DogTV Secures Carriage Deal With Dish

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Premium cable network DogTV has reached a carriage deal with Dish, the network announced Thursday.

The service, which offers video content targeted to stay-at-home dogs and their owners, will be offered to Dish's satellite customers for $4.99 a month on channel 285, according to network officials.

The deal increases DogTV’s reach in the US by 30% and will help the service get in front of 70 million subscribers by the end of 2018, said the network. Part owned by Discovery Inc., DogTV is also available through DirecTV, Comcast's X-1 platform, RCN, Apple TV, Chromecast, Amazon FireTV, Roku, and as an iOS and Android app.

“We are thrilled to work with Dish to make this unique, creative and fun channel available to more dog lovers,” said Gilad Neumann, CEO and co-founder of DogTV, in a statement. 

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.