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AT&T notifies Dish partnership to end
Satellite TV player Dish Network reported in an SEC filing Tuesday that AT&T had informed Dish that it is ending the companies resale partnership effective Dec. 31. AT&T has not said much at Read more...
DirecTV makes on-demand service available nationwide
Satellite TV player DirecTV announced that its on-demand TV service is now available to customers nationwide who have the company's DirecTV Plus HD DVR or R22 DVR receiver. The service carries more Read more...
North America IPTV not yet eating from satellite's dish
While IPTV growth was very strong in North America last year, the telcos offering IPTV are not yet taking a significant number of customers away from satellite TV companies, according to market Read more...
Spotlight: AT&T's DISH debt request raises questions
When AT&T earlier this year ended a satellite TV resale arrangement with DirecTV, it left DISH Networks in the enviable position of being AT&T's only partner on the service. There also was Read more...
Networks ready for HD programming pile-up?
High-definition television always has been viewed as a nice benefit of new TV delivery technologies, but 2008 may prove to be the year HDTV becomes a significant battlefield in the competitive war Read more...
Dish Network can't match DirecTV growth
It is still too early to tell how AT&T's new commitment to re-sell Dish Network satellite TV services across all of its markets will affect Dish's business, but as the sales effort gears up, it Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: IPTV success starting to impact pay TV
The number of households worldwide subscribing to pay TV services will continue to increase at a compound annual growth rate of about 3.2 percent through 2013, according to research firm Analysys Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Time Warner spinning off cable; DirecTV joins MoCA; and much more...
> Time Warner plans to spin off its Time Warner Cable unit. Article > Satellite TV player DirecTV has joined the Read more...
DISH may have handheld video on its plate
Satellite TV provider DISH Networks spent about $700 million to win 168 spectrum licenses in the Federal Communications Commission 700 Mhz spectrum auction, and thus far it has been unclear how DISH Read more...
ALSO NOTED: SES Americom loses bird; second; and much more...
> SES Americom has declared a "total loss" of a satellite that launched last month but fell into the wrong orbit. Read more...
