Sling rolled out a number of new features to its retail customers Monday -- but how will the company's technology fare once it's adopted by cable operators with their convoluted TV Everywhere rules?…
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Dish’s Hopper: a whole-home DVR with a primetime twist
Dish is betting big on the DVR to help it win over more customers and fight off competition. The satellite TV provider is coming out with new and improved recording devices that can be taken advantage of from up to four TVs throughout the home.…
Read MoreTime Warner Cable’s Sling rebate: Broadband push or broadcast dig?
Time Warner Cable will soon offer a promotion that will give rebates for Slingboxes to its Wideband Internet customers. That provides an incentive for users to sign up, but also gives Time Warner Cable a way to offer its TV "everywhere" without signing agreements with networks.…
Read MoreThe Future for Dish: It’s Not Just Satellite
With adaptive streaming technology in its set-top boxes, access to digital rights and the Blockbuster brand, as well as some spectrum that could be used for wireless broadband services, Dish could be well-positioned to roll out new, IP-delivered video services.…
Read MoreDish, Echostar Settle Long-Running Patent Dispute With $500 Million To TiVo
Following yet one more judicial strike against their case, sister companies Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH) and Echostar (NSDQ: SATS) finally have……
Read MoreDish, EchoStar Settle TiVo Patent Dispute for $500M
Dish and EchoStar have finally given up fighting against TiVo in the long-running dispute over DVR patents. After a court found Dish would have to replace its customers' set-top boxes, the satellite TV provider decided it would be cheaper to license TiVo's intellectual property instead.…
Read MoreEchoStar’s Patent Counter-Attack Against TiVo Gains New Life
Even as sales of its pioneering digital video recorder have continued to decline, TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) has been using its patents to try to get……
Read MoreEchoStar Buys Over-The-Top-Startup Move Networks
More actual news tied to CES... Satellite service EchoStar (NSDQ: SATS) has acquired streaming video company Move Networks, as it looks to j……
Read MoreEnd of an Era: Echostar Acquires Move Networks
Echostar announced today that it has acquired the assets of Move Networks. It's not clear what the satellite technology provider will do with those assets, but the deal marks the end of an era for a once high-flying provider of high-quality video delivery technology.…
Read MoreU.S. Patent Office Backs TiVo in Dish/EchoStar Fight
The PTO reaffirmed TiVo's Time Warp Patent, striking a blow against Dish and EchoStar today. The patent office's ruling, which TiVo says is final and not appealable, enforced the patent at the center of a legal fight between the DVR maker and the satellite TV provider.…
Read MoreWidevine DRM Embedded in Sling Set-tops, Other CE Devices
Widevine announced this morning that its technology has been chosen to be embedded in EchoStar SlingLoaded set-top boxes. The deal will give an extra layer of protection to video that is being place-shifted from user's home TV sets to whatever device they're watching video on.…
Read MoreDish to Bring Live TV to the iPad
Dish subscribers will be able to watch their satellite TV programming on their iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch starting in September. Support for Blackberry devices will also be rolled out that month, and Android users will be able to join in on the fun in October.…
Read MoreDish: Comcast-NBCU Combo Poses ‘Grave Threats’ to Online Video
In a petition to deny the Comcast-NBCU transaction, Dish Network says the deal poses "grave threats" to online video. With a TV Everywhere initiative and a stake in Hulu, Dish says the combined entity would have the incentive and ability to take anticompetitive action against competitors.…
Read MoreA Blow For TiVo In Patent Dispute With EchoStar, Dish
A fresh blow for TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) in its ongoing patent battle with Dish and EchoStar (NSDQ: SATS). The United States Patent and Trademark……
Read MoreU.S. Patent Office Rules Against TiVo in Dish, EchoStar Case
The US patent office issued a ruling against patents held by TiVo that could affect its lawsuit against Dish Network and EchoStar. The PTO rejected two software claims related to TiVo's "time warp" technology, which enables users to record and play back TV programs.…
Read MoreUpdated: Federal Appeals Court Presses Replay On Dish-TiVo Patent Dispute
TiVo's March court victory in its patent battle with Dish and EchoStar (NSDQ: SATS) could be erased, as a federal appeals court has agreed t……
Read MoreTiVo Forced Back to Court in Dish, Echostar Case
A federal appeals court said today that it's going to take another look at the patent infringement suit between TiVo and satellite companies Dish and Echostar, throwing into jeopardy a $200 million award that TiVo was granted last September and causing TiVo's stock to tumble.…
Read MoreDish Places TV Everywhere With SlingLoaded DVR
Dish Network (s DISH) subscribers will soon be able to watch their TV anywhere through PCs and mobile phones, as the satellite…
Read MoreDish, Echostar Lose TiVo Contempt Appeal; Will Seek Full Court’s Review
TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) won another court round against Dish and EchoStar (NSDQ: SATS) when two members of a three-judge federal court panel sided……
Read MoreTiVo Gets Another Favorable Ruling Against Dish, EchoStar
UPDATED TiVo (s TIVO) shares are rocking this morning, up more than 40 percent after a federal appeals court upheld a lower…
Read MoreVid-Biz: Ustream, ABC, 3-D TVs
4.35M Watched Live Streams Of Chilean Earthquake & Hawaii Tsunami; according to Ustream, around 4.35 million people watched their coverage of the…
Read MoreEchoStar Acquires Mexican Satellite Operator Satmex In $374 Million Deal
Looking to expand its footprint into Latin America and beyond, EchoStar (NSDQ: SATS) is acquiring a stake in Mexican satellite company Satme……
Read MoreDish, EchoStar Talk Up Their ‘TV Everywhere’ Strategy, Through Sling
Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH), co-opting a term popularized by the cable industry, announced a "TV Everywhere" suite of products geared around E……
Read MoreVid-Biz: Satellite, Spot Runner, Vivendi
DirecTV and EchoStar Get New CEOs; Michael Dugan to come out of retirement to run EchoStar, while Michael White is leaving Pepsi…
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