Dish to Debut Live 4K Carriage of College Football With Fox Starting Saturday

Dish Network subscribers who own Hopper 3 set-tops can view “select” college football games this season from Fox Sports’ FS1 channel 540 live in 4K beginning with Saturday’s Oklahoma-Baylor matchup, Dish said in a Thursday announcement. Dish has offered 4K-ready set-tops for three years, “and 4K TV market share is anticipated to exceed one-in-four U.S. households by the end of 2017,” said Chief Technology Officer Vivek Khemka. The “missing element” has been native 4K programming, he said. The move is part of a “broader agreement” with Fox that will include future 4K coverage of college basketball, Major League Baseball and NASCAR racing, said Dish.