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Dish Network at a Glance
Stock quote: DISH $21.69 (0.00)
Headquarters: Englewood, Colorado
Date of launch: March 1996
Satellites in service: 13
Available satellite channels:500+
Estimated subscribers:13.5 Million+
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Digital Satellite TV Articles
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Dish Network's new VIP222K now in stores
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Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator
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 Echostar’s new VIP222K high definition receiver has been released just in time for Christmas and in time for the February 2009 cut-off of all analog over the air television signals.
The new receiver comes with an off-air digital tuner cartridge, allowing viewing of either digital local off air signals or Dish Network standard or high definition satellite broadcast signals on 2 separate televisions.
The new digital tuner is important because after February 2009, all over the air broadcasts will be in digital only and will require either a digital television, or a digital tuner in order to continue receiving them on older analog televisions.
Independently watch programming on two TVs – one HDTV and one SDTV
TV1 viewing location
• Connect to an HDTV to view SD and HD DISH Network
programming and HD over the air digital broadcas ...
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 Posted on Tue 16 Dec 2008, 9:24 PM
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Digital Satellite TV Articles
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Dish, ComCorp Engaged in Retransmission Dispute
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Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator
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 Station Group Warns Satellite Provider May Stop Carrying Its Signals
By Linda Moss -- Multichannel News
After settling one retransmission-consent dispute, Dish Network is in another flap with a broadcaster over the issue of cash-for-carriage.
Stations owned by Communications Corp. of America are warning their viewers that Dish Network may stop carrying their signals. It’s unclear exactly how many stations are involved, but WGMB-TV in Baton Rouge, La., KADN-TV in Lafayette, La., KMSS-TV in Shreveport, La., KPEJ-TV in Odessa, Texas, KVEO-TV in Brownsville, Texas, KETK-TV in Jacksonsville-Tyler, Texas, and KTSM-TV in El Paso, Texas, have all posted warnings on their Web sites that Dish may drop them.
For example, WGMB said, “Dish Network has refused to consider our offer, which is similar in terms granted to other local stations. Keep in mind you currently pay Dish Network nearly $6 per month for local stations. We offered WGMB t ...
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Posted on Tue 16 Dec 2008, 8:40 PM
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Digital Satellite TV Articles
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Liberty set to benefit from directv
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Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator
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 By PETER LAURIA, New York Post
In a move designed to highlight the value of DirecTV, the board of John Malone's Liberty Media Corp. plans to move forward with a spin-off of the unit that houses most of its stake in the satellite-television operator.
Liberty's 52 percent stake in DirecTV is valued at more than $12 billion based on the unit's $24 billion market capitalization. But Liberty itself is only worth $6.7 billion.
According to Liberty CEO Greg Maffei, the spin-off, which had been in the works, "will reduce the discount from fair value" in the company's stock and give it a new currency to "pursue strategic objectives."
DirecTV has long been rumored to be a potential merger partner for AT&T, and now that the tie-up of satellite-radio operators Sirius and XM was approved by regulators, industry observers are whispering that rival EchoStar may make another run at merging with DirecTV.
EchoStar Corp. and D ...
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Posted on Tue 16 Dec 2008, 8:35 PM
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Digital Satellite TV Articles
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TV viewers in S.D. at risk of losing channels
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Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator
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 Seth Tupper The Daily Republic
Published Friday, December 12, 2008
A national trend of disputes pitting broadcasters against cable and satellite television providers has spread to eastern South Dakota, putting upwards of 15,000 viewers at risk of losing channels or suffering a rate increase.
KSFY, the Sioux Falls ABC affiliate that serves the eastern part of the state, is in a dispute with four cable television providers. KSFY has historically given its signal to the cable providers for free — as have other broadcasters — but KSFY and its Texas-based parent company, Hoak Media, now want to charge for it.
Negotiations on a price for what’s known as a “retransmission” agreement have failed so far. If new agreements or extensions to the existing free agreements are not reached by Dec. 31, KSFY and its popular ABC programs, such as “Desperate Housewives” and “Dancing with the Stars,” could be dropped from the cable lineups of Garretson-ba ...
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Posted on Sun 14 Dec 2008, 12:57 AM
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Digital Satellite TV Articles
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DirecTV Expands Local HD, PBS Programming in Talahassee
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Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator
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 DirecTV is now offering local HD programming to customers in the Tallahassee, FL, designated market area. The company now offers local HD broadcast channels in 116 cities, representing more than 87 percent of U.S. TV households.
In other DirecTV news, the company has launched a second wave of local public TV stations in HD, adding 10 more markets. DirecTV launched 14 markets last week and plans to roll out additional markets through the end of the year and in 2009. Local PBS stations in HD were launched today in the following markets: Burlington, Vt.-Plattsburgh, NY; Toledo and Youngstown, OH; Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI; Indianapolis; Knoxville, TN; San Diego and San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA; Springfield-Holyoke, MA; and Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL.
Under an agreement reached late last year by DirecTV, the Association of Public Television Stations and PBS, DirecTV will offer HD programming from local public TV stations in markets where it now provides l ...
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Posted on Sun 14 Dec 2008, 12:39 AM
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Digital Satellite TV Articles
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TiVo and DirecTV in marriage counseling, developing new TiVo HD DVR box
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Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator
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 TiVo has announced that they have extended their service agreement with DirecTV, a new 5 year deal, which now includes the development, marketing and distribution of a new high definition DVR featuring the popular TiVo service. This looks to be the beginning to an end of a strained relationship between the two. In 2005, shortly after NDS took the reins at DirecTV, it was announced that DirecTV would be switching to in-house NDS designed DVR’s, for new installations. The new boxes paled in comparison to the older DirecTV-TiVo systems and were not overly popular as the interface was cold and uninviting compared to the friendly TiVo interface.
In 2006, DirecTV and TiVo extended their service agreement for an additional 3 years, allowing them to extend their service to existing customers, however neither they nor DirecTV were marketing to new customers.
Now that NDS is no longer calling the shots at DirecTV, it makes sense for them to revisit the TiVo pla ...
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Posted on Sun 14 Sep 2008, 7:02 PM
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Digital Satellite TV Articles
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Tivo vs. Echostar ruling delayed
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Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator
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 The seemingly never ending squabble between TiVo and Echostar over TiVo’s DVR patented “Time Warp” technology was further delayed this week by a federal judge in Texas who has delayed his decision on until as late as November.
In August 2006, a jury finding found Echostar liable for infringing on TiVo’s patented “Time Warp” technology which allows viewing of one program while recording another. It was ordered that Echostar disable their infringing DVR systems within 30 days and TiVo was initially awarded $90 million in damages.
Echostar appealed the decision, and was granted a stay of the injunction until the appeal could be heard. In early 2008, the appeal was upheld in part, including the awarded damages.
TiVo asserts that they are owed up to an additional $220 million in royalties and lost profits from the 18 month delay caused by the appeals process. Echostar disputes this, claiming that they had created a “work-around” in their DV ...
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Posted on Thu 11 Sep 2008, 8:09 PM
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08/04/2008 11:20 AM
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Gossip Girl
CW
9:00 pm ET
Lily and Rufus (Kelly Rutherford, Matthew Settle) become suspicious of Jenny's (Taylor Momsen) relationship with Damien (guest star Kevin Zegers). Vanessa and Dan (Jessica Szohr, Penn Badgley) awkwardly try dating other people. Actor Andrew McCarthy -- who knows a thing or two about teen screen angst -- directed the new episode "The Lady Vanished."
CSI: Miami
CBS
10:00 pm ET
After the lab is attacked, Horatio (David Caruso) must give in to a gunman's bizarre request to save five hostages, including the newest CSI team member, Jesse Cardoza (Eddie Cibrian). Oh, man, you just know this is going to show up on Jesse's probationary review. Sharif Atkins and Robert Gant guest star in "Hostile Takeover"; Emily Procter, Jonathan Togo and Eva LaRue also star.
Jessica Simpson's The Price of Beauty
VH1
10:00 pm ET
In this new reality series, Jessica Simpson takes pals CaCee Cobb and Ken Paves on trips to Japan, Thailand, France, Brazil, Morocco, India and Uganda to examine what constitutes beauty in different cultures and what sometimes-shocking measures women will take in order to achieve it. Simpson and her friends also assist in charitable activities while on their travels.
Witless Protection
TMC
6:15 pm ET
Larry the Cable Guy can score some solid laughs in his stand-up act, but his screen work makes the "Ernest" movies look like Merchant Ivory fare, and this 2008 comedy seems aimed squarely at the mouth-breather demographic. The story, such as it is, revolves around a small-town lawman and the FBI witness in his custody as they grapple with crooked federal agents, quack doctors and Chicago high society. Jenny McCarthy, who really should know better, also stars.
Chuck
NBC
8:00 pm ET
Casey (Adam Baldwin) is arrested for inadvertently committing treason while carrying out a mission for Col. James Keller (Robert Patrick), his old commanding officer. Chuck and Sarah (Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski) discover the colonel has a dark secret, so they vow to break Casey out of jail and clear his name in the new episode "Chuck Versus the Tic Tac." Sarah Lancaster and Ryan McPartlin also star.
Life Unexpected
CW
8:00 pm ET
Jones (guest star Austin Butler) asks Lux (Britt Robertson) to the winter formal, but after Baze (Kristoffer Polaha) discovers a condom in her room, he leaps to the wrong conclusion and rushes to the dance. Cate (Shiri Appleby) struggles with painful memories about the night Lux was conceived as she serves as chaperon. Austin Basis also stars in the new episode "Formal Reformed."
Rules of Engagement
CBS
8:30 pm ET
Audrey (Megyn Price) tries to make hubby Jeff (Patrick Warburton) feel guilty after he fails to tell her that his friend's bachelor party in Atlantic City was canceled, but her strategy backfires monumentally once Jeff discovers that Audrey also is being deceitful in the new episode "Atlantic City." Oliver Hudson, David Spade and Adhir Kalyan also star.
Home Rules
HGTV
9:00 pm ET
Life coach and former WNBA player Fran Harris steps in to help frazzled families improve their relationships while an interior designer enhances their living spaces in this new weekly series. In the opener, Fran visits Bob and Denise Violette, a free-spending couple stressed out by financial problems, unfinished home projects and a high-maintenance 16-year-old daughter.
Trauma
NBC
9:00 pm ET
Glenn (Taylor Kinney) brings the whole station under a "probie curse" when he loses a patient while handling a procedure by the book. Rabbit (Cliff Curtis) begins therapy as his relationship with Nancy (Anastasia Griffith) intensifies. Marisa (Aimee Garcia) gets a new partner, while a patient jumps out of Boone and Tyler's (Derek Luke, Kevin Rankin) rig in the new episode "Protocol." Jamey Sheridan also stars.
Kell on Earth
BRAVO
10:00 pm ET
Under extreme stress at the office, Stefanie reaches her boiling point and approaches Kelly to discuss her workload and her future at People's Revolution. Kelly snaps at Andrew when he makes a major mistake. Since she has been traveling so much, Kelly clears her schedule to spend quality time with daughter Ava.
Law & Order
NBC
10:00 pm ET
After a man is found guilty of a hate crime, Emily Ryan (guest star Amy Madigan) and The Innocence Collective try to get his conviction reversed. Cutter (Linus Roache) soon discovers, however, that Lisa Klein (guest star Anna Chlumsky, "My Girl"), Emily's overeager student assistant, may have crossed the line to get some testimony in favor of their client, calling into question the integrity of the whole trial in the new episode "Innocence."
Raising Helen
AMC
10:30 pm ET
Workaholism is bad! Having kids changes your priorities! Well, duh. You've seen this before in the movie "Baby Boom," on the series "Summerland" and elsewhere, so unless you need to be hit over the head with the message, feel free to skip this 2004 comedy. It casts Kate Hudson as the career woman who gains an instant family when her nephew and nieces (Spencer Breslin, Hayden Panettiere, Abigail Breslin) are orphaned by an accident. Been there, seen that.
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