Dish reported its Q1 2017 results on Monday, and the company shed about 143,000 video subscribers, compared to a drop of 23,000 in the first quarter 2016. Dish includes all of its Sling TV and traditional satellite numbers in its total pay TV metrics so it’s not possible to tell exactly how many of the drops came from the satellite side and how many were added by the OTT service. In a research note, MoffetNathanson projects that the “real” subscriber loss of traditional satellite video was 320,000.
In its Q1 earnings report, Dish says it activated approximately 547,000 gross new pay TV subscribers, compared to approximately 657,000 gross new pay TV customers in the prior year’s first quarter. The company closed the first quarter with 13.528 million pay TV subscribers, compared to 13.874 million at the end of first quarter 2016.
Dish also reported it lost approximately 25,000 net broadband subscribers in Q1, bringing its broadband subscriber base to approximately 555,000.
