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Total Pay-TV Subscribers
Counts active pay-TV customers, indicating the health of the legacy television business; steady or growing subscriber levels support predictable subscription revenue, while losses highlight cord-cutting risk and the need to shift strategy.Subscribers fell steadily through 2025, signaling secular cord‑cutting and pressure on pay‑TV economics, but a large Q1‑2026 jump for both DISH TV and SLING is an outlier. Management said customers were moved off the network in Q4 and gave limited forward guidance, so the spike likely reflects a reporting/reclassification or one‑time account transfer rather than organic recovery; investors should treat it as noise until management clarifies ARPU, revenue impact, and whether the increase is sustainable.
Date | DISH TV | SLING TV |
|---|---|---|
Jun 30, 2026 | 6.39M | 4.68M |
Mar 31, 2026 | 6.63M | 4.84M |
Dec 31, 2025 | 5.02M | 1.98M |
Sep 30, 2025 | 5.17M | 2.00M |
Jun 30, 2025 | 5.32M | 1.78M |
Mar 31, 2025 | 5.50M | 1.89M |
Dec 31, 2024 | 5.69M | 2.09M |
Sep 30, 2024 | 5.89M | 2.14M |
Jun 30, 2024 | 6.08M | 2.00M |
Mar 31, 2024 | 6.26M | 1.92M |