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Dish Adds BET, MTV Channels in HD

Dish Network has made an agreement to add HD feeds for several of MTV Networks’ and BET Networks’ channels to its roster. CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike TV and VH1 now are available in HD at no additional cost to Dish customers with the...

Published Fri, Apr 10 2009 5:13 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Nickelodeon, BET, HD, Dish Network, MTV Networks, MTV, Spike TV, Comedy Central, VH1, CMT, BET Networks

Dish Network, NFL Network End Carriage Dispute

Dish Network and NFL Network have reached a settlement in their carriage dispute. The settlement calls for a new multiyear carriage agreement. NFL Network will be carried in Dish Network’s Classic Silver 200 programming package. “We are very pleased that...

Published Fri, Apr 10 2009 2:17 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, NFL Network, Dish Network, Comcast

Dish Launches Interactive Experience for History’s ‘Battles’

Dish Network has partnered with History and Ensequence to launch History Interactive. The 24/7 interactive TV (iTV) experience offers factoids, questions, games and galleries related to History’s programming. The iTV experience, which also allows viewers...

Published Mon, Mar 9 2009 5:22 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Digital, Dish Network, History, Battles BC, History Interactive, Ensequence, iTV

Satellite TV Hearing Creates Controversy in Congress

It didn’t take long for Congress’ first attempt to open discussion of reauthorizing the nation’s satellite TV law to turn into a donnybrook between broadcasters and satellite companies over TV station carriage and compensation issues. In the first of...

Published Tue, Feb 24 2009 12:59 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Dish Network, Congress, DirecTV, Satellite

Comcast Internet, Phone Growth Offsets Video Customer Decline

Comcast, the largest U.S. cable television company, said today that video subscribers declined slightly from a year ago, hinting that satellite companies such as DirecTV and fiber-optic services may be continuing to pull customers from cable providers...

Published Wed, Feb 18 2009 12:36 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Dish Network, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, DirecTV, AT&T, Verizon Communications

Fox Business Network Expands Distribution on Dish

Fox Business Network said its distribution has grown to nearly 50 million homes, thanks to a new deal with Dish Network, which hadn’t carried the channel previously. The deal with Dish also puts Fox News Channel on Dish's Classic Bronze 100 tier,...

Published Tue, Feb 3 2009 1:11 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Dish Network, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network

Google TV Ads Reports Add Time-Shifted Viewing

Google said it has begun including time-shifted viewership data in reports for its Google TV Ads clients. The data is being generated to provide advertisers “with insight into how and when viewers see your ads during DVR playback of recorded content,...

Published Thu, Jan 29 2009 11:17 AM by News

Filed under: Digital, Advertising, Google, Dish Network, Google TV Ads, DVR, Time-Shifting

Comcast Spotlight to Sell Local Ads for Dish on Regional Sports Nets

Comcast Spotlight, the advertising sales arm of the cable giant, has made a deal to sell the local ads on regional sports networks in seven large markets for Dish Network, the companies said Tuesday. The deal increases the number of viewers in a market...

Published Tue, Jan 27 2009 1:09 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Advertising, Dish Network, Local Ads, Comcast Spotlight

Dish Offers ‘Beast’ in 1080p Resolution

Dish Network has become the first pay TV provider to feature a TV series in 1080p resolution quality comparable to Blu-ray discT. Dish Network has partnered with A&E Networks to provide the network’s new series “The Beast” in 1080p via its Internet...

Published Fri, Jan 16 2009 6:47 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Dish Network, Blu-ray, The Beast, A&E Networks

Rainbow Media Shutters Voom’s Domestic Operations

Rainbow Media said it is shutting down the domestic operations of its Voom high-definition programming service. The shutdown follows Dish Network’s decision in May to drop Voom’s 15 channels. The only other major distributor of the channels is Cablevision...

Published Thu, Dec 18 2008 5:18 PM by News

Filed under: Digital, HD, Dish Network, Cablevision Systems, Rainbow Media, Greg Moyer, Scripps Networks International, EchoStar Communications, Voom

Dish Drops Fisher Stations

Dish Network said it removed TV stations owned by Fisher Communications Inc. from its satellite service after their retransmission consent agreement expired on Dec. 17. Fisher has stations in Bakersfield, Calif.; Boise, Idaho; Eugene, Ore.; Idaho Falls...

Published Thu, Dec 18 2008 7:38 AM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Dish Network, Retransmission, Fisher Broadcasting

Dish Drops Young Broadcasting Content in Retrans Dispute

Dish Network and Young Broadcasting failed to renew their retransmission agreement, meaning programming on Young’s TV stations in 11 markets is no longer available to Dish subscribers, the satellite company said. Young is “demanding unreasonable contract...

Published Thu, Dec 11 2008 7:06 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Cable, Dish Network, Retransmission, Young Broadcasting

BBC’s Spanish-Language CBeebies Bows in U.S.

BBC Worldwide Channels’ Latin American version of its CBeebies preschool channel is now available in the U.S. on the Dish Network. It’s the Spanish-language BBC network to be broadcast in the U.S. CBeebies will be accessible to all subscribers of Dish...

Published Wed, Nov 19 2008 12:56 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Dish Network, BBC Worldwide Channels, CBeebies

Dish to Sell Converter Box With DVR Functions

Dish Network next week will start selling what it says is the first digital-to-analog converter box that includes digital video recorder functions, as it tries to retain customers in advance of the U.S. switchover to all-digital broadcasting in February...

Published Wed, Nov 12 2008 1:49 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Dish Network, DVR

Dish 3Q Earnings Fall on Higher Spending, Fewer Subscribers

Dish Network said today that its third-quarter earnings fell 54%. The No. 2 U.S. satellite television service behind DirecTV lost customers for the second straight quarter despite spending more to keep them. Net income dropped to $91.9 million, or 20...

Published Mon, Nov 10 2008 2:26 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Dish Network, Earnings, DirecTV

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