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DirecTV Uncorks Five-Tuner Genie DVR

Multiroom DVR Can Auto-Record Recommended Shows
By: Todd Spangler Oct 11 2012 - 4:50pm
Multiroom DVR Can Auto-Record Recommended Shows

DirecTV has named its multiroom HD DVR -- which can record up to five TV channels at the same time -- the “Genie,” adding an automatic-recommendation feature that records shows based on subscribers’ tastes.

The No. 1 satellite operator is positioning the Genie’s five tuners and recommendation features as besting Dish Network’s three-tuner Hopper DVR. However, DirecTV’s box lacks the latter’s controversial automatic ad-skipping feature. In addition, while Genie includes 1 Terabyte of storage, the Hopper has 2 TB.

Dish, Gannett Hop to Retrans Accord

Deal Involves 19 Stations
By: Mike Farrell Oct 8 2012 - 10:34am
Deal Involves 19 Stations

Dish Network and Gannett Broadcasting said Monday that they have reached a retransmission consent deal regarding Gannett’s 19 broadcast stations across the country. Terms were not disclosed.
The deal comes after the two sides agreed early Monday morning to briefly extend their negotiations as they tried to hammer out a deal.

19 Gannett Stations Could Go Dark on Dish Sunday

Fees, Ad Skipping Main Points of Negotiations
By: Mike Farrell Oct 5 2012 - 12:28pm
Fees, Ad Skipping Main Points of Negotiations

In a bit of a twist to the usual retransmission-consent battle rhetoric, Dish Network and Gannett Broadcasting appear to be sharpening their knives over an issue other than money: ad skipping.
Dish fired the first salvo on Friday, claiming that Gannett has threatened to pull its 19 broadcast stations from Dish subscribers on Oct. 7 if the satellite giant it does not succumb to its demands.

Ergen: We May Have to Sell Wireless Spectrum

But Dish Chairmam Calls it Growth Business; Labels video 'Mature,' 'Very Competitive'
By: John Eggerton Oct 3 2012 - 7:14pm
But Dish Chairmam Calls it Growth Business; Labels video 'Mature,' 'Very Competitive'

Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen is urging the government to OK his company's wireless broadband play so he can try to replicate his satellite success in that growth market.

No Commissioners Slated for FCC LightSquared Hearing

By: John Eggerton Sep 20 2012 - 4:20pm

 

FCC International Bureau Chief Mindel De La Torre and Office of Engineering and Technology Chief Julius Knapp are the only two witnesses slated for a House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the FCC's handling of the conditional waiver to LightSquared, according to the committee website.

The hearing will look at how the FCC came to the January 2011 decision to grant a conditional waiver to LightSquared to use satellite spectrum for terrestrial mobile service.

DirecTV: Pay TV Nears Equilibrium

CFO Sees Subscriber Slowdown Across Spectrum
By: Mike Farrell Sep 13 2012 - 8:59pm
CFO Sees Subscriber Slowdown Across Spectrum

Coming off its first period of net subscriber losses ever in the second quarter, DirecTV chief financial officer Patrick Doyle said the  industry as a whole is gearing up for a slowdown in overall video subscriber growth.
DirecTV lost 52,000 net subscribers in the second quarter. At the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications and Entertainment conference in Beverly Hills, Calif. Thursday, Doyle said he expects overall customer growth to temper.

DirecTV Launches Isaac Storm Channel

By: John Eggerton Aug 27 2012 - 1:57am

Will Broadcast Local TV Station News Coverage From Affected Areas

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DirecTV Reaches Retrans Agreement With Local TV LLC

By: Mike Farrell Aug 31 2012 - 7:21pm

Deal Involves 21 Stations in 16 markets

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Dish Tweaks Hopper Ad-Skipping Feature Amid Lawsuit: Report

By: By Todd Spangler Jul 26 2012 - 3:35am

Satellite Operator Is Said to Modify AutoHop to Allow More User Controls

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DirecTV Re-ups, Expands Billing Pact With Amdocs

By: by MCN Staff Aug 1 2012 - 9:49pm

Vendor Takes Broader Responsibility For DirecTV Billing In 5.5-Year Agreement

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