• Dish: PTO Decision On TiVo's Patent Provides Grounds For Retrial

  Todd Spangler, October 19, 2010
  Dish Network is arguing that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruling earlier this month validating TiVo's Time Warp DVR patent actually provides grounds for why the satellite TV operator should not have been held in contempt by a lower court for violating the patent -- and Dish says a new trial now is warranted.  More

• EchoStar President Olmstead, 55, Dies

  John Eggerton, October 18, 2010
  Dean Olmstead, 55, president of EchoStar Satellite Services, has died of cancer at a New Jersey hospital, according to the company.  More

• Sony Movie Net Inks First Carriage Pacts

    
  By R. Thomas Umstead, October 18, 2010
  Sony Movie Channel has signed its first carriage deals since the high-definition channel’s Oct. 1 launch, reaching distribution agreements with satellite services DirecTV and Dish Network and telco provider AT&T U-verse.  More

• I-playTV Launches on Dish

  George Winslow, October 13, 2010
  Casual gaming specialist Oberon Media has launched a new interactive service, I-playTV on Dish Network.  More

• Ergen Hikes in Himalayas as Fox Talks Go On

    
  By Mike Farrell, October 11, 2010
  Dish Network and Fox Cable Networks executives might be hunkered down in tense carriage negotiations, but one executive defi nitely won’t feel the heat of the ongoing battle — Dish chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen.  More

• Defiant Dish Could Be Losing Leverage

    
  By Mike Farrell, October 11, 2010
  Fox Networks’ carriage dispute with Dish Network entered its seventh day last week with sometimes controversial media analyst Richard Greenfield joining the fray, warning that with the professional hockey and basketball seasons starting soon, the satellite giant’s leverage in negotiations could be quickly eroding.  More

• Updated: MSG Enters Sweepstakes Element In Dish Disconnect Battle

  Mike Reynolds, October 8, 2010
  Locked in a contract impasse with Dish Network, MSG is offering subscribers to the No. 2 DBS service a chance to check out some of the teams the regional sports network covers -- live.  More

• Dish To Flog Logitech's Google TV Box

  By Todd Spangler, October 7, 2010
  Dish Network will market and sell Logitech International's Google TV set-top to subscribers for $179, plus an ongoing monthly fee -- versus the box's retail price of $300 -- promising integrated search across TV listings, DVR recordings and Internet content, as well as access to Web apps and video.  More

• U.S. Patent Office Affirms TiVo 'Time Warp' Patent Is Valid

  Todd Spangler, October 6, 2010
  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday affirmed the validity of TiVo's so-called Time Warp DVR patent, reversing the agency's ruling this summer -- after a second re-examination requested by EchoStar and Dish Network -- that the patent was invalid because some of the claims were covered in two prior patents.  More

• Cable TV Subscribers More Annoyed About Prices: J.D. Power

  Todd Spangler, October 6, 2010
  Consumers today are less satisfied with their monthly pay-TV bills compared with last year, according to J.D. Power and Associates' annual TV customer-satisfaction service survey -- and cable subscribers are more likely to feel ripped off than telco or satellite TV customers.  More

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