DISH Network Joins Firms Providing “Family-Friendly” Channel Tiers
Englewood, Colo. – Following the lead of rival DirecTV and cable companies Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cox, EchoStar Communications, operator of the DISH Network satellite TV service, on Wednesday...
View ArticleDISH Network Launches CNN Interactive TV Channel
Atlanta – CNN announced on Monday that it has launched an interactive TV news service on the DISH Network satellite TV service, which is operated by EchoStar Communications. The CNN Enhanced TV...
View ArticlePixelPlay Creates Olympics Interactive TV App for DISH Network
New York – PixelPlay, a developer of interactive TV programming, announced on Thursday that it has created an interactive TV application for use with satellite TV provider DISH Network's 2006 Winter...
View ArticleEchoStar Adds Warner Bros. Titles to DISH Network VOD Service
Englewood, Colo. – EchoStar Communications, operator of the DISH Network satellite TV service, announced on Friday that it has signed an agreement with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, to carry...
View ArticleCNN Money: Dish to Close 300 More Blockbuster Stores
CNN Money reports that Dish Network (DISH), which bought Blockbuster in 2010 after it went bankrupt, plans to close about 300 stores and cut about 3,000 jobs, according to Dish spokesman John Hall. .
View ArticleSprint Forms Special Committee of Independent Directors to Assess DISH’s Offer
Sprint Nextel has announced that its Board of Directors has formed a Special Committee of independent directors to examine and carefully evaluate the proposal received from DISH with its financial and...
View ArticleReuters: Japan’s SoftBank Says No Need to Up Sprint Offer
Reuters reports that SoftBank Corp. has said there's no requirement to raise its $20.1 billion bid for 70 percent of U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp, which is being challenged by a...
View ArticleWSJ: Dish Inches Closer To Sprint Deal Financing
WSJ reports that Dish Network Corp. has moved one step closer to organizing $9 billion in committed funding for its $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp., according to people familiar with the...
View ArticleDish Pulling $2.2 Billion Bid for Reston-Based LightSquared
Satellite TV company Dish Network has pulled its $2.2 billion bid for LightSquared, the Reston-based wireless company that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2012, The Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleDish Taps Nagra For VOD Ad-Splicing Help
Multichannel reports "Nagra, a long-time tech partner of Dish Network, said it is supporting dynamic ad insertion (DAI) for video-on-demand services that run on the Dish Anywhere multiscreen video app...
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