Five years ago this week… While most of the US broadcast industry was fixated on Discovery acquiring E.W. Scripps for $14.6 billion, another equally seismic change was skirting round the headlines. This was Fox’s launch of six-second “bumper” ads, which made their broadcast TV debut on the Teen Choice Awards. Bumper ads seemed to be the first change to a six-decade long tradition of how broadcast advertising was sold, mirroring the ad experiences offered on platforms like YouTube. — Dish Network churned out 257,000 pay TV subscribers in Q2 2022, compared to a decline of 67,000 in the same period last year. It brings Dish Network’s total base to below 10 million for the first time since the operator…