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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With NFL preseason in full swing, DISH Network is giving football fans a reason to get in on the action with the DISH Network Gridiron Games. Available for free to all DISH Network customers, the Gridiron Games offer both first-time and experienced fantasy football enthusiasts the chance to win weekly cash prizes – plus ...

NEW YORK, Aug 11, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV, the world's most popular video service, and Google announced today a strategic partnership in which Google will become the sales representative for a broad selection of advertising inventory on several cable networks carried on DIRECTV. As a result of this partnership with DIRECTV national satellite inventory on Bloomberg, Fox Business, Centric, Fuel, ...

DISH Network isn’t exactly hitting its stride with telco resale partners. A couple years back, they lost their prized AT&T partnership and now history is repeating itself as CenturyLink has decided to switch DBS resale partners from DISH to ...

DirecTV announced enhancements to its venerable NFL Sunday Ticket programming package. As more specialized NFL programming, namely the Red Zone channel, makes its way to DirecTV competitors, they are keen on adding incremental value to their exclusive package. Enhancements ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - July 2, 2010 - DISH Network L.L.C., the fastest-growing pay-TV provider in America, today announced some of the year's hottest movies are now available on DISH Cinema for 99 cents. Through July 7, DISH Network customers may enjoy "Alice in Wonderland," "She's Out of My League," "Green Zone" and "Hot Tub Time Machine" - in SD, HD ...

NEW YORK, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DIRECTV, the world's most popular video service and Panasonic, a world leader in 3D TV technology, ushered in a new age in the rapid growth of 3D entertainment for the home with the launch today of three 3D channels, including n3D™ powered by Panasonic – a linear channel dedicated exclusively to 3D programming and ...

The whole home DVR feature is often viewed as one of the few tangible differentiators in a video service provider’s competitive tool box. After all, most video services look about the same, suffering from the famous ‘me too’ indictment, where new video entrants offer very little difference over established ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., May 27, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- DISH Network L.L.C., the fastest-growing pay-TV provider in America, today announced that it plans to launch local broadcast channels in 29 new markets on June 3, 2010, becoming the first and only pay-TV provider to offer local channels to consumers in every market nationwide. The announcement comes moments after ...

More Than 97 Percent of U.S. TV Homes Will Have Access to Local Channels from DIRECTV; Roll Out of New Local Markets to Begin in June EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 17, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV, the world's most popular video service, will begin the rollout of 16 new HD local-channel markets next month, providing more than 97 percent of U.S. ...

DirecTV and Alcatel-Lucent have partnered on an interesting project. They are delivering video over a closed IP network to the Shelter Creek multi-dwelling unit (MDU) complex in San Bruno, Calif. The offering, which combines DirecTV’s IPAdvantage platform and an Alcatel-Lucent VDSL2 ...