Sling TV ended the third quarter of 2024 with 2.14 million subscribers, resulting in a slight increase on the previous quarter and an even smaller increase on the previous year.
Considering Sling closed the second quarter of this year with two million subscribers, the live TV service managed to add approximately 145,000 subscribers during the third quarter.
On a year-over-year basis the increase is far smaller. After closing out the third quarter of 2023 with 2.12 million subscribers, Sling only managed to add around 20,000 subscribers over the past twelve months.
Along with the updated subscriber total for Sling, EchoStar also confirmed that the company ended the third quarter of 2024 with 5.89 million Dish TV subscribers, resulting in a decline of around 188,000 on the previous quarter.
As Dish ended the third quarter of last year with 6.72 million pay-TV subscribers, the service has lost more than 800,000 TV subscribers over the past 12 months.
When combining the Sling TV and Dish TV subscriber bases, EchoStar closed the third quarter of 2024 with 8.03 million Pay-TV subscribers. This is down on the 8.07 million reported for the second quarter of 2024, and down on the 8.84 million reported for the third quarter of 2023.
For reference, the third quarter included confirmation that DirecTV had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire EchoStar’s video distribution business. Pending approval, the deal will result in DirecTV taking control of Dish TV and Sling TV.
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