DISH Network Expands High-Definition Package with Addition of VOOM Programming
EchoStar Communications Corporation announced that its DISH Network(TM) satellite TV service will expand its high-definition television (HDTV) package by adding 10 original VOOM HD networks, expected to be available May 1, 2005. With the addition of these originals to its current slate of HD programming, DISH […]
DirecTV posts narrower 1Q loss on revenue
DirecTV Group Inc., the nation’s largest direct broadcast satellite provider, said Monday that first-quarter losses narrowed significantly from last year, due to fewer charges and higher revenue at DirecTV U.S.
Losses narrowed to $41.4 million, or 3 cents per share, from $638.8 million, or 46 cents per share, a year […]
Gravity Grounds DirecTV
Is satellite entertainment giant DirecTV set for new heights, or will the stock stay stuck in low orbit?
Sure, first-quarter results out yesterday were heartening: Subscriber growth helped DirecTV stem losses, prompting the market to push the stock up 5%. All the same, it’s hard to find a good reason to buy into DirecTV […]
Voom subscribers who switch over to DirecTV will receive a $200 rebate and three months free of DirecTV HD, according to SkyReport.com. Voom subscribers, who will be stuck without the service’s 39 HD channels when they officially go off air April 30th, can choose from either an HD system or an HD digital video recorder […]
DIRECTV Completes $2.5 Billion Senior Secured Financing
The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (NYSE:DTV) announced today that its subsidiary, DIRECTV Holdings LLC, has completed its previously announced senior secured credit facility. The size of the facility was increased to $2.5 billion as DIRECTV elected not to proceed with an anticipated $500 million unsecured notes offering.
The new senior secured […]
Google, Yahoo! could link up with DVR pioneer TiVo
[Tivo] has to have such grand visions for its service, otherwise it risks being lost in the woods as other companies try to pick off customers. The biggest threat to its business involves TiVo’s largest customer, DirecTV.
The satellite service operator accounts for more than half of TiVo’s […]
Finisar accuses DirecTV of violating patents
Finisar Corp., a maker of gear for optical networks, Wednesday accused DirecTV Group Inc. of violating patents for an information-transmission system.
In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, located in Beaumont, Texas, Sunnyvale-based Finisar said it seeks monetary damages and injunctive relief.
It said […]
Sea Launch Plans Newest Satellite Launch
The DIRECTV Group has scheduled a late April launch for a satellite aboard a Sea Launch rocket.
Sea Launch, which launches satellites into orbit from a mobile sea-going platform near the equator, is headquartered in Long Beach.
The Boeing-built Spaceway F1 satellite is one of four that DIRECTV has scheduled for launch […]
DirecTV Shares Could Rise More Than 50 Pct - Barron’s
Shares of satellite television provider DirecTV Group Inc. could rise more than 50 percent within the next year, a Wall Street analyst told Barron’s newspaper.
DirecTV could prove to be a cheap investment in pay-television if it increases its cash flow at rates expected by analysts, the […]
Good service and bad from Dish Network
I have been using Dish Network for more than a year.
In my December bill, there was a pay-per-view charge of $10.99 which we did not use.
I called to inquire and my extra charge got eliminated from the bill. I was impressed with their customer service.
Later, when I tried using […]