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NFL Network COO Williams: Progress Made, But Distribution Holes RemainMike Reynolds, November 12, 2009
NFL Network kicks off its eight-game primetime slate tonight with a significantly larger distribution lineup, but a number of key holdouts remain off its roster.
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Sundance Channel, WE TV Open Routes To AsiaMike Reynolds, November 11, 2009Sundance Channel and WE TV are making their way to Asia. More
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Senate Commerce Introduces Draft Satellite BillJohn Eggerton, November 10, 2009Add STELA to the list of names for the satellite reauthorization bill, the latest version of which was just introduced as a draft by the Senate Commerce Committee Tuesday. More
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Local News: Dish Closing Call Center in Pa.by MCN Staff, November 10, 2009The Post-Gazette in Pittsburgh reported Dish Network is closing a McKeesport, Pa., call center employing 600.
The paper's Web site said the center opened in 1998.
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Dish Files To Trademark 'TV Everywhere'By Todd Spangler, November 9, 2009Dish Network has filed for trademark protection on "TV Everywhere," which the satellite operator apparently is seeking to use for its forthcoming Slingbox-enabled set-top box. More
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Ergen Dishes It OutMike Farrell, November 9, 2009
Dish Network chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen said the satellite giant is trying to wean itself from heavy discounting, despite the fact that it may have been a major factor in the second largest satellite TV service provider's third quarter subscriber gains.
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Starz, QVC Drive Liberty's Q3 PerformanceMike Farrell, November 9, 2009Gains at QVC and Starz Entertainment helped drive third-quarter advances for Liberty Interactive and Liberty Entertainment, as the latter moves closer to a reorganization that will create a new Liberty Starz stock. More
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Dish Notes: Operational Gains, Financial Weaknessby Kent Gibbons, November 9, 2009Analysts working Dish Network’s numbers find operational gains amid financial weakness -- but said investors will love the surprise special dividend of $2 per share. More
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Dish Posts Subscriber Gainsby MCN Staff, November 9, 2009Dish Network said it added net 241,000 subscribers in the third quarter, a period when the satellite TV provider’s total revenue declined 1.5% year over year and net income declined. More
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Upstart Ski Channel Lands Deal With Dishby R. Thomas Umstead, November 9, 2009The upstart Ski Channel last week sealed a long-term video-on-demand distribution deal with Dish Network, according to network officials. More
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Versus-DirecTV Remain At Distribution ImpasseMike Reynolds, November 7, 2009
More than two months after their contract ended, Versus and DirecTV remain at distribution loggerheads, their impasse showing no signs of subsiding.
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DirecTV Has Stable Q3Mike Farrell, November 5, 2009
DirecTV's growth train showed some signs of slowing down in the third quarter, as net new subscriber additions clocked in at 136,000 in the period, slightly behind analyst estimates.
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Leahy Looks For "Short-Time" Agreement On Satellite ReauthorizationJohn Eggerton, November 5, 2009Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said Nov. 5 he hoped to work with his colleagues to get a short-time agreement on the Judiciary committee version of the satellite reathorization bill that was passed out of committee Sept. 24. More
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Starz Is Ready To Riseby Mike Farrell, October 24, 2009
The long-awaited restructuring of Liberty Media's Liberty Entertainment tracking stock got a boost last week after the company set a hard date — Nov. 19 — for a shareholder vote that would lead to the consolidation of its 57% interest in DirecTV and the spinoff of its Starz Entertainment premium channel into a separate entity.
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NBA TV Hits A Three: Inks New Deals With Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, DishMike Reynolds, October 22, 2009
NBA TV, having engaged in a full court distribution press, will reach some 45 million homes during the upcoming 2009-10 campaign -- an almost fourfold increase in its subscriber count from last season.
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Dish Network Adds Women-Targeted UtilísimaLaura Martinez, October 20, 2009Dish Latino this month added Utilísima to its Spanish-language offering, making strides in the largely untapped market for Hispanic women-focused content on pay television. More
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Liberty Entertainment Spin Vote Set For Nov. 19Mike Farrell, October 19, 2009
Liberty Media said late Monday that it has scheduled Nov, 19 for a shareholder vote that would restructure its Liberty Entertainment tracking stock, consolidating its 57% interest in DirecTV, while spinning out other assets, including Starz Entertainment.
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Malone: GE Advisor Goldman Sachs Is On NBCU Listening TourMike Farrell, October 16, 2009
Liberty Media chairman John Malone said NBC Universal parent General Electric Co. has instructed its advisor Goldman Sachs to "listen, but not talk," to other parties concerning the still-in-negotiations NBCU/Comcast deal.
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Dish: We Can't Deliver Noncom HD Channels By 2011John Eggerton, October 15, 2009In a letter to the House Energy & Commerce Committee Wednesday, Dish Network EVP and general counsel R. Stanton Dodge said the company would not be able to comply with a proposal that it deliver all noncommercial stations' HD signals by 2011 in markets where it delivers any local station HD signals. More
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House Committee Approves Satellite Reauthorization BillJohn Eggerton, October 15, 2009The House Energy & Commerce Committee Thursday approved reauthorization of the bill granting satellite operators a compulsory license to carry distant TV network station signals. More
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