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DirecTV () is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California.
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S. courts on Thursday when DISH Network sought to allow viewers to skip commercials at the touch of a button, something the four major broadcast networks are fighting tooth and nail.Dish Network Corp asked a Manhattan federal judge to declare that its "Auto Hop" feature does not infringe any copyright owned by the four major U.S. television networks: Walt Disney Co's ABC, CBS Corp's CBS, News Corp's Fox and Comcast Corp's NBC.Fox, meanwhile, filed its own lawsuit in a California federal court to stop Dish from transmitting its programs in a way that lets viewers watch them without commercial interruptions.Dish introduced a high-definition DVR called the Hopper earlier this year. With 14 million subscribers, it is the second-largest satellite TV provider in the United States behind DirecTV.TV networks are upset that Dish, led by billionaire chairman Charles Ergen, would introduce the "Auto Hop" feature that may well p...Apple Inc began talks earlier this year to stream films owned by EPIX, which is backed by three major movie studios, on devices including a long-anticipated TV, acco...
Real estate and telecommunications company Connexion Technologies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday with the intention to sell itself after DirecTV Group Inc....
TiVo CEO Tom Rogers on Google’s push for self-driving cars, speculation of potential acquisitions of TiVo, and the state of technology.
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Neil Hennessy and Matt McCall discuss the government's uncertainty over dividend credits
DirecTV Group Inc. (DTV) has asked the Federal Communications Commission to intervene in a dispute with Tribune Co. that has blacked out local stations for more than...
Tribune Broadcasting released a statement Saturday regarding its negotiations with DirecTV, saying it hadn't reached "an agreement or come to terms with DirecTV on a...
DOW JONES NEWSWIRESDirecTV Group Inc. said it has accepted financial terms Tribune's management offered Thursday to carry their 23 local broadcast stations so that c...
DirecTV Group Inc. (DTV) on Thursday outlined plans to more than double its revenue and subscribers in Latin America, which is becoming the satellite television comp...
DirecTV Group Inc. (DTV) Thursday outlined new details on its expansion efforts in Latin America, which is becoming the satellite television company's main source of...
Wolfe Trahan & Co. Director Hunter Keay argues the EU Airline Carbon Tax will benefit U.S. airlines because it will impact European airlines more.
From shrinking computers to the size of fingernails to powering cars with batteries, technology has come a long way in just 10 years. But one multi-billion-dollar in...
Satisfaction among the top four carriers in the U.S. seems to be evening out as Verizon continues to lose some of its lure due to fees, and smaller rivals Sprint and...
DirecTV Group Inc.'s (DTV) first-quarter earnings rose 8.5% as the satellite TV operator boosted investment spending in its fast-growing Latin America segment and ek...
DirecTV (NYSE:DTV) reported an 8% improvement in first-quarter profit as it continued to expand in Latin American markets like Brazil, Colombia and Argentina.However...
DirecTV Group Inc.'s (DTV) first-quarter earnings rose 8.5% as it continued to draw new customers in Latin America, an area of increasing focus for the satellite tel...
Political analyst Craig Crawford discusses the battleground states for the upcoming presidential election.
Dish Network Corp (NASDAQ:DISH), the second-largest satellite TV company behind DirecTV, added more subscribers than expected in the first quarter after holding the ...
As Facebook attempts to convince investors at next week's road show that it deserves a lofty valuation north of $75 billion, the social network is likely to confront...
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