Buy Out Majority Share of Clearwire

Eric January 8, 2013 38

Sprint and Clearwire have been working together for a while and had their share of drama in the past. Clearwire has been helping Sprint with their build out of Sprint's LTE network. Today however, a new player has stepped in between the two. Dish Network, who...

FCC Gives Dish Network Approval to Build Own LTE Network

Kellen December 12, 2012 46

The FCC has voted in favor of allowing Dish Network to use their AWS spectrum as a 4G LTE wireless network. Dish will now "consider its strategic options," but as you all know, Google was once brought up as a potential partner for the satellite company. Those...

Eric Schmidt Thinks It’s ‘Extremely Curious’ That Apple Hasn’t Sued Google Directly

Eric December 5, 2012 63

Eric Schmidt is Google's Executive Chairman and also the company, and Android's, biggest cheerleader when it comes to the media. In a recent interview, Schmidt sat down and talked business about a lot of things going on with Google and the conversation...

FCC Chairman Publicly Supports Dish Network’s Plan For a Mobile Network

Eric November 21, 2012 25

Somewhere, Google execs are excited with today's news that an FCC chairman has come out and supported Dish Network's idea that they want their own wireless network. Before Dish can do any actual building of a network, the FCC has to sign off on almost every...

Latest Rumor Says Google and Dish’s Wireless Service is Go, Launching in Mid-2013

Kellen November 16, 2012 176

Fresh off of this morning's rumor, which pegged Google and Dish Network as pals looking to start up a wireless service of their own to compete with AT&T and Verizon, a new rumor claims to confirm that it's happening. The folks over at 9to5Google heard word...