Mediagazer: Dish adds ~214K Sling TV subscribers in Q3 for a total of 2.686M+ and loses ~66K pay TV subscribers for a total of ~9.49M (Georg Szalai/Hollywood Reporter)

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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Dish adds ~214K Sling TV subscribers in Q3 for a total of 2.686M+ and loses ~66K pay TV subscribers for a total of ~9.49M — Charlie Ergen's company posts its first quarterly net subscriber gain since the fourth quarter of 2017. — Charlie Ergen's Dish Network on Thursday …

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Discovery Q3: net income rose to $262M from $117M in Q3 2018 on revenue of $2.68B, up 3% YoY; ad pricing increases offset subscriber losses — Discovery Inc. saw third quarter profit rise as revenue from advertising as well as cable and satellite distribution rose even as the company's various TV products lost viewers overall.

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Jon Porter / The Verge:

Streaming service Britbox debuts in the UK, two years after its US launch, for £5.99 a month; it is a joint venture among UK broadcasters including BBC and ITV — It will eventually host content from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 — Britbox, the streaming service formed …

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YouTube rolls out a new homepage design with larger thumbnails and features like an “add to queue” option, a desktop version of “Don't recommend channel”, more — YouTube's homepage is getting a makeover. The company announced today an updated …

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Peter Debruge / Variety:

Motion Picture Academy changes rules for nominating foreign language films to make voting more accessible, including allowing all members to stream contenders — Good news for subtitles lovers: The Academy is radically expanding how nominees are chosen in the Oscars new international feature film race.

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