DISH Network Reports Fourth Quarter, Year-End 2016 Financial Results
Net income attributable to
DISH includes all of its DISH and Sling branded subscribers in the company's total Pay-TV metrics, including in the Pay-TV subscriber, Pay-TV ARPU and Pay-TV churn rate numbers set forth below. Sling TV subscribers are reported net of disconnects in our gross new Pay-TV subscriber activations.
In the fourth quarter, DISH activated approximately 694,000 gross new Pay-TV subscribers, compared to approximately 661,000 gross new Pay-TV subscribers in the year-ago period. Net Pay-TV subscribers increased by approximately 28,000 in the fourth quarter, compared to a loss of approximately 12,000 in the fourth quarter of 2015.
Full-Year 2016 Review
For the year, DISH reported 2016 total revenue of
Net income attributable to
The company closed the fourth quarter with 13.671 million Pay-TV
subscribers, compared to 13.897 million Pay-TV subscribers in the fourth
quarter of 2015. Our ending Pay-TV subscriber count increased by
approximately 166,000 subscribers during the third quarter 2016 as a
result of the change in our calculation for our commercial
accounts. This had no impact on our gross new Pay-TV subscriber
activations or net Pay-TV subscriber losses for the year ended
Pay-TV ARPU was
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