In refusing to disclose the number of active Sling customers, Dish effectively is obscuring the subscriber losses at its more expensive core satellite business. MoffettNathanson research analyst Craig Moffett estimates that Dish “could have averaged 275,000 Sling TV subscribers” during the second quarter, although that guesstimate is built on the back of a string of unproven assumptions.
Source: Is Sling TV Catching On? Your Guess Is as Good as Anyone’s | Media – Advertising Age