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A look at cable, satellite TV earnings reports

Here is a summary of earnings reports for selected cable and satellite TV companies and what they reveal about the industry's prospects:April 19: Verizon Communications Inc. added 180,000 FiOS video customers ...

Al-Jazeera Networks Selects two Eutelsat Satellites to Broadcast its New Sports Channels in France

PARIS, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) announced today that its HOT BIRD satellite TV neighbourhood at 13° East and the EUTELSAT 5 West A satellite at 5° West ...

Dish, TV networks take fight over ad zapper to judges

(Reuters) - The battle between satellite and broadcast TV for viewers headed to U.S. courts on Thursday when DISH Network sought to allow viewers to skip commercials at the touch of a button, something the four major broadcast networks are fighting tooth and nail. Dish Network asked a Manhattan federal judge to declare that its "Auto Hop" feature does not infringe any copyright owned by the four ...

Lawsuits Over Dish Network's Ad-Skipper Reveal Networks' Hypocrisy

As you read this, the owners of ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox are marching off to war against the Dish Network, saying the satellite TV provider's new "Auto Hop" feature, which lets viewers skip over commercials with greater ease than ever before, is a threat to "the future of free, over-the-air television." Disney, CBS and News Corp. have all filed lawsuits, with NBC Universal and Time Warner rattling ...

Dish to TV nets: We pay you, so our customers can skip your ads

On Friday, activity around Dish's highly controversial "AutoHop" feature was, well, hopping. Not only did NBC and CBS join Fox in the court battle against the satellite TV service, but Dish issued ...