The article barely mentions local broadcast TV. With an inexpensive "leaf" antenna with an amplifier, I get 12 channels. I stream Netflix and Amazon. Might consider Hulu if they have a discount deal.
I used to have Dish, but it has the same disadvantages as cable - price hikes, having to pay for a lot of channels you don't want in order to get a few that you do - plus this far north the signal's weak enough to be disrupted by heavy rain or snow falling. 
One cool thing Dish does have - a live feed from a camera on one of their satellites, aimed at Earth.