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Qwest Looking to Future with ZillionTV, OTT Video
2/24/10 at 9:27 AM by Bernie Arnason
Depending on who you ask, Qwest is either very shrewd or a little dumb, at least in the context of video services. Unlike their RBOC brethren, AT&T and Verizon, Qwest has chosen not to deploy their own subscription video model through IPTV or traditional cable. They instead ...
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DISH Network Jumps Head First into TV Everywhere Fray
1/7/10 at 12:34 AM by Bernie Arnason
TV Everywhere has been seen as a cable MSO led effort. But don’t tell that to DISH Network. Besides launching their own Sling Media powered TV Everywhere product suite, they’ve ...
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DirecTV Sale Rumors Shift to Verizon
9/25/09 at 3:13 PM by Bernie Arnason
We all know the rumors about DirecTV being sold at some point. We speculated when Liberty bought DirecTV, their intention was to flip it to a buyer, presumably a large telco. AT&T has always been seen as the most potential suitor. But Martin Peers of ...
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NFL’s Red Zone Coming to DISH
8/25/09 at 8:37 AM by Telecompetitor
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Aug 24, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH) and NFL Network today announced that "NFL RedZone" - a new channel from NFL Network - will be available on DISH Network starting on the NFL's first Sunday of the regular season, Sept. 13.
NFL RedZone, produced by NFL Network, whips around every NFL game ...
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Verizon Bundles NFL Sunday Ticket, Quietly
7/24/09 at 9:53 AM by Bernie Arnason
Verizon is offering new non-FiOS triple play customers a free year of DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket package. In an interesting move, the new deal was first announced via their Verizon at Home blog. “No formal announcement yet. We’re letting ...
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Qwest and DirecTV Extend Relationship
7/21/09 at 9:36 AM by Telecompetitor
Customers Can Expect New Integrated Home Entertainment Services
DENVER, July 21, 2009 -- Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) and DIRECTV, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTV), today announced a 5-year extension to their existing strategic partnership allows Qwest to continue to offer DIRECTV services to residential customers. Financial terms of the arrangement were not disclosed.
The agreement extends a strategic alliance that started in October 2004. ...
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NFL Sunday Ticket Package Coming to iPhone
7/14/09 at 1:00 AM by Bernie Arnason
DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers will be able to watch games on the iPhone and iPod Touch, starting with the 2009/2010 season. Subscribers have to subscribe to the Superfan upgrade of the ...
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Windstream Offers Remote DVR Service
7/5/09 at 10:36 PM by Telecompetitor
Windstream offers DISH Remote Access service to give customers anywhere access to DVR
Broadband customers have full remote connection to television recordings
Release date: Jul 2, 2009
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Windstream (NYSE: WIN) is offering DISH Network’s DISH Remote Access service, a new feature that gives customers a convenient way to access their DVR anytime, anywhere broadband service is available.
With DISH Remote ...
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DISH Keeps Losing Subscribers
3/2/09 at 12:54 PM by Telecompetitor  DISH lost some 102,000 subscribers on a net basis during 2008's last quarter and about the same for the entire year, the result of increased competition from the likes of telcos rolling out pay-TV services and satellite delivery competitor DirecTV, as well as the broader problems affecting the overall economy. "In 2008, our goal was to stop getting worse," DISH Network CEO Charlie Ergen said on their earnings conference ...
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AT&T Launches DirecTV Bundle
2/2/09 at 2:20 PM by Telecompetitor  AT&T and DirecTV consummated their new bundling relationship with the launch of AT&T | DIRECTV. “Through the new alliance, customers can enjoy AT&T | DIRECTV programming packages as part of an AT&T service bundle, including quadruple-play bundles with TV, broadband, home phone and wireless services — something cable competitors do not offer today,” says AT&T in a company statement. The new relationship follows ...
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