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OpenTV Builds First Interactive Television Shopping Application for Dish Network and Sharper Image

OpenTV Corp. , one of the world’s leading interactive television companies, helped EchoStar Communications Corporation’s DISH Network and The Sharper Image make retail history by developing an iTV commerce application that brings the nation’s first interactive television shopping channel to DISH Network’s interactive […]

BellSouth Reaches 200,000 DIRECTV Customer Milestone

BellSouth announced today that more than 200,000 customers have added DIRECTV(R) digital satellite television service to their BellSouth communications services packages since the company began offering the service in August 2004. During the fourth quarter of 2004, BellSouth added almost 109,000 subscribers to its DIRECTV offer.

“This significant milestone is evidence […]

My brother has been singing the praises of the DISH Network for years, but he recently moved to DirecTV. I still haven’t subscribed to satellite TV, but my days of holding out are likely numbered.

However, when Howard Stern mentioned he was moving to Sirius satellite radio, well, that clinched the deal for me. I purchased […]

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