Dish Network on Friday said it lost 96,000 net TV subscribers in the second quarter, compared with a loss of 31,000 in theyear-ago period and a record 413,000 in the first quarter of 2020.
The latest quarter's figure included the loss of 40,000 net subscribers to the traditional Dish pay TV service, compared with a year-ago loss of 79,000, and the loss of approximately 56,000 net subscribers to the Sling TV streaming service, a swing from a year-ago gain of 48,000 customers.
The company ended the first quarter with 11.27 million total subscribers, including 9.02 million Dish TV subscribers and 2.25 million Sling TV subscribers. "The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption in certain commercial segments served by Dish, including.