DISH Network Corporation is a U.S. television provider. Based in Meridian, Colorado, it is the owner of the direct-broadcast satellite provider DISH, also is still commonly known as DISH Network), and the over-the-top IPTV service Sling TV. The company has approximately 17,000 employees.[3] Like many other providers, DISH is being affected by the cord-cutting trend where people are shifting towards internet based streaming television.[5][6][7] Ending 2018, DISH lost 381,000 subscribers in its Q4 2018.[8] DISH had 9.9 million satellite subscribers, down from 11 million year the previous year,[9] and 14 million subscribers in 2014.[10] Its primary competitors are AT&T’s satellite service known as DirecTV and cable television providers. The company revenues for FY 2018 were $13.6 billion.