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Home Theater April 23, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
Satellite HD and 3D Channels Grow Both DirecTV and Dish Network beef up their high-def content.  |
Home Theater August 5, 2008 Mark Fleischmann |
Satellite Providers Step Up HD Offerings Both DirecTV and the Dish Network announced last week that they would offer viewers more HD channels. Dish also announced it would do video on demand in 1080p.  |
Home Theater July 9, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
Sony HD Movie Channels Coming Sony is about to launch two movie channels. One of two would be studio's first wholly owned channel.  |
Home Theater April 23, 2005 Darryl Wilkinson |
VOOM Doom Brings DIRECTV Boom A week before VOOM satellite service is discontinued, DirecTV offers a deal to VOOM customers.  |
The Motley Fool June 23, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Pulls the Plug on DISH Network Disney and DISH battle over HD channel programming fees.  |
Home Toys August 2005 James Russo |
Choosing a Home Satellite TV System DirecTV vs. Dish Network and Cable  |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2007 Brendan Mathews |
DirecTV Dishes Out High-Def The satellite-TV provider has a leg up in a tough industry, thanks to its aggressive focus on HDTV. Investors, take note.  |
Home Theater March 24, 2008 |
Satellite Providers Can Ax Local HD Local stations suffered a setback in the transition to digital television last week when the Federal Communications Commission ruled that satellite providers needn't carry local signals in HD till 2013.  |
Home Theater January 7, 2005 Darryl Wilkinson |
CES - Day 1 DISH Network's big announcement was that they will begin offering a Video On Demand... DIRECTV touted the soon-to-be-launched satellites which will give them the capability of offering local broadcast HD channels...  |
The Motley Fool May 14, 2007 David Lee Smith |
DirecTV Churns Out One Solid Quarter With subscriber defections slowing, DirecTV was able to increase its quarterly income by more than 40%. From the perspective of savvy investors, it looks like there is money to made from DirecTV.  |
The Motley Fool August 6, 2009 Anders Bylund |
DirecTV Only Wants the Big Spenders Dish and DirecTV are locked in mortal combat. Will lower prices beat higher quality -- or vice versa?  |
PC World June 2004 Anne Kandra |
The Cable-or-Satellite Conundrum TV lovers finally have a real choice. Here's how to pick the right cable or satellite service.  |
Home Theater December 30, 2009 Mark Fleischmann |
DirecTV Readies First 3D Channel The first 3D channel is coming to satellite. DirecTV plans to announce it next week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.  |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Larry Armstrong |
Must-Have Toys For HDTV Buffs Receivers with built-in DVRs make recording programs a cinch: DirecTV's HR10-250... Dish Network's DVR-921...  |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2004 Ben McClure |
Comcast Wins in Sony-MGM Deal Comcast shareholders should be thrilled with the Sony-MGM deal.  |
PC Magazine February 14, 2007 Robert Heron |
HD Inequality The efficiency of modern video compression enables multiple channels of digital programming where, previously, only one analog channel was possible.  |
Home Theater October 20, 2003 |
Cablevision Launches Voom Satellite service offers 21 HDTV channels, standard fare, plus more to come.  |
Home Toys October 2004 |
Get The Most From Your HDTV While some cable and satellite companies are beginning to work HD into their lineups, one new satellite service, VOOM, was created with HD expressly in mind.  |
Home Theater February 10, 2003 |
Showtime Boosts HD Programming Showtime Networks has announced that it will "substantially increase" its high-definition programming for 2003, with sports events, movies and many of its original series airing in the digital format.  |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2007 David Lee Smith |
A Crown Maybe Worth Donning Crown Media quarterly results show a company that isn't profitable yet, but is adding networks worldwide and producing quality television programming.  |
Home Theater December 6, 2004 Darryl Wilkinson |
Even more HDTV from VOOM The third satellite provider shows it's no also-ran as it gets ready to beef up its already hefty HD channel lineup. The latest order? Five more geostationary telecommunications satellites from Lockheed Martin.  |
Home Theater April 29, 2003 |
Full-time HD Channels Due in Fall High-definition programming will expand substantially this year, with the addition of up to three new full-time HD channels from pay-per-view-provider iN Demand.  |
Home Theater April 26, 2007 |
TWC Axes Analog Time Warner Cable's Staten Island Project will provide 100 new channels of HDTV to the southernmost borough of New York City.  |
Wired June 2006 Frank Rose |
Prime Time for Hi-Def Gorgeous movies. Eye-popping sports. Hyper-real crime dramas. HDTV finally arrives.  |
BusinessWeek May 1, 2006 Tom Lowry |
From Vanilla To Full Metal Racket Clear Channel is racing into the Digital Age with an array of high-def niche channels.  |
The Motley Fool February 26, 2008 David Lee Smith |
A Dish (Network) to Set Aside While Dish added subscribers in the quarter, its rate of growth fell from the prior period.  |
The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 Anders Bylund |
Google's Clean Sweep for Satellite Ads If you've got a satellite dish, Google's now serving advertisements to your TV.  |
The Motley Fool August 8, 2008 Anders Bylund |
Is DirecTV a Flash in the Pan? DirecTV credits its new on-demand service for some of its sales growth, along with attractive digital video recorder packages and a market-leading high-definition channel lineup.  |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2010 Rick Steier |
DirecTV in Perfect Focus No other content delivery company can compare to DirecTV, for services and financial strength.  |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2011 Anders Bylund |
Netflix Isn't Killing DIRECTV Commodity cable services are waning; DIRECTV bucks the trend.  |
Home Theater January 24, 2005 Darryl Wilkinson |
VOOM and Gloom Was it a flawed business model that brought down the VOOM HD-centric satellite service, or was it something smaller but much more powerful?  |
Home Theater July 31, 2003 |
Fox Plans HDTV, Comcast Adds ESPN HD High-definition television got a big boost from two major sources in July.  |
The Motley Fool February 24, 2011 Anders Bylund |
Commodity Broadcast Media Is a Dish Served Cold One of the satellite TV operators has figured out how to survive in the Internet age and the other one hasn't.  |
Home Theater July 2003 Rebecca Day |
Baby Steps to HDTV The process may be painful, but the result is a bundle of joy.  |
The Motley Fool February 18, 2010 Anders Bylund |
This Is One Report Worth Ignoring! Nice quarter, DirecTV. How long can you keep up the charade?  |
Popular Mechanics July 2008 Joel Johnson |
How to Get the Best HDTV When Satellite Carriers Degrade Quality Over-the-air HD signals tend to be of very high quality -- and they are free. All you need to receive them is an HDTV and an antenna.  |
Home Theater February 17, 2003 |
DirecTV's Full-court Press Direct satellite broadcaster DirecTV is making an aggressive move with live high-definition coverage of National Basketball Association games this season.  |
BusinessWeek December 5, 2005 Ronald Grover |
Static In Rupert's Satellite Dreams New technology lets cable offer goodies DirecTV can't - and customers are noticing.  |
The Motley Fool October 28, 2010 Matthew Brown |
Comcast's Bread Loses Its Butter A drop in subscribers may suggest stiffening competition.  |
The Motley Fool September 30, 2008 Tim Beyers |
This Is the Telco I'm Shorting The worst telco isn't even a full-fledged telecommunications provider.  |
Home Theater March 25, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
Google Tests TV Search Set-top box would be used to search YouTube and DirecTV.  |
InternetNews September 14, 2004 Colin C. Haley |
How Much Hollywood For Comcast? Cable giant Comcast boosts video-on-demand offerings through a deal with Sony and considers a stake in MGM.  |
The Motley Fool May 3, 2011 Anders Bylund |
DISH Network: More Questions Than Answers CEO Charlie Ergen still owes investors a lot of explanations.  |
PHONE+ September 17, 2009 Khali Henderson |
Business Cable TV Now Available to TWC Agents Now, agents in the Time Warner Cable Business Class Partner Program can offer small and medium businesses Internet, phone and TV on a single bill.  |
The Motley Fool March 14, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Fool on the Street: DirecTV Is Flying Higher High-quality video, savvy sports programming, and targeted growth help DirecTV compete with cable. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2010 Anders Bylund |
Dish Is Winning -- For Now Dish Networks has the digital dogs of war nipping at its heels.  |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 Steven Mallas |
Comcast Demands Local Programming Comcast uses local events to increase the brand equity of its on-demand platform. We may only be talking about broadcasting the football game down the street, but it means a lot to those who want to watch such content. Investors, take note.  |
PC Magazine September 13, 2006 Robert Heron |
Expert View: Big Screens Don't Always Mean HDTV The most insidious problem is the fact that all video on TV is highly compressed.  |
BusinessWeek November 20, 2006 Ronald Grover |
Why Sony Is Now A Bit Player At MGM Private equity backers have taken control of the studio Howard Stringer coveted.  |
The Motley Fool September 14, 2004 Steven Mallas |
Sony Bags a Lion Sony emerges the victor in the struggle to purchase the MGM library. If one is interested in Time Warner or Comcast or Sony, one should have other reasons to invest instead of complete reliance on the MGM library buy.  |