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The second-largest U.S. satellite TV company
said average revenue per user rose to $86.01 from $82.36.
Dish, which raised prices in February, said net pay-TV
subscribers fell by about 134,000 to 13.84 million in the first
quarter ended March 31.
The company blamed the loss on programming interruptions.
Dish was involved in a three-week dispute with 21st Century Fox
before signing a new distribution agreement on Jan. 15 that put
Fox programming back on Dish's service.
Dish, the No. 2 U.S. satellite TV provider after DirecTV <DTV.O>,
has also been losing pay-TV subscribers in an increasingly
competitive market, as rivals offer discounts to both new and
existing subscribers.
The company has been attempting to woo young viewers away from
their cable or satellite subscriptions to its less costly Sling
TV streaming service, which it launched in January.
Net income attributable to Dish jumped to $351.5 million, or 76
cents per share, for the first quarter from $175.9 million, or
38 cents per share, a year earlier.
Total revenue rose to $3.72 billion from $3.59 billion.
(Reporting by Devika Krishna Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by
Sriraj Kalluvila)
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