Staci D. Kramer
Sep 26, 2011 10:08 AM
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) continues to build out its Amazon Prime Instant Video service, this time with more than 2,000 movies and TV episodes from Twentieth Century Fox (NSDQ: NWS). Nothing first run or current but it ups the amount of video available through the $79 annual Amazon Prime membership by…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jul 26, 2011 6:16 PM
Counting on keeping up with Glee next season through next-day visits to Hulu.com or Fox.com? Count again—unless you subscribe through a video distributor with the right deal. *Fox* Networks is changing the window for online viewing: effective Aug. 15, there will be an 8-day exclusive window for those with subscriber…
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Tricia Duryee
May 14, 2008 12:11 PM
After Dish Network paid $712 million for airwaves in the last spectrum auction, there was a ton of speculation as to what the satellite TV company was going to do with it. Now, the company says it is thinking of using the licenses to build a mobile TV service with…
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James Quintana Pearce
Apr 25, 2008 11:20 AM
Satellite TV company Dish Networks is planning to launch a mobile TV service. The company will trial a DVB-SH service with Alcatel Lucent, reports Dow Jones, in a bid to expand its revenue base. DVB-SH delivers mobile TV via satellites, but that is backed up by a terrestrial network, which…
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Tricia Duryee
Mar 26, 2008 12:57 PM
In the spectrum auction, which closed last week, it wasn’t a surprise that some of the largest bidders were Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T), but one that is now catching attention is the bids by the Dish Network, which ended up purchasing $712 million in licenses. Now,…
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Dianne See Morrison
Mar 21, 2008 7:03 AM
Analysts have been abuzz with speculation over Dish Network Corp’s surprise win at the government auction for wireless airwaves that ended this week, speculating that the satellite television company formerly known as Echostar (NSDQ: DISH) Communications could eventually launch a mobile television service, according to Reuters. The company bid some…
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