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For the past few years there has been an ongoing debate between satellite companies on who has more HD channels. Dish likes counting regional sports networks which are not true 24 hour HD channels, instead Dish only carries select games from these RSN’s in HD. DirecTV on the other hand counts the number of HD pay per view channels they offer. Using creative math both companies can call themselves the HD leaders.
If you are shopping for a satellite provider and HD is an interest... [Read More]
It is a great day for Dish Network subscribers and for The Ski Channel as the two companies joined forces and completeted a long-term distribution agreement.
“DISH Network is excited to now offer VOD content that speaks to the growing popularity of skiing and other mountain sports,” said Andy Karofsky, vice president of Programming for DISH Network. “We are always exploring new programming that... [Read More]
Three men indicted on a single count of violating the federal copyright law pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Anthony Battaglia Oct. 23.
According to federal prosecutors, the defendants, Jung Kwak of Oceanside, and Phillip Allison and Robert Ward, both of Seminole, Fla., admitted that beginning in March 2008 they hired computer hackers to break the latest Dish Network encryption design so that the line of satellite receiver boxes sold by Kwak would continue to have a... [Read More]
October 5, 2009 --
CHEYENNE — The Wyoming attorney general announced last week that DISH Network LLC will pay $5,991,000 to settle consumer protection allegations with attorneys general in 46 states, including Wyoming.
“I am pleased to announce the settlement and the possibility of consumer restitution for eligible consumers,” said Attorney General Bruce Salzburg.
The states alleged the satellite TV provider and its third-party retailers engaged in... [Read More]
Dish Network Corp. has added another $400 million to an earlier debt note sale, upping the amount of money it seeks to raise for general corporate purposes to $1.4 billion.
Dish DBS Corp., a subsidiary of Dish Network, priced the new portion of the offering Thursday.
The new senior notes and the older offering, first announced Aug. 12, will be classified as one class of debt securities due in 2019. Sales of the notes is expected to close Oct. 5, according to a... [Read More]
Dish Network Corp. (DISH) announced plans to sell about $300 million in debt, coming a month after the satellite-television provider sold $1 billion.
As it did with the last sale, the company merely said proceeds would be used for "general corporate purposes." Many companies have been selling stock and/or debt in recent months, with most paying down other debt with the fresh capital.
The digital-television transition fueled Dish's return to subscriber growth in the... [Read More]
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill Thursday renewing a complex licensing system giving cable and satellite operators the right to broadcast copyrighted television programs.
Similar legislation is pending in the House. The satellite license renewal system expires this year and is considered "must-pass" in Congress.
The U.S. Copyright Office has recommended the elimination of the licenses, but cable and satellite operators say... [Read More]
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For the past few years there has been an ongoing debate between satellite companies on who has more HD channels. Dish likes counting regional sports networks which are not true 24 hour HD channels, instead Dish only carries select games from these RSN’s in HD. DirecTV on the other hand counts the number of HD pay per view channels they offer. Using creative math both companies can call themselves the HD leaders.
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