Dish Network reports quarterly profit above estimates

(Reuters) - Dish Network Corp reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by higher revenue per user from its core pay-TV business. The second-largest U.S. satellite TV company by revenue said on Monday its average revenue per pay-TV user rose to $86.33 in the third quarter from $84.39 a year earlier. Dish has been losing pay-TV subscribers in an increasingly competitive market as rivals offer discounts to both new and existing subscribers.