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Digital Satellite TV Articles
Dish Network's new VIP222K now in stores

Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator


Echostar’s new VIP222K high definition receiver has been released just in time for Christmas and in time for the February 2009 cut-off of all analog over the air television signals.

The new receiver comes with an off-air digital tuner cartridge, allowing viewing of either digital local off air signals or Dish Network standard or high definition satellite broadcast signals on 2 separate televisions.
The new digital tuner is important because after February 2009, all over the air broadcasts will be in digital only and will require either a digital television, or a digital tuner in order to continue receiving them on older analog televisions.



Independently watch programming on two TVs – one HDTV and one SDTV

TV1 viewing location
• Connect to an HDTV to view SD and HD DISH Network
programming and HD over the air digital broadcas ...
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 Posted on Tue 16 Dec 2008, 9:24 PM

Digital Satellite TV Articles
Dish, ComCorp Engaged in Retransmission Dispute

Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator


Station Group Warns Satellite Provider May Stop Carrying Its Signals
By Linda Moss -- Multichannel News


After settling one retransmission-consent dispute, Dish Network is in another flap with a broadcaster over the issue of cash-for-carriage.

Stations owned by Communications Corp. of America are warning their viewers that Dish Network may stop carrying their signals. It’s unclear exactly how many stations are involved, but WGMB-TV in Baton Rouge, La., KADN-TV in Lafayette, La., KMSS-TV in Shreveport, La., KPEJ-TV in Odessa, Texas, KVEO-TV in Brownsville, Texas, KETK-TV in Jacksonsville-Tyler, Texas, and KTSM-TV in El Paso, Texas, have all posted warnings on their Web sites that Dish may drop them.

For example, WGMB said, “Dish Network has refused to consider our offer, which is similar in terms granted to other local stations. Keep in mind you currently pay Dish Network nearly $6 per month for local stations. We offered WGMB t ...
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 Posted on Tue 16 Dec 2008, 8:40 PM

Digital Satellite TV Articles
Liberty set to benefit from directv

Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator


By PETER LAURIA, New York Post

In a move designed to highlight the value of DirecTV, the board of John Malone's Liberty Media Corp. plans to move forward with a spin-off of the unit that houses most of its stake in the satellite-television operator.

Liberty's 52 percent stake in DirecTV is valued at more than $12 billion based on the unit's $24 billion market capitalization. But Liberty itself is only worth $6.7 billion.

According to Liberty CEO Greg Maffei, the spin-off, which had been in the works, "will reduce the discount from fair value" in the company's stock and give it a new currency to "pursue strategic objectives."

DirecTV has long been rumored to be a potential merger partner for AT&T, and now that the tie-up of satellite-radio operators Sirius and XM was approved by regulators, industry observers are whispering that rival EchoStar may make another run at merging with DirecTV.

EchoStar Corp. and D ...
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 Posted on Tue 16 Dec 2008, 8:35 PM

Digital Satellite TV Articles
TV viewers in S.D. at risk of losing channels

Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator


Seth Tupper The Daily Republic
Published Friday, December 12, 2008

A national trend of disputes pitting broadcasters against cable and satellite television providers has spread to eastern South Dakota, putting upwards of 15,000 viewers at risk of losing channels or suffering a rate increase.

KSFY, the Sioux Falls ABC affiliate that serves the eastern part of the state, is in a dispute with four cable television providers. KSFY has historically given its signal to the cable providers for free — as have other broadcasters — but KSFY and its Texas-based parent company, Hoak Media, now want to charge for it.

Negotiations on a price for what’s known as a “retransmission” agreement have failed so far. If new agreements or extensions to the existing free agreements are not reached by Dec. 31, KSFY and its popular ABC programs, such as “Desperate Housewives” and “Dancing with the Stars,” could be dropped from the cable lineups of Garretson-ba ...
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 Posted on Sun 14 Dec 2008, 12:57 AM

Digital Satellite TV Articles
DirecTV Expands Local HD, PBS Programming in Talahassee

Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator


DirecTV is now offering local HD programming to customers in the Tallahassee, FL, designated market area. The company now offers local HD broadcast channels in 116 cities, representing more than 87 percent of U.S. TV households.

In other DirecTV news, the company has launched a second wave of local public TV stations in HD, adding 10 more markets. DirecTV launched 14 markets last week and plans to roll out additional markets through the end of the year and in 2009. Local PBS stations in HD were launched today in the following markets: Burlington, Vt.-Plattsburgh, NY; Toledo and Youngstown, OH; Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI; Indianapolis; Knoxville, TN; San Diego and San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA; Springfield-Holyoke, MA; and Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL.

Under an agreement reached late last year by DirecTV, the Association of Public Television Stations and PBS, DirecTV will offer HD programming from local public TV stations in markets where it now provides l ...
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 Posted on Sun 14 Dec 2008, 12:39 AM

Digital Satellite TV Articles
TiVo and DirecTV in marriage counseling, developing new TiVo HD DVR box

Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator


TiVo has announced that they have extended their service agreement with DirecTV, a new 5 year deal, which now includes the development, marketing and distribution of a new high definition DVR featuring the popular TiVo service. This looks to be the beginning to an end of a strained relationship between the two. In 2005, shortly after NDS took the reins at DirecTV, it was announced that DirecTV would be switching to in-house NDS designed DVR’s, for new installations. The new boxes paled in comparison to the older DirecTV-TiVo systems and were not overly popular as the interface was cold and uninviting compared to the friendly TiVo interface.

In 2006, DirecTV and TiVo extended their service agreement for an additional 3 years, allowing them to extend their service to existing customers, however neither they nor DirecTV were marketing to new customers.

Now that NDS is no longer calling the shots at DirecTV, it makes sense for them to revisit the TiVo pla ...
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 Posted on Sun 14 Sep 2008, 7:02 PM

Digital Satellite TV Articles
Tivo vs. Echostar ruling delayed

Posted by : RiseStar , Lounge0101 Administrator


The seemingly never ending squabble between TiVo and Echostar over TiVo’s DVR patented “Time Warp” technology was further delayed this week by a federal judge in Texas who has delayed his decision on until as late as November.

In August 2006, a jury finding found Echostar liable for infringing on TiVo’s patented “Time Warp” technology which allows viewing of one program while recording another. It was ordered that Echostar disable their infringing DVR systems within 30 days and TiVo was initially awarded $90 million in damages.

Echostar appealed the decision, and was granted a stay of the injunction until the appeal could be heard. In early 2008, the appeal was upheld in part, including the awarded damages.

TiVo asserts that they are owed up to an additional $220 million in royalties and lost profits from the 18 month delay caused by the appeals process. Echostar disputes this, claiming that they had created a “work-around” in their DV ...
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 Posted on Thu 11 Sep 2008, 8:09 PM

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Latest Highlights
Aliens SYFY 6:00 pm  ET

Years before anointing himself king of the world for "Titanic," James Cameron threw this sci-fi movie franchise into hyperdrive via a dose of here-come-the-Marines adrenaline. Sigourney Weaver reprises formidable Ripley, who accompanies a highly trained military squad to eradicate the chest-bursting creatures who destroyed the spacecraft Nostromo. Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser and Bill Paxton head the strong supporting cast.

Law & Order NBC 9:00 pm  ET

After the owner of a fashion company is found dead, Detectives Lupo and Bernard (Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson) assume he asphyxiated. Later, however, a fashion photographer helps the detectives uncover the victim's true identity, a revelation that leads them to a suspicious Web site with threatening posts. S. Epatha Merkerson and Sam Waterston also star in "Human Flesh Search Engine."

Survivors BBCAM 9:00 pm  ET

Abby (Julie Graham) and her friends go on the run from Samantha and Dexter (Nikki Amuka-Bird, Anthony Flanagan) after they form a dangerous alliance. Sarah (Robyn Addison) betrays her friends after she is confronted by a face from the past. The family is forced to confront the city's dangers when Naj (Chahak Patel) goes missing.

Spellbound TCM 6:00 pm  ET

Finding an HMO to foot the bill would be tough today, but cost is not an issue in this 1945 Alfred Hitchcock thriller set at a private European psychiatric institution. Gregory Peck stars as an amnesiac accused of murder, and Ingrid Bergman plays the brilliant psychoanalyst who loves him despite his little quirks. The two flee the authorities while unlocking the mysteries of his tortured memory.

Uncle Buck VH1 7:00 pm  ET

A big-hearted but bumbling man (John Candy) agrees to look after his brother's children for a few days when the parents are called away. As if looking after a house, two small tykes, their rebellious older sister and her endangered virginity weren't enough, he's also trying to make up with his girlfriend (Amy Madigan) and fend off the advances of a man-hungry neighbor (Laurie Metcalf). Jean Louisa Kelly and Macaulay Culkin also star in this 1989 comedy.

American Beaver NGC 8:00 pm  ET

One determined rodent faces the challenges of predators and the elements as a National Geographic team, using a custom-designed camera system, tracks an American beaver for a year to see how her constant need to build changes the terrain and also affects the species living in the area around her.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past HBOE 8:00 pm  ET

Matthew McConaughey milks his well-established romantic-comedy persona yet again, within an amusing premise. He plays a commitment-phobic photographer who's reunited with a former flame (Jennifer Garner) at his brother's (Breckin Meyer) wedding -- but he also encounters ghosts representing the past, present and future of his very active love life. Michael Douglas also is enjoyable as the specter of the McConaughey character's late uncle.

Lawrence of Arabia TCM 8:00 pm  ET

After making "The Bridge on the River Kwai," director David Lean and producer Sam Spiegel reteamed on another epic, the saga of World War I officer T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole, in his movie debut). The Englishman befriends the Saudi Arabians during their battle with Turks, and the result made history. So did this 1962 film, which won seven Oscars including best picture. Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn and Omar Sharif also star.

Mulan DISN 9:00 pm  ET

A Chinese maiden (voice of Ming-Na) disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in battle against invading Huns in this colorful Disney animated adaptation of an Asian legend. The impressive voice cast also includes B.D. Wong, Miguel Ferrer, Harvey Fierstein, Beth Fowler and George Takei, but Eddie Murphy steals the show as the voice of Mushu, a tiny dragon who becomes Mulan's traveling companion.

Screamers: The Hunting SYFY 9:00 pm  ET

It's anybody's guess why someone would bother pouring money -- OK, not much money, but still -- into a sequel to a largely forgotten 1995 sci-fi horror flop, and this gore-soaked but otherwise unremarkable 2009 "Aliens" wannabe, about a rescue team that encounters a race of murderous half-human, half-machine hybrids on a distant planet, will not leave you any the wiser. Gina Holden, Jana Pallaske and the ubiquitous Lance Henriksen star.

The Nanny Diaries LIFE 9:00 pm  ET

This 2007 dramedy wasn't well-received by critics, maybe because of its uneven tone, but if you've ever had a demanding yet useless boss, this is a film you'll understand, at least. Scarlett Johansson stars as college grad Annie, whose new job as a nanny to an upper-class family has her grinding her teeth. She just wants to make a living and have a well-adjusted charge -- but the family members make that virtually impossible. Donna Murphy, Laura Linney, Alicia Keys and Nicholas Reese Art co-star.

Castle ABC 10:00 pm  ET

Castle and Beckett (Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic) go around and around over the case of a nanny whose body is found tumbling inside the dryer of a laundry room in the upscale apartment building where she worked. As the investigation unfolds, Castle tries to get inside Beckett's head while writing the first novel in his Nikki Heat series. Jayne Brook and George Newbern guest star in "Nanny McDead."

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit NBC 10:00 pm  ET

A woman's murder that is linked to a massive Ponzi scheme leads Detectives Benson and Stabler (Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni) to reopen an investigation into a similar crime committed 20 years earlier. As odd similarities between the two cases begin to emerge, however, the detectives face fierce opposition from the pit bull attorney (guest star Lena Olin) for the chief suspect in "Confidential."

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