EchoStar Communications News

TiVo v. EchoStar patent litigation carries on The parties reconvened in Texas yesterday for a contempt hearing held at TiVo's request.

Other new media stocks trended downward as well. The SNL Kagan New Media Index fell 3.28% to 268.18 as of 5 p.m. ET.

Google TV Ads , which exited out of beta earlier this summer, hasn't moved much from where it started.

A California man has been sentenced to serve 33 months in federal prison for setting up more than 4,000 phony EchoStar accounts.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation asked a federal court Friday to reject efforts by Echostar to get the names and addresses of every customer that purchased a free-to-air satellite receiver.

Looking to sell set-tops to U.S. cable companies, EchoStar has inked a Tru2way Host Device license agreement with CableLabs.

While Verizon is balking about using cable's tru2way technology, EchoStar Technologies recently announced that it has signed the tru2way host device license agreement with CableLabs.

Liberty Media chairman John Malone said Monday that although a DirecTV-Dish Network merger would be "very synergistic," it would still face problems winning regulatory approval.

Charlie Ergen is playing for keeps. EchoStar Technologies LLC , a technology infrastructure and set-top unit that spun off from Dish Network Corp.

Set-top maker continues to expand cable offerings. By Glen Dickson -- Broadcasting & Cable, 8/12/2008 9:12:00 AM EchoStar , the publicly traded corporation that was spun off from satellite operator Dish Network ...

EchoStar has gone to the Federal Communications Commission in a squabble with rival Intelsat, which claims Charlie Ergen's application for a satellite slot should be dismissed because it was filed 10 minutes ...

Many cable networks saw their Nielsen distribution numbers drop anywhere from 200,000 to 1 million homes after the measurement company adjusted its figures for Dish Network this year, officials said last week.

DISH Network Corp, the second largest U.S. satellite television provider, said it will have 150 high definition TV channels by the end of year as it bids to challenge its larger rival, DirecTV , for supremacy ...

Prompted by the first subscriber losses at a major U.S. satellite-TV provider, Dish Network DISH could revive a merger attempt with rival DirecTV DTV , but industry observers say a potential deal will once ...

DIRECTV Group, Inc. has vigorously grown its free cash flow and earnings over the last two years.

Satellite TV operators DISH said it lost 25,000 subscribers in Q2, citing heavy competition, the growth of fiber-based TV and the weak economy.

U.S. satellite television provider DISH Network Corp reported a surprise drop in subscribers in the second quarter as it lost ground to cable and phone competitors.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. reported second-quarter net income of $15.4 million, or 42 cents a share, up from $10.7 million, or 27 cents, earned in the same period during 2007.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Monday's session are Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Humana Inc., and Principal Financial Group Inc.

Entropic Communications Inc. is collaborating with EchoStar Technologies LLC on the development of chips for satellite TV services, continuing its plan to diversify beyond its core business in silicon for ...