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Judge Blocks Judge -- DISH PVRs Are Go, For Now

Tags: DISH + PVR + DVR + EchoStar + TiVo

Kevom
Posted by Kevom 3 years 3 months ago; via tech.commongate.com/post/...

In a sudden twist of events, a Washington D.C. court has allowed the continued use of DISH PVRs, sold by EchoStar Communications.

"We are pleased that this morning, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. temporarily blocked an injunction issued by a Texas Court, while it considers a longer-term stay of that injunction," EchoStar said in a statement.

The ruling was the latest in an ongoing battle between TiVo, one of earlist companies to design personal video recorders, now called digital video recorders or DVRS.

"As...

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DirecTV and EchoStar talking merger again?

Tags: DirecTV + EchoStar + News Corp + Rupert Murdoch

elliot
Posted by elliot 3 years 4 months ago; via arstechnica.com/news.ars/...

Are we settling in for a season of merger mania? Over the past several days, speculation has underway that US satellite TV providers DIRECTV and Echostar, which owns DISH Network, would be hooking up. The two companies tried to get together in 2002, but US government regulators rejected the deal over antitrust concerns.

News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch believes things can be different this time, and says the deal would probably stand up to government scrutiny this time around. "I think it would be much harder for the government to turn it...

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