Editing Dish Network (section)

== Services and devices ==
{|style="float:right;"  class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!style="text-align:right;"|Subscribers<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.annualreports.com/Company/dish-network-corp|title=Dish Network Corp. - AnnualReports.com|website=www.annualreports.com}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|1996
|style="text-align:right;"|350,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|1997
|style="text-align:right;"|1,040,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|1998
|style="text-align:right;"|1,900,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|1999
|style="text-align:right;"|3,400,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2000
|style="text-align:right;"|5,260,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2001
|style="text-align:right;"|6,830,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2002
|style="text-align:right;"|8,180,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2003
|style="text-align:right;"|9,425,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2004
|style="text-align:right;"|10,905,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2005
|style="text-align:right;"|12,040,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2006
|style="text-align:right;"|13,105,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2007
|style="text-align:right;"|13,780,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2008
|style="text-align:right;"|13,678,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2009
|style="text-align:right;"|14,100,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2010
|style="text-align:right;"|14,133,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2011
|style="text-align:right;"|13,967,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2012
|style="text-align:right;"|14,056,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2013
|style="text-align:right;"|14,057,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2014
|style="text-align:right;"|13,978,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2015
|style="text-align:right;"|13,897,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2016
|style="text-align:right;"|13,671,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2017
|style="text-align:right;"|13,242,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2018
|style="text-align:right;"|12,322,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2019
|style="text-align:right;"|11,986,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2020
|style="text-align:right;"|11,290,000
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2021
|style="text-align:right;"|10,707,000
|-
|2022
|style="text-align:right;"|10,018,000
|}

DISH's main service is satellite television and its offerings are comparable to other satellite and cable companies. Viewers can choose from a series of service bundles, paying more money for more channels. A la carte programming is available, however limited to premium channels such as [[HBO]] or [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]. The company is currently working on diversifying its offerings. With its purchase of [[Blockbuster LLC]], DISH owns the Blockbuster trademarks and has used its intellectual property agreement to offer streaming and mail-order video services.

===DishNET===
{{See also|Satellite Internet access}}
On September 27, 2012, DISH Network announced a satellite broadband service called DishNET, aimed at [[Rural area|rural]] areas where cable is often not available.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/9/27/3417404/dish-national-satellite-broadband-rural|title=Dish launching satellite broadband service aimed at rural areas on October 1st|website=The Verge|access-date=September 27, 2012}}</ref>

===OnTech Smart Services===
DISH launched the direct-to-consumer [[smart home technology]] brand OnTech Smart Services in 2019; initially available in 11 metropolitan areas, the brand offers smart home devices and installation services.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crist |first1=Ry |title=Dish wants to set up your smart home gadgets for you |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/dish-wants-to-set-up-your-smart-home-gadgets-for-you-ontech/ |website=CNET |access-date=May 19, 2020 |date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>

===Blockchain and cryptocurrency===
DISH has been described as the first large company to accept [[cryptocurrency]] and being “comfortable with cryptocurrency”. The company has accepted [[Bitcoin]] since 2014. Four years later it began accepting [[Bitcoin Cash]]. In September 2021, it announced a partnership with [[Charles Hoskinson|Input Output Global]] (formerly known as IOHK) to build subscription services based on the [[Cardano (blockchain platform)|Cardano]] blockchain.<ref>Zacks Equity Research (2022) “DISH Network (DISH) to report Q4 earnings: What's in store?”, February 23, Nasdaq. https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/dish-network-dish-to-report-q4-earnings%3A-whats-in-store</ref> The following month it set up a system to expand [[5G]] mobile network through customers using the [[Citizens Broadband Radio Service]] with rewards paid in cryptocurrency.<ref>Steven Vaughan-Nichols (2021) “Dish partners with FreedomFi to deliver 5G hotspots”, October 26, ZDNet. https://www.zdnet.com/article/dish-partners-with-freedomfi-to-deliver-5g-hotspots/</ref>

=== Charitable causes ===
[[File:Falcon 9 First Stage Booster.jpg|alt=Falcon 9 Rocket Booster opened for general public at Dish Network's Littleton, CO office is a type of reusable rocket that SpaceX used for repeated launches|thumb|Falcon 9 Rocket Booster opened for general public at Dish Network's [[Littleton, Colorado|Littleton]], CO office is a type of reusable rocket that [[SpaceX]] used for repeated launches<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-01 |title=SpaceX rocket being installed in Littleton |url=https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/spacex-rocket-littleton-colorado/73-107a576c-0762-4355-8805-350ca4576a46 |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=KUSA.com |language=en-US}}</ref>]]
DISH Cares was launched in 2014 and focuses on [[community engagement]], [[sustainability]], and providing services following disasters.<ref name="VMS">{{cite news|date=September 4, 2017|title=DISH Cares donates school supplies|work=[[Valley Morning Star]]|url=https://www.valleymorningstar.com/2017/09/04/dish-cares-donates-school-supplies/|access-date=June 16, 2020|archive-date=June 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619191709/https://www.valleymorningstar.com/2017/09/04/dish-cares-donates-school-supplies/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The company has engaged in disaster relief efforts, including after Hurricanes [[Hurricane Katrina|Katrina]], [[Hurricane Harvey|Harvey]], [[Hurricane Irma|Irma]], and [[Hurricane Maria|Maria]].<ref>{{cite news|date=September 15, 2005|title=Companies pitch in|work=[[CNN Money]]|url=https://money.cnn.com/2005/08/31/news/fortune500/firms_hurricane/|access-date=June 16, 2020}}</ref><ref name="9News">{{cite news|last1=Gray|first1=Brandon|date=August 30, 2017|title=DISH assisting customers impacted by Harvey|publisher=[[KUSA (TV)]]|url=https://www.9news.com/article/news/dish-assisting-customers-impacted-by-harvey/469438186|access-date=June 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=McCarthy|first1=John|date=October 30, 2017|title=Dish Network Says Customers in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Won't Be Charged for the Time They are Not Receiving the Signal|work=VI Free Press|url=https://vifreepress.com/2017/10/dish-network-says-customers-virgin-islands-puerto-rico-wont-charged-time-not-receiving-signal/|access-date=June 17, 2020}}</ref>