Dish Throws Out First Pitch
Opening Day is coming for EchoStar Communications Corp.’s Dish Network direct-broadcast satellite service.
For the f
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Pegasus Extends Tender Offer
Pegasus Communications Corp. said late Sunday that its Pegasus Satellite Communications Inc. subsidiary has extended its pending cash tender
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Dish Launches BingoTV
EchoStar Communications Corp.’s Dish Network said Thursday that it has launched exclusive network BingoTV.
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Goodbye Hughes Electronics, Hello DirecTV Group
Effective Tuesday, Hughes Electronics Corp. is now The DirecTV Group Inc.
The company also changed its ticker symbol o
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Twentieth to Oversee DirecTV Ad Sales
Twentieth Television will oversee ad sales for DirecTV Inc., the two companies announced Monday.
Twentieth is News Cor
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DirecTV Accused of Extortion
DirecTV Inc.’s national campaign against satellite-TV piracy was the target of a racketeering lawsuit filed this week in federal court, AP
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Dish Dishes Out Local Signals in Texas
EchoStar Communications Corp.’s Dish Network Thursday began offering local channels via satellite in Harlingen, Texas, and the surrounding
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DirecTV Taps Fawcett
Dan Fawcett has joined DirecTV Inc. as executive vice president and general counsel.
Fawcett had been executive VP of
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DirecTV: O.J. Is Guilty (of Piracy)
DirecTV Inc. accused former football star O.J. Simpson of using illegal electronic devices to pirate its signals, AP reported.
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Dish Adds HITN to Latino Tiers
EchoStar Communications Corp.’s Dish Network has added Hispanic Information TV (HITN) to each of its three Latino-targeted programming pack
