16 posts and columns on Dish

Is Dish Punching the Networks With Its Supersized DVR?

in Media on January 9 at 1:43 pm PT

No new paradigm shifter from the satellite TV guys. But their new autorecording DVR seems like it’s trying to steal some thunder from Hulu, at the very least.
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Starz Says It Won’t Renew Giant Netflix Deal

in Media on September 1, 2011 at 2:13 pm PT

If the company follows through, it will mean Netflix won’t be able to provide digital access to movies from Sony and Disney — a scenario Reed Hastings and company have been trying to avoid for years.
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News Byte

Dish, EchoStar Settle TiVo Patent Fight For $500 Million

in on May 2, 2011 at 5:25 am PT

Dish and EchoStar are paying TiVo half a billion dollars to settle a long-running patent fight over DVR technology. The two satellite TV companies will pay TiVo $300 million up front, and the remainder over 6 years, to settle suits that started in 2004. The settlement follows an April 20 legal victory for TiVo.

News Byte

Fox, DISH–But Not Cablevision–Work Out Rights Deal

in Media on October 29, 2010 at 2:08 pm PT

One down, at least one more to go: Fox has solved one programming fee dispute by patching things up with the DISH satellite TV network. That means News Corp.’s TV arm will restore some channels that it had yanked from DISH subscribers earlier this month. And it’s a safe bet that DISH subscribers will end up with higher bills, as the service has agreed to pay Fox and its News Corp. parent more money for its shows. No word on the similar 14-day standoff between Fox and Cablevision, though. (News Corp. also owns Dow Jones, which owns this site.)

Dish’s Tivo Bill: $328 Million and Counting

in Media on November 9, 2009 at 6:27 am PT

You think you’re paying too much for cable TV? Check out this nugget, buried in satellite TV provider Dish Networks’ quarterly filing: The company has spent $328 million in its legal battle against Tivo this year, and that bill could keep growing.

TiVo to DISH: Let's Do the Time Warp Again

in News on September 4, 2009 at 3:00 pm PT

It’s not the $974.5 million TiVo had been looking for, but the $200 million in sanctions against EchoStar’s Dish Network the company has been awarded isn’t exactly petty cash, either. On Friday, a U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern District of Texas ordered the satellite broadcaster to cough up that sum for its continued infringement of TiVo’s “multimedia time warping system” patent.
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TiVo to DISH: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again

in News on September 4, 2009 at 3:00 pm PT

It’s not the $974.5 million TiVo had been looking for, but the $200 million in sanctions against EchoStar’s Dish Network the company has been awarded isn’t exactly petty cash, either. On Friday, a U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern District of Texas ordered the satellite broadcaster to cough up that sum for its continued infringement of TiVo’s “multimedia time warping system” patent.
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Sirius: Sorry, Charlie

in News on February 17, 2009 at 6:09 am PT

Looks like Sirius XM can shelve that bankruptcy filing it’s been preparing these past few weeks–for the time being, anyway. This morning, the struggling satellite radio company announced an 11th-hour deal with John Malone’s Liberty Media that will allow it to meet a Feb. 17 debt deadline that might otherwise have forced the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection or a deal with satellite mogul Charlie Ergen. Sirius shares are up an astonishing 85.89 percent on news of the deal.
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Call Me Mel "Save-My-Own-Keister" Karmazin

in News on February 13, 2009 at 7:49 am PT

Sirius XM is ready to seek bankruptcy protection. The company has warned investors that it’s prepared to file Chapter 11. It has hired bankruptcy and restructuring advisers. And it has filled out the necessary paperwork. But it may never file it. “People familiar with the situation” tell The Wall Street Journal that Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin and satellite mogul Charlie Ergen are moving closer to an accord that would save the struggling satellite radio outfit from having to file Chapter 11.

Call Me Mel “Save-My-Own-Keister” Karmazin

in News on February 13, 2009 at 7:49 am PT

Sirius XM is ready to seek bankruptcy protection. The company has warned investors that it’s prepared to file Chapter 11. It has hired bankruptcy and restructuring advisers. And it has filled out the necessary paperwork. But it may never file it. “People familiar with the situation” tell The Wall Street Journal that Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin and satellite mogul Charlie Ergen are moving closer to an accord that would save the struggling satellite radio outfit from having to file Chapter 11.

Sirius-EchoStar-Liberty: Ménage-à-Blah

in News, February 12, 2009 at 12:16 pm PT

Sirius: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Ergen

in News, February 12, 2009 at 5:44 am PT

Sirius Rolls Out New 24 Hour Investor Keening Channel

in News, February 9, 2009 at 9:50 am PT

Yahoo Shares Trade South for Winter

in News, September 3, 2008 at 1:44 pm PT

TiVo Time-Shifts DirecTV Partnership

in News, September 3, 2008 at 11:44 am PT