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Dish Network May Partner With T-Mobile If AT&T Acquisition Falls Through
DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH) will likely partner with T-Mobile USA if AT&T’s acquisition deal falls through. DISH acquired additional wireless spectrum earlier this year as part of a deal for buying the bankrupted DBSD North America Inc. and Terrestar Networks Inc. DISH could merge their spectrum assets with T-Mobile or another wireless company to intensify the rivalry against AT&T and Verizon.
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Categories AT&T, AT&T Inc., DISH Network Corp., Joseph Clayton, T-Mobile, T-Mobile USA
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AT&T Approached MetroPCS, Leap, Sprint, and Dish Network To Sell Spectrum In Order To Protect T-Mobile Deal
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has talked to several smaller rivals including MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE:PCS) and Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP) to sell spectrum and subscribers. This is in order to save AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile USA for $39 billion.
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Fox’s Eight-Day Delays Lead to Huge Spike in Torrenting
Fox has been sticking to its eight-day delay guns for a week now, and the company’s future already looks grim. As anyone with half a brain predicted, when faced with an eight-day delay to popular programming, consumers respond by getting their tv illegally. TorrentFreak reports a 114% increase in downloads for Hell’s Kitchen and a 189% increase in downloads for MasterChef, which had its season finale this week. The episodes used to be available next-day on Hulu, but Fox is now only giving Hulu Plus and Dish Network the next-day privileges.
Dish Network To Close Down 200 More Blockbuster Stores
DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH) has revealed that they are planning to shut down 200 more Blockbuster retail stores. Now there are a total of 1,500 total Blockbuster stores open. This past April, DISH Network won an auction to acquire Blockbuster’s assets for $228 million in cash. The employees working at those 200 stores would be able to transfer to other stores. [BGR]
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DISH and EchoStar End Lawsuit With TiVo By Paying $500 Million
DISH Network and EchoStar have settled a lawsuit with TiVo by paying them $500 million. DISH and EchoStar will be paying TiVo an initial $300 million. The other $200 million will be made in 6 equal payments between 2012 and 2017.
The companies will be ending all pending lawsuits. TiVo will dissolve all injunctions against both EchoStar and DISH. TiVo also granted DISH a license to their Time Warp patent along with several other related patents permanently. Time Warp is a patent that allows people to record one TV show at the same time as watching another.
TiVo will also help DISH Network promote Blockbuster digital video. TiVo sued DISH and EchoStar back in 2004. They had won the lawsuit, but the court decided to reconsider the verdict in May 2010.
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Dish Network Buying Blockbuster For $320 Million In Bankruptcy Auction
DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH) has acquired Blockbuster Inc. in a $320 million bankruptcy auction. Dish Network outbid at least 3 other bidders including billionaire investors Carl Icahn. The deal includes over 1,700 Blockbuster stores and the rights to stream BLockbuster’s movies over the Internet.
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Dish Network To Acquire DBSD For $1 Billion
DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH) is going to acquire DBSD North America for $1 billion. Dish Network is also providing DBSD with an $87.5 million loan. This deal is assuming that the FCC and the government gives regulatory approval of the deal.
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TiVo Wins $200 Million In Court Over Patent Battle Against EchoStar, Appeal Expected
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled in favor of TiVo against EchoStar. TiVo filed a $200 million patent lawsuit against EchoStar for using unauthorized digital video recorder (DVR) technology for their own services. It is expected that EchoStar will take this lawsuit all the way up to the Supreme Court. For the time being this ruling should not affect TiVo or DISH Network customers. Below is the full press release. [Engadget]
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TiVo Suing AT&T and Verizon For Infringing DVR Patent
TiVo Inc. launched one of the first digital video recorder (DVR) devices in 1999. However TiVo has been facing competition from AT&T and Verizon, who provide DVR as a service through TV cable. This is why TiVo has filed a lawsuit against both telecommunication companies at the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas.
TiVo is seeking damages and a permanent injunction from using the feature. This complaint the same as the one made in a lawsuit against DISH/Echostar. That complaint was made in 2004. Initially TiVo was ruled to be awarded $105 million, but DISH/Echostar filed an appeal. While the appeal was being made, DISH/Echostar designed new software that would replace the old video recording software.
TiVo claimed that DISH/Echostar was still infringing on their patent, but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office dismissed a request from TiVo to have DISH/Echostar no longer have the ability to re-examine its patent. DISH will be using the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office dismissal as part of their appeal in court.
DISH has about 14 million subscribers while AT&T U-Verse and Verizon FIOS cable services have a combined subscriber base of 4 million.
TiVo Wins $193 Million In Patent Lawsuit Against EchoStar
TiVo Inc. has been awarded $190 million in damages for a patent lawsuit against DISH Network Corporation and EchoStar Corporation. U.S. District Judge David Folsom also told EchoStar that they are not allowed to infringe on all except around 193,000 digital video recorders for all of their subscribers.
EchoStar was told to pay $73.9 million along with $15.7 million in interest. On top of those amounts, EchoStar must also pay $103.1 million in damages plust interest accrued.
DISH and EchoStar plan to file an appeal with the court decision. DISH used to be known as EchoStar Communications Corporation before they spun off their technology assets about a year ago including the set-top box units. EchoStar Corp. was the result of the spin-off.
[via Reuters]
Categories DISH Network Corp., EchoStar Corporation, TiVo
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