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EchoStar Corporation is a technology company that is the owner and maintainer of the satellite fleet for closely affiliated Dish Network.

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TiVo Technology Chief Barton Resigns

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(TIVO) Chief Technology Officer James Barton has resigned from the video-recording company he helped found, the company said Friday.The executive's departure comes in the wake of two far-reaching settlements the company made over the use of its recording technology that significantly boosted the company's bottom line.TiVo reported the most profitable quarter in its history last year after Dish Network Corp. (DISH) and EchoStar Corp. (SATS) agreed to pay the company $500 million to settle a seven-year patent dispute over TiVo's digital video recorder technology. The company in January reached a separate deal with AT&T Inc. (T) that gives TiVo at least $215 million for its technology through June 2018.TiVo's bottom line has still struggled over the past two years because of rising costs and lackluster subscriber numbers. The company responded by signing more deals with satellite and cable providers to boost its viewer base, which broke a four-year streak of declines in the fisc...

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