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Headquarters: El Segundo, California
Date of launch: Summer 1994
Satellites in service: 9
Available satellite channels:500+
Estimated subscribers:17 Million+


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Digital Satellite TV Articles
Dish Network's new VIP222K now in stores

Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator


Echostar’s new VIP222K high definition receiver has been released just in time for Christmas and in time for the February 2009 cut-off of all analog over the air television signals.

The new receiver comes with an off-air digital tuner cartridge, allowing viewing of either digital local off air signals or Dish Network standard or high definition satellite broadcast signals on 2 separate televisions.
The new digital tuner is important because after February 2009, all over the air broadcasts will be in digital only and will require either a digital television, or a digital tuner in order to continue receiving them on older analog televisions.



Independently watch programming on two TVs – one HDTV and one SDTV

TV1 viewing location
• Connect to an HDTV to view SD and HD DISH Network
programming and HD over the air digital broadcas ...
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 Posted on Tue 16 Dec 2008, 9:24 PM

Digital Satellite TV Articles
Dish, ComCorp Engaged in Retransmission Dispute

Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator


Station Group Warns Satellite Provider May Stop Carrying Its Signals
By Linda Moss -- Multichannel News


After settling one retransmission-consent dispute, Dish Network is in another flap with a broadcaster over the issue of cash-for-carriage.

Stations owned by Communications Corp. of America are warning their viewers that Dish Network may stop carrying their signals. It’s unclear exactly how many stations are involved, but WGMB-TV in Baton Rouge, La., KADN-TV in Lafayette, La., KMSS-TV in Shreveport, La., KPEJ-TV in Odessa, Texas, KVEO-TV in Brownsville, Texas, KETK-TV in Jacksonsville-Tyler, Texas, and KTSM-TV in El Paso, Texas, have all posted warnings on their Web sites that Dish may drop them.

For example, WGMB said, “Dish Network has refused to consider our offer, which is similar in terms granted to other local stations. Keep in mind you currently pay Dish Network nearly $6 per month for local stations. We offered WGMB t ...
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 Posted on Tue 16 Dec 2008, 8:40 PM

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Liberty set to benefit from directv

Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator


By PETER LAURIA, New York Post

In a move designed to highlight the value of DirecTV, the board of John Malone's Liberty Media Corp. plans to move forward with a spin-off of the unit that houses most of its stake in the satellite-television operator.

Liberty's 52 percent stake in DirecTV is valued at more than $12 billion based on the unit's $24 billion market capitalization. But Liberty itself is only worth $6.7 billion.

According to Liberty CEO Greg Maffei, the spin-off, which had been in the works, "will reduce the discount from fair value" in the company's stock and give it a new currency to "pursue strategic objectives."

DirecTV has long been rumored to be a potential merger partner for AT&T, and now that the tie-up of satellite-radio operators Sirius and XM was approved by regulators, industry observers are whispering that rival EchoStar may make another run at merging with DirecTV.

EchoStar Corp. and D ...
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 Posted on Tue 16 Dec 2008, 8:35 PM

Digital Satellite TV Articles
TV viewers in S.D. at risk of losing channels

Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator


Seth Tupper The Daily Republic
Published Friday, December 12, 2008

A national trend of disputes pitting broadcasters against cable and satellite television providers has spread to eastern South Dakota, putting upwards of 15,000 viewers at risk of losing channels or suffering a rate increase.

KSFY, the Sioux Falls ABC affiliate that serves the eastern part of the state, is in a dispute with four cable television providers. KSFY has historically given its signal to the cable providers for free — as have other broadcasters — but KSFY and its Texas-based parent company, Hoak Media, now want to charge for it.

Negotiations on a price for what’s known as a “retransmission” agreement have failed so far. If new agreements or extensions to the existing free agreements are not reached by Dec. 31, KSFY and its popular ABC programs, such as “Desperate Housewives” and “Dancing with the Stars,” could be dropped from the cable lineups of Garretson-ba ...
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 Posted on Sun 14 Dec 2008, 12:57 AM

Digital Satellite TV Articles
DirecTV Expands Local HD, PBS Programming in Talahassee

Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator


DirecTV is now offering local HD programming to customers in the Tallahassee, FL, designated market area. The company now offers local HD broadcast channels in 116 cities, representing more than 87 percent of U.S. TV households.

In other DirecTV news, the company has launched a second wave of local public TV stations in HD, adding 10 more markets. DirecTV launched 14 markets last week and plans to roll out additional markets through the end of the year and in 2009. Local PBS stations in HD were launched today in the following markets: Burlington, Vt.-Plattsburgh, NY; Toledo and Youngstown, OH; Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI; Indianapolis; Knoxville, TN; San Diego and San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA; Springfield-Holyoke, MA; and Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL.

Under an agreement reached late last year by DirecTV, the Association of Public Television Stations and PBS, DirecTV will offer HD programming from local public TV stations in markets where it now provides l ...
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 Posted on Sun 14 Dec 2008, 12:39 AM

Digital Satellite TV Articles
TiVo and DirecTV in marriage counseling, developing new TiVo HD DVR box

Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator


TiVo has announced that they have extended their service agreement with DirecTV, a new 5 year deal, which now includes the development, marketing and distribution of a new high definition DVR featuring the popular TiVo service. This looks to be the beginning to an end of a strained relationship between the two. In 2005, shortly after NDS took the reins at DirecTV, it was announced that DirecTV would be switching to in-house NDS designed DVR’s, for new installations. The new boxes paled in comparison to the older DirecTV-TiVo systems and were not overly popular as the interface was cold and uninviting compared to the friendly TiVo interface.

In 2006, DirecTV and TiVo extended their service agreement for an additional 3 years, allowing them to extend their service to existing customers, however neither they nor DirecTV were marketing to new customers.

Now that NDS is no longer calling the shots at DirecTV, it makes sense for them to revisit the TiVo pla ...
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 Posted on Sun 14 Sep 2008, 7:02 PM

Digital Satellite TV Articles
Tivo vs. Echostar ruling delayed

Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator


The seemingly never ending squabble between TiVo and Echostar over TiVo’s DVR patented “Time Warp” technology was further delayed this week by a federal judge in Texas who has delayed his decision on until as late as November.

In August 2006, a jury finding found Echostar liable for infringing on TiVo’s patented “Time Warp” technology which allows viewing of one program while recording another. It was ordered that Echostar disable their infringing DVR systems within 30 days and TiVo was initially awarded $90 million in damages.

Echostar appealed the decision, and was granted a stay of the injunction until the appeal could be heard. In early 2008, the appeal was upheld in part, including the awarded damages.

TiVo asserts that they are owed up to an additional $220 million in royalties and lost profits from the 18 month delay caused by the appeals process. Echostar disputes this, claiming that they had created a “work-around” in their DV ...
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 Posted on Thu 11 Sep 2008, 8:09 PM

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Digital Technology Articles
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Silver (Jessica Stroup) recalls her childhood parties when Jackie and Teddy (guest stars Ann Gillespie and Trevor Donovan) surprise her with a "half-birthday" celebration. Navid (Michael Steger) confronts Jasper (guest star Zach Sherman) after seeing him sell drugs to Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes). Debbie and Harry (Lori Loughlin, Rob Estes) are forced to tell Dixon (Tristan Wilds) that Sasha lied about being pregnant in "A Trip to the Moon."

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The contestants head to Colorado to train at an Olympic training facility, where they are welcomed by paralympic athlete Allison Jones and learn the game is going from teams to singles. Olympic skiers Julia Mancuso and Jeret "Speedy" Peterson help train the contestants. After a biathlon challenge, two more players are sent home. Skaters J.R. Celski and Rockne Brubaker also appear.

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Child stars don't have it easy, as anyone who reads the tabloids can tell you. So can Priscilla, who at 9 is pursuing her dream of being a rap star. She and her single dad and mentor, Jesse, are starting to reap the rewards of her ambition and talent -- moving to a four-bedroom apartment and playing at sold-out clubs. But she's starting to realize that staying a little girl is going to take some effort in the new documentary "P-Star Rising."

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East meets West in this 1939 comedic tale of culture shock. Three Soviet emissaries are sent to Paris to sell the family jewels of the exiled Grand Duchess Swana (Ina Claire), but all does not go as planned. The three start to see the value of a capitalistic society, prompting by-the-books comrade Nina Yakushova (Greta Garbo) -- otherwise known as Ninotchka -- to take over the mission. Garbo's next-to-last film was acclaimed as one of her best.

The Eye TMC 8:00 pm  ET

Jessica Alba challenges herself by playing both sightless and musically skilled in this Tom Cruise-produced remake of a Hong Kong thriller. Her character is a concert violinist who gets her vision back through a double cornea transplant, but her new eyes give her terrifying visions that send her on a search for their original owner. Parker Posey and Alessandro Nivola lend Alba good acting support, but you'll still be tempted to poke your own eyes out.

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No, not Rudolph. The Valentino at the center of this 2008 documentary is fashion designer Valentino Garavani -- better known by his first name and his reputation as the creator of gorgeous dresses for some of the world's most gorgeous women, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The film crew follows Valentino at work and at home as he prepares for a 45th anniversary celebration of his work.

Melrose Place CW 9:00 pm  ET

The police search for Auggie (Colin Egglesfield) after discovering his blood was on the murder weapon. An incident at work forces Jonah (Michael Rady) to pretend he is engaged to Ella (Katie Cassidy), who really gets into her role. David (Shaun Sipos) arranges a secret play date with his little brother (guest star Cameron Castaneda). Ashlee Simpson-Wentz also stars in "Ocean."

Explorer NGC 10:00 pm  ET

You may find yourself involuntarily lifting your feet from the floor while watching "Python Wars," an unsettling new episode that chronicles how Burmese pythons -- some of the largest and most powerful snakes in the world -- are poised to spread throughout the U.S. from their current home in Florida's Everglades. Scientists plot a counteroffensive designed to avoid upsetting the ecological balance in the Everglades.

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The unofficial inspiration for television's "Hogan's Heroes," director Billy Wilder's 1953 comedy-drama remains one of the screen's most memorable war stories. William Holden earned an Oscar as a POW who can bargain with his German captors -- but his wits take him only so far when he's suspected of overt action against the enemy. Filmmaker Otto Preminger proves to be a great actor as the commandant. Don Taylor and Peter Graves co-star.

The Good Wife CBS 10:00 pm  ET

As Alicia (Julianna Margulies) defends a husband accused of murdering a baby sitter, she and her family prepare for the outcome of Peter's (Chris Noth) appeal and his potential homecoming in the new episode "Hi." Christine Baranski, Josh Charles, Archie Panjabi and Matt Czuchry also star; James McDaniel ("NYPD Blue") guest stars.

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