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		<title>Multichannel News: Satellite TV</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:09:19 MST</pubDate>
		<description>The latest news and developments from the top satellite providers and their competitive impact on cable operataors.</description>
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			<title>NFL Network COO Williams: Progress Made, But Distribution Holes Remain</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:15:07 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NFL Network kicks off its eight-game primetime slate tonight with a significantly larger...</description>
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			<title>Sundance Channel, WE TV Open Routes To Asia</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:41:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Sundance Channel and WE TV are making their way to...</description>
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			<title>Senate Commerce Introduces Draft Satellite Bill</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:06:33 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Add STELA to the list of names for the satellite reauthorization bill, the latest version of...</description>
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			<title>Local News: Dish Closing Call Center in Pa.</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:59:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The Post-Gazette in Pittsburgh reported Dish Network is closing a McKeesport, Pa., call center...</description>
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			<title>Dish Files To Trademark 'TV Everywhere'</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:50:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network has filed for trademark protection on "TV Everywhere," which the satellite operator...</description>
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			<title>Ergen Dishes It Out</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:02:52 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen said the satellite giant is trying to wean itself...</description>
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			<title>Starz, QVC Drive Liberty's Q3 Performance</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:08:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Gains at QVC and Starz Entertainment helped drive third-quarter advances for Liberty Interactive...</description>
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			<title>Dish Notes: Operational Gains, Financial Weakness</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:58:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Analysts working Dish Network’s numbers find operational gains amid financial...</description>
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			<title>Dish Posts Subscriber Gains</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:27:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network said it added net 241,000 subscribers in the third quarter, a period when the...</description>
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			<title>Upstart Ski Channel Lands Deal With Dish</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The upstart Ski Channel last week sealed a long-term video-on-demand distribution deal with Dish...</description>
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			<title>Versus-DirecTV Remain At Distribution Impasse</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:48:46 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>More than two months after their contract ended, Versus and DirecTV remain at distribution...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV Has Stable Q3</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:14:05 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV's growth train showed some signs of slowing down in the third quarter, as net new...</description>
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			<title>Leahy Looks For "Short-Time" Agreement On Satellite Reauthorization</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said Nov. 5 he hoped to work with his...</description>
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			<title>Starz Is Ready To Rise</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The long-awaited restructuring of Liberty Media's Liberty Entertainment tracking stock got a...</description>
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			<title>NBA TV Hits A Three: Inks New Deals With Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Dish</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:34:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NBA TV, having engaged in a full court distribution press, will reach some 45 million homes...</description>
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			<title>Dish Network Adds Women-Targeted Utilísima</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:48:17 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Latino this month added Utilísima to its Spanish-language offering, making strides in the...</description>
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			<title>Liberty Entertainment Spin Vote Set For Nov. 19</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:29:38 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Liberty Media said late Monday that it has scheduled Nov, 19 for a shareholder vote that would...</description>
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			<title>Malone: GE Advisor Goldman Sachs Is On NBCU Listening Tour</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:55:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Liberty Media chairman John Malone said NBC Universal parent General Electric Co. has instructed...</description>
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			<title>Dish: We Can't Deliver Noncom HD Channels By 2011</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:00:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>In a letter to the House Energy &amp; Commerce Committee Wednesday, Dish Network EVP and general...</description>
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			<title>House Committee Approves Satellite Reauthorization Bill</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:53:41 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The House Energy &amp; Commerce Committee Thursday approved reauthorization of the bill granting...</description>
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			<title>SHVERA BIll Amended With New Elements</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:05:38 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>There has yet to be a vote on a satellite reauthorization bill, but a version of the bill being...</description>
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			<title>Dish: Local Into Local Within Two Years</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network has agreed to a two-year time frame for delivering local TV stations to all 210...</description>
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			<title>House Energy &amp; Commerce Committee Schedules SHVURA Mark-Up For Thursday</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:06:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>According to a copy of the committee notice, the House Energy &amp; Commerce Committee is scheduling...</description>
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			<title>House Energy &amp; Commerce Aiming for Satellite Markup This Week: Sources</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:36:38 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>According to sources, the House Energy &amp; Commerce Committee is looking to mark up the Satellite...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV Kicks Off Sophomore Season Of Ulimate Displaced Fan Search</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:00:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Die-hard NFL fans, who are far removed from their favorite squads, can show their devotion and...</description>
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			<title>Smoothing Out SHVERA</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Commercial broadcasters and satellite operators continue to spar over carriage issues, but...</description>
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			<title>Cover Story: To Win Wallets, Win Hearts First</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>You could almost hear the collective groan from the cable industry when the 2009 J.D. Power and...</description>
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			<title>Blue Sky For HD Transmission: Q&amp;A With Intelstat's Tim Jackson</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:53:05 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Intelsat vice president of media product management Tim Jackson on the demand for HD...</description>
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			<title>Telco Video Will Expand, As Cable's Sub Base Falls Over Next Decade: Kagan Study</title>
			<link>http://www.multichannel.com/article/357291-Telco_Video_Will_Expand_As_Cable_s_Sub_Base_Falls_Over_Next_Decade_Kagan_Study.php?rssid=20074</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:52:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>With the multichannel universe projected to grow minimally over the next decade, cable stands to...</description>
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			<title>ACA Wants MSOs To Be Able To Import In-State, Out-Of-Market Station Signals</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:43:33 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The American Cable Assocation wants to make sure that if Congress allows satellite operators to...</description>
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			<title>No Bull: Dish Rides PBR Pact</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:21:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network has steered a deal with Professional Bull Riders Inc. to become the official...</description>
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			<title>Dish, APTS Working On Noncom HD Signals Deal</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:54:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Representatives of Dish network and the Association of Public Television Stations said Wednesday...</description>
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			<title>Satellite, Telcos Beat Cable On TV Satisfaction: J.D. Power</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Most major cable operators continue to fall short on customer satisfaction compared with...</description>
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			<title>NAB Won't Oppose Some Grandfathering Of Distant Signals</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:50:34 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Speaking for the National Association of Broadcasters, Meredith Broadcasting Group President and...</description>
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			<title>CBS College Sports Kicks Off 'Armed Forces Appreciation Week'</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:09:33 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>CBS College Sports Network, the broadcast home of U.S. service academy football, is saluting our...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV Goes HD With Weather Channel's Interactive Apps</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:18:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV is extending The Weather Channel's personalized interactive TV applications to the HD...</description>
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			<title>Updated: CBS College Sports Marches On With Free Previews During 'Armed Forces Appreciation Week</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:37:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>CBS College Sports Network will showcase its "Armed Forces Appreciation Week" programming before...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV Adds Mag Rack Free On-Demand Shows</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:46:20 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV has added Mag Rack free video-on-demand shows to DirecTV On Demand....</description>
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			<title>Kudelski Raises Offer For OpenTV To $215M</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:14:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Switzerland's Kudelski Group has launched another attempt to take over OpenTV, an interactive TV...</description>
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			<title>Versus Viewers Shut Out On DirecTV As NHL Season Debuts</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Unless there is an 11th hour change of positions, NHL fans won't get to see Versus'...</description>
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			<title>ViaSat To Acquire WildBlue For $568 Million</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Satellite communication systems vendor ViaSat has signed a definitive agreement to acquire...</description>
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			<title>ESPN: Dish's Move Of ESPNU Unrelated To Lawsuit</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:48:33 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network will move ESPNU to a more widely distributed tier starting Wednesday, but ESPN said...</description>
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			<title>Hearing On Extension For Satellite Compulsory License Set</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:19:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The Senate Communications Subcommittee has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Oct. 7. to take up...</description>
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			<title>Comcast, Other Affiliates Kick Off NFL RedZone Channel 'Free-view'</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:11:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NFL Network is working with its affiliates to make its RedZone channel available for a free...</description>
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			<title>Satellite Vet Vernon Smith Joins EchoStar</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:13:28 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Vernon Smith has joined EchoStar Satellite Services to oversee the ViP-TV Internet Protocol...</description>
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			<title>Debt Sales Could Fuel Future Acquisitions</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The debt train kept on a-rollin' last week, with a handful of media giants issuing notes that at...</description>
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			<title>Senate Judiciary Passes Satellite TV Modernization Act</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:15:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Includes provision instructing Copyright Office to produce study on phasing out compulsory...</description>
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			<title>Dish Dealers Pay Almost $1.3 Million In FTC Settlement</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:53:47 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Two Dish Network dealers, Vision Quest and New Edge, have agreed to pay more than a million...</description>
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			<title>NBCU Seeks 'White Collar' Promotion Partners Behind USA Series</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:01:38 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NBC Universal wants its multichannel video programming distributors to join its promotion behind...</description>
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			<title>Cablevision, FCC Battle Over Extension Of Program Access Rules</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:34:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Cablevision and the FCC squared off in federal court Tuesday over the agency's five-year...</description>
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			<title>Cablevision Debuts Web DVR Scheduling</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:36:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Cablevision Systems announced the deployment of remote DVR scheduling and management through its...</description>
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			<title>Versus, DirecTV, Despite Negotiations, Remain Disconnected</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:49:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Versus and DirecTV resumed negotiations about a week ago over their carriage dispute, but the...</description>
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			<title>House Judiciary Approves SHVURA Unanimously</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>By a vote of 34 to 0, the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday voted to approve SHVURA, the...</description>
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			<title>NCTA Backs House SHVURA Bill</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The National Cable &amp; Telecommunications Association praised the introduction of the Satellite...</description>
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			<title>Senate Bill Would Fix Short Markets</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:13:07 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>A Senate version of a satellite reauthorization bill was introduced Tuesday and, like a House...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV, Dish Urge  Michigan Lawmakers to Kill  Proposed 5% Tax</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:47:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV and Dish Network are calling on Michigan legislators to reject a new 5% tax on satellite...</description>
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			<title>New SHVERA Draft Bill Ties Local-Into-Local Service To Short-Market Fix</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:54:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>A house Judiciary Committee draft of a SHVERA bill (now named the Satellite Home Viewer Digital...</description>
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			<title>Analyst-Author Henderson Aspires to Inspire Other Dads</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:02:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Ted Henderson, one of the most oft-quoted analysts in the cable space over the years, had...</description>
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			<title>Gravitas Ventures Proffers Monthly Package Of VOD Horror Films</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Content distribution company Gravitas Ventures will look to scare video-on-demand viewers with a...</description>
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			<title>Bornstein: Time Warner Cable ‘Notable By Its Exception' From NFL Network Lineup</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:15:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>With its first full day of play drawing nigh, the NFL has 11 distributors in the huddle for its...</description>
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			<title>Blue Ridge Enters NFL RedZone</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:24:23 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Blue Ridge Communications is the latest distributor to ink an affiliate deal for the new NFL Red...</description>
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			<title>EchoStar, WildBlue Partner On Broadband Stimulus Bid</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:27:48 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>As it signaled in an FCC filing, EchoStar put in a bid for stimulus money for a satellite...</description>
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			<title>SES Americom-New Skies Becomes 'World Skies'</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:56:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Satellite operator SES has renamed the Americom-New Skies unit, which combined its North...</description>
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			<title>Starz Media Opens Early VOD Window For Zombie's 'Superbeasto' Film</title>
			<link>http://www.multichannel.com/article/339670-Starz_Media_Opens_Early_VOD_Window_For_Zombie_s_Superbeasto_Film.php?rssid=20074</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:28:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Starz Media's animation production outfit Film Roman is teaming with Rob Zombie to premiere the...</description>
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			<title>As Summer Sets, Two Sports Carriage Disputes Rise</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:17:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Two carriage disputes, one nationally and one in the New York DMA, involving sports networks...</description>
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			<title>Versus Launches 'Worthless' Ads In Distribution Dispute With DirecTV</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:44:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The disconnect between Versus and DirecTV grew louder Friday, with the programmer running ads in...</description>
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			<title>Court Orders Dish To Pay TiVo $200 Million In Patent Case</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:25:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>A Texas federal judge on Friday ordered Dish Network to pay about $200 million in damages and...</description>
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			<title>Updated: Versus-DirecTV Dispute About Subscriber Loss</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:48:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Versus president Jamie Davis said the network's distribution fallout with DirecTV is about...</description>
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			<title>Dish Serves Up Versus For Free Over Three-Month Period</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:06:53 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network is looking to capitalize on the carriage dispute between Versus and its satellite...</description>
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			<title>Updated: Versus, DirecTV Disconnect In Carriage Dispute</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:22:45 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The carriage dispute between DirecTV and sports network Versus has resulted in the service going...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV's The 101 Network Lines Up Farm Aid Oct. 4</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:11:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV's The 101 Network will be the exclusive home for Farm Aid for the second straight...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV Moves To Take Manhattan With Broadband Sunday Ticket</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:20:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV is offering football-mad Manhattan residents who can't get satellite TV service in their...</description>
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			<title>Dish, EchoStar, Nagrastar Gain $97 Million Bounty In Piracy Battle</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:15:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network, co-owned equipment supplier EchoStar Technologies, and conditional access supplier...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV Brings U.S. Open Experience To Manhattan Today</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:04:35 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The first serve on the 2009 U.S. Open won't be tossed up until Aug. 31, but DirecTV on Wednesday...</description>
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			<title>Dish Joins Comcast In NFL RedZone</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:38:20 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network has become the second affiliate to sign up for NFL RedZone, the NFL Network's...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV Grows Latin America Business</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>In 2004, DirecTV Latin America was in bankruptcy. Today, following a series of mergers and...</description>
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			<title>Dish Network Adds 2 More HD Markets</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:51:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network said Wednesday it is carrying local TV station signals in Lima, Ohio, and...</description>
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			<title>NFL Kicks Off Promotion For RedZone Channel</title>
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			<title>Dish Files For $1-Billion Debt Offering</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:05:57 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Fresh off a better than expected second quarter in terms of basic subscriber growth, Dish...</description>
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			<title>New Scenes: Documentary Channel Relaunches As Commercial Service</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:37:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The Documentary Channel, which debuted nearly four years ago as a public-interest television...</description>
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			<title>Mun2 Free Preview Scorecard: 67 Million Homes On Aug. 12</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:24:52 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Working with the nation's four largest distributors and other key carriers, mun2's free preview...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV Creates CEO Search Committee</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:55:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV has created a special committee to search for a permanent replacement for former CEO...</description>
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			<title>Updated: Dish Network Stock Rises Behind Q2 Results</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:01:14 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network beat most analysts' estimates for the second quarter, reporting a 26,000 rise in...</description>
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			<title>Dish Network Stock Soars</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network beat most analysts' estimates for the second quarter, reporting a 26,000 rise in...</description>
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			<title>Analysts Differ On Dish Network</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network's followers are...</description>
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			<title>TiVo Patent May Be Invalid</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>In the latest wrinkle in the years-long legal fracas between Dish Network and TiVo, the U.S....</description>
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			<title>Dish Scraps With ESPN On Carriage</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network is asking for at least $1 million from ESPN, alleging in a...</description>
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			<title>Cable Ops Feel Q2 Pinch</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Cable operators struggled with seasonality and marketing glitches affecting their basic...</description>
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			<title>Chase Who? DirecTV Continues Gains</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Despite losing its charismatic CEO Chase Carey in July to his old employer Rupert Murdoch,...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV Will Pass On Epix</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV interim CEO Larry Hunter said that the satellite giant would likely pass on carriage of...</description>
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			<title>Reelz Reaches VOD Pact With DirecTV</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:37:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Reelz Channel has reached an agreement with DirecTV to make programming content available to the...</description>
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			<title>ESPN: We'll Fight Dish Lawsuit</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:55:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>ESPN on Wednesday maintained that it was in "full compliance" with its carriage agreement with...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV To Offer Magnolia's 'Burning Plain' Ahead Of Theatrical Release</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:00:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV struck a deal with Mark Cuban's Magnolia Pictures to offer the studio's drama The...</description>
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			<title>Dish Sues ESPN Over Classic, ESPNU Carriage Terms</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:31:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network is asking for at least $1 million from ESPN in federal lawsuit filed Tuesday, with...</description>
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			<title>U.S. Patent Office Rejects Some Of TiVo's 'Time Warp' Claims In Preliminary Review</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The U.S. Patent &amp; Trademark Office, acting on a request by Dish Network and EchoStar, on Monday...</description>
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			<title>EchoStar "Encouraged" By FCC's iPhone Apps Inquiry</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:12:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>EchoStar joined the rooting section for the FCC's inquiry into reports of Apple's rejection of...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV: Sunday Ticket Isn't Actually 'Free' With Verizon DSL Bundles</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:57:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>While Verizon is positioning DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket as a free extra -- "valued at $299.95,"...</description>
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			<title>Verizon's New DSL Game Plan: Free NFL Sunday Ticket</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:33:24 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>In a blitz aimed at stopping DSL customers from switching to cable, Verizon is offering...</description>
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			<title>Independent Show: Small Ops Fight Off Sub Declines</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:48:52 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Small cable operators are beginning to see the recession impact their subscriber bases, but are...</description>
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			<title>NBCU Kicks Off Mun2 Free Preview For U.S.-Mexico World Cup Qualifier</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:36:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>With mun2 holding the exclusive English-language rights to the Aug. 12 World Cup qualifier...</description>
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			<title>AT&amp;T: 100,000-Plus Subs Through DirecTV In Q2</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:47:24 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>AT&amp;T added more than 100,000 DirecTV subscribers in the second quarter -- indicating that the...</description>
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			<title>Qwest Extends DirecTV Deal Through 2014</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:27:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Qwest Communications and DirecTV announced a five-year extension to their existing deal that...</description>
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			<title>Dish Network Pays $6M In Settlement With 46 States</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network has agreed to pay $6 million in a settlement with 46 state attorneys general,...</description>
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			<title>House Judiciary Committee Circulating Draft of SHVERA</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:57:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The House Judiciary Committee has circulated a draft of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and...</description>
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			<title>Texas Court To Consider TiVo's Request For Sanctions Against Dish</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:00:06 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>A federal judge in Texas has scheduled a July 28 hearing regarding TiVo's request for nearly $1...</description>
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			<title>Ross Introduces Split-Market Bill</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:25:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) has just introduced his Local TV Freedom Act, which would attempt to fix...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV Calls Mobile Play For NFL 'SuperFan' Package</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:42:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV, lobbing an extra perk at hardcore gridiron buffs, will let subscribers who shell out...</description>
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			<title>Sizing Down Digital-TV Wins</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Cable operators continue to reap big gains from the digital transition, but they may not be...</description>
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			<title>Ross Seeks Support For Television Freedom Act Bill</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) has revived his push for a bill that would allow satellite and cable...</description>
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			<title>TiVo Buddies Up With Best Buy</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:29:43 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>TiVo struck a tighter marketing alliance with Best Buy, with a five-year deal under which the...</description>
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			<title>Comcast, USOC Eye Dedicated Olympic Service In 2010</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:49:21 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The U.S Olympic Committee and Comcast have formed a joint venture for a service dedicated to...</description>
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			<title>With EPL Assist, ESPN Kicks Off New U.K. Channel Aug. 3</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:23:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>ESPN will put a new foot forth with its futbol coverage in the...</description>
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			<title>Analyst: DTV Added 653,000 Subscribers</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:22:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Wells Fargo Securities broadcasting and cable analyst Marci Ryvicker estimated that the digital...</description>
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			<title>SHVERA Clears First Hurdle</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Despite the fears of some broadcasters and the hopes of satellite-TV companies, a House...</description>
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			<title>Dish, Time Warner Cable In New York Next For MSNBC HD</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:01:56 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>MSNBC HD, which came out of the gate with launches on systems owned by 10 distributors on June...</description>
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			<title>Dish Dishes Out Four More Local HD Markets</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:02:16 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network added high-definition feeds for local channels in four new...</description>
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			<title>$43 Million Payday For Carey</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:25:16 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Former DirecTV CEO Chase Carey will be paid handsomely in his new position as News Corp....</description>
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			<title>TiVo 'Confident' Patent Victory Over Dish Will Be Upheld</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:23:52 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>TiVo said it was "confident" a federal district court's ruling finding Dish Network in contempt...</description>
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			<title>Dish Wins Stay From Appeals Court On DVR Order</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:21:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Wednesday granted Dish Network's motion to...</description>
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			<title>SHVERA Bill Stays Streamlined</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>WASHINGTON -- The SHVERA reauthorization bill passed a House subcommittee unanimously on...</description>
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			<title>New SHVERA Draft: Satellite Carriers Could Put Local Stations HD Signals On Separate Dish</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:01:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Satellite carriers would be able to put local TV station HD signals on a separate dish,...</description>
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			<title>NCTA: No Need For Government To Spur Video Competition</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:06:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Reiterating that the video marketplace is "diverse, dynamic, and fiercely competitive," the...</description>
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			<title>SHVERA Reauthorization Bill Set For Markup</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:03:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The House Communications, Technology and Internet Subcommittee will mark up a SHVERA...</description>
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			<title>Hubbard Broadcasting, KSTP Minneapolis Net Journalism Honors</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>On June 26, the Society of Professional Journalists will declare Hubbard Broadcasting and its...</description>
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			<title>CBS College Sports Pushes Alt Games VOD</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:28:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>CBS College Sports Network and 17 affiliates will give sports fans alternative views this...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV, NBCU Advance on The Ad Front</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV and NBC Universal last week took separate steps toward improving the odds that the right...</description>
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			<title>Dish 'Investigating' Another Workaround For TiVo Patent</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:02:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network said in a court filing Monday that it is looking into developing another workaround...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV Sets Stage For Local, Targeted Ads</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV has signed a deal to use ad-insertion technology from Invidi Technologies that will let...</description>
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			<title>Dish Goes After DirecTV With Ad Campaign</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:44:43 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network, having suffered net subscriber losses in the two most recent quarters, is directly...</description>
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			<title>Dish Prepping New Talks With Noncommercial Stations Over Carriage</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:53:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>A representative of DISH Network told an unhappy California congresswoman Tuesday that it was...</description>
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			<title>NAB Vetting Satellite Proposal To Share Costs of Local-Into-Local</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:13:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), chairman of the House Communications Subcommittee said Tuesday that...</description>
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			<title>FCC Removes Final Conditions To News Corp.'s Purchase Of Hughes' DirecTV Stake</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:52:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The FCC has removed the last conditions on News Corp.'s purchase of a major stake in DirecTV...</description>
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			<title>'Bundle Smundle': Greenfield Slaps "Buy" On DirecTV</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:41:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Pali Research media analyst Richard Greenfield initiated coverage of DirecTV Group with a "buy"...</description>
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			<title>Media Companies Should Eye House Communications Subcommittee Hearings Next Week</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:33:19 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Media companies will want to pay close attention to the House Energy &amp; Commerce Committee's...</description>
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			<title>Analyst Lowers Sub Forecast</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:45:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Collins Stewart media analyst Tom Eagan reduced his estimates for basic-cable subscriber...</description>
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			<title>Canby Turns to EchoStar for HD Transport</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:02:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Oregon-based Canby Telecom will use EchoStar Satellite Services' ViP-TV service to deliver HDTV...</description>
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			<title>EchoStar Signs Second IP-Prime Replacement Customer</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:39:52 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>EchoStar Satellite Services said it has signed up a second small telecom customer for its ViP-TV...</description>
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			<title>N.Y. Protesters No Problem For DirecTV's John Malone</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:13:43 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Strolling through the lobby of the New York Hilton hotel here last week after DirecTV Group's...</description>
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			<title>Dish's DVR Dealt A Blow</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Charlie Ergen lost a $103 million hand in his game of Texas Hold 'Em against TiVo last week, and...</description>
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			<title>Carey Returns to News</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV CEO Chase Careyended the growing speculation about his future with the satellite giant...</description>
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			<title>U.S. Court Of Appeals Stays Dish Ruling In TiVo Case</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:03:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Wednesday granted Dish Network's request to...</description>
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			<title>Carey Makes News Corp. Return On July 1</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:31:46 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>As expected, DirecTV President and CEO Chase Carey is returning to News Corp. as deputy...</description>
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			<title>TiVo Shares Zoom 53% After Dish Ruling</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:25:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Shares of TiVo shot up 53% Wednesday -- hitting a five-year high -- after a federal judge...</description>
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			<title>Court Finds EchoStar In Contempt In TiVo Case</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:37:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>A federal court Tuesday ordered EchoStar Communications -- now part of Dish Network -- to pay...</description>
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			<title>EXCLUSIVE: Straight Talk From Liberty Chairman John Malone</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:24:28 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>After DirecTV's annual shareholder's meeting in New York Tuesday, Liberty Media chairman John...</description>
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			<title>Carey in Discussions With News Corp.</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:26:51 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>New York - DirecTV Group CEO Chase Carey confirmed speculation that he was in talks to join News...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV Extends Deal With Convergys</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Satellite Operator Signs Two-Year Contract For Customer-Service...</description>
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			<title>EchoStar, Asia Satellite Telecommunications To Service Taiwan, Other Regions</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:27:19 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>EchoStar, which provides satellite services to the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Europe, is adding...</description>
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			<title>Analyst: Carey Departure = DirecTV Sale</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:17:45 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The speculation surrounding DirecTV CEO Chase Carey's possible departure for News Corp. could be...</description>
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			<title>Carey Headed Back To News?</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:19:07 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV Group CEO Chase Carey, coming off several quarters of stellar subscriber growth, may be...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV 101’s Fresh Look</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>With new packaging and an enhanced programming lineup, DirecTV is positioning its 101 Network to...</description>
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			<title>Malone Sees Need For Broadband Content Aggregators</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 23:46:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Broadband content - including the deluge of made-for-the Web videos - will need "content...</description>
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			<title>EchoStar Signs First IPTV Customer</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>EchoStar Satellite Services announced an agreement to provide video-transport service to Canby...</description>
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			<title>Analysis:  Comcast Pact, RedZone Channel May Trigger More NFL Network Distribution Deals</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 06:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>With Comcast finally reaching an accord over positioning and pricing for the NFL Network last...</description>
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			<title>In Classic Switch, ESPNU Graduates On Comcast, DirecTV</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 04:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Collegiate network ESPNU landed deals with Comcast and DirecTV that will dramatically increase...</description>
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			<title>NFL, ESPNU Score In Comcast Pacts</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NFL Network and ESPNU scored big in distribution accords with Comcast last week. With Comcast...</description>
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			<title>Disgruntled Time Warner Cable Sub Switches To Dish Over HDNet</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 19:13:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Time Warner Cable's move to stop carrying Mark Cuban's HDNet as of the end of the month has...</description>
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			<title>Cable Narrows 'Satisfaction Gap' With Satellite TV: Survey</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 15:01:40 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Cable TV has closed the customer-sat gap with satellite, according to a Leichtman Research Group...</description>
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			<title>Satellite, Telcos In 'TV Everywhere' Camp</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 21:19:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Satellite and telco TV operators are actively exploring Internet "authentication" services --...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV: Strong, But Not Strong Enough</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 18:51:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV told the FCC that it has become a stronger competitor to cable and other multichannel...</description>
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			<title>Dish Gives Fuel To Action Sports Service</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 15:15:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network is now fueling Fox Cable's action-sports...</description>
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			<title>Pay-TV Services Decline On Customer-Satisfaction Survey</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 04:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Customer satisfaction with cable and satellite TV services dropped in the first quarter, even as...</description>
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			<title>Dow Jones Up 235 Points</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 21:09:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 235.44 points Monday and cable stocks rode the...</description>
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			<title>TVN Entertainment Finds Merger Partner In Avail Media</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Video-on-demand provider TVN Entertainment Corp. is merging with IPTV content aggregator Avail...</description>
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			<title>New Frontier For Dish Network?</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Verizon Communications’ $5.25 billion stock deal to sell 4.8 million access lines to Frontier...</description>
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			<title>Charter Blocks DirecTV Ads</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Charter Communications won the first round in its most recent battle with DirecTV, obtaining a...</description>
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			<title>Comcast Should Benefit From Verizon-Frontier Deal: Analyst</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 21:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Comcast will have a clear competitive edge in at least three key markets where Verizon...</description>
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			<title>Dish Enhances HD Lineups In Alaska, Hawaii</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 16:19:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network has bolstered its HD presence beyond the continental U.S., adding 30 new enhanced...</description>
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			<title>Dish On Track With Horseracing Subscription Offering</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 16:10:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network will offer horseracing fans up to 80 channels of track action as part of the...</description>
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			<title>Dish to Carry Racetrack Subscription Package</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 20:55:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network will offer horse-racing fans up to 80 channels of track action as part of the...</description>
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			<title>Charter Gets Restraining Order Vs. DirecTV</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 20:14:33 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Charter won the first round in its defamation battle with DirecTV, with the granting of a...</description>
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			<title>Analyst: Frontier Deal Could Benefit Dish</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 16:50:23 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Verizon's $5.25 billion stock deal to sell 4.8 million access lines to Frontier could have an...</description>
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			<title>Charter Sues DirecTV Over Bankruptcy Ads</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:54:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Charter Communications filed suit in federal district court for the eastern district of Missouri...</description>
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			<title>Dish Shares Soar</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 18:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network shares, battered overt the last year because of substantial subscriber losses,...</description>
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			<title>Dish To Debut CMT Series</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 18:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network will get exclusive first-run rights to several episodes of CMT's country music...</description>
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			<title>FiOS TV Debuts Six HD Channels From Entertainment Studios</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 14:40:30 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Verizon Communications this week will launch six new high-definition channels from Byron Allen's...</description>
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			<title>Dish Drops 94,000 Subs, Boosts Income</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 10:27:45 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network lost another 94,000 subscribers in the first three months of 2009 -- as rival...</description>
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			<title>Liberty Unveils DirecTV Plans</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>After months of speculation, Liberty Media has finally pulled the trigger on a deal to simplify...</description>
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			<title>Dish Adds Five More HD Channels</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 17:49:40 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network has lifted its high-definition national network lineup past the 140 mark with the...</description>
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			<title>Dish Debuts Remote DVR Feature</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 16:46:41 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network officially launched a service Friday that lets customers with Internet-connected...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV Sub Growth Soars</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 18:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Promotional offerings, its re-seller agreement with AT&amp;T and a boost from the digital transition...</description>
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			<title>Liberty To Merge DirecTV With Some Media Assets</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 19:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV will be merged into a new company incorporating Liberty Media's regional sports networks...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV, Liberty Media Announce Spin-Off Plan</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 13:59:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV and John Malone's Liberty Media announced Monday that they have entered into definitive...</description>
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			<title>Congress Ready To OK Importing Signals</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Congress is getting closer to allowing satellite-TV providers to import TV station signals into...</description>
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			<title>ACA Presses For Parity On Station Signal Importation</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:25:46 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The American Cable Association continues to press its case for parity when it comes to importing...</description>
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			<title>Comcast To Put Spotlight On DBS Ad Sales On Fox Sports Detroit</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Starting next month, Comcast Spotlight will begin selling local avails within Dish Network' s...</description>
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			<title>Dish Shakes Up Management</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:03:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network shook up its senior management late Monday, naming former AT&amp;T executive Robert...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV Gets Game On With Sports ScoreGuide</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:04:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV Monday launched an interactive TV application, called ScoreGuide, which lets viewers...</description>
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			<title>Ops Up Ante For Ethnic Fare</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>A growing number of cable operators are realizing that ethnic markets — specifically the...</description>
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			<title>Cable Trails On Remote DVR</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Forget to set your digital video recorder for that critical playoff game or American Idol...</description>
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			<title>CEO Pay Raises Mixed In Cable</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>As investors scrutinize the pay of top corporate executives, the cable industry reveals a mixed...</description>
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			<title>World Fishing Network: Fully Hooked On HD</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:09:43 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>WFN: HD is now broadcasting its full programming line-up in 100% native...</description>
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			<title>Dish To Earthlings: Spectacular Views</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:03:57 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The No. 2 DBS provider today will launch Dish Earth, a channel offered exclusively to its...</description>
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			<title>SES Bird Beams CNN Europe</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:32:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Turner Broadcasting System signed a five-year distribution and contribution agreement for CNN...</description>
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			<title>Dish Extension Boosts Ion Subscriber Count</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:21:40 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Ion Media Networks has reached a contract extension with Dish...</description>
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			<title>Study: Cable TV Bills Up 7.5%</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Even as the economy plunged into a recession through the back half of 2008, Americans saw the...</description>
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			<title>Dish Adds Aghapy, Punjabi Networks</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:31:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dish Network continued to expand its roster of international services with the addition of...</description>
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			<title>DirecTV, Comcast Settle Do Not Call Complaints With FTC</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:12:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV has agreed to pay $2.31 million and Comcast $900,000 to settle a suit filed by the...</description>
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			<title>Updated: Tagliabue Testifies Before FCC Judge At NFL Network-Comcast Trial</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:11:30 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue told a Federal Communications Commission judge Thursday...</description>
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			<title>NBA TV Scores Multiyear Distribution Deal With DirecTV</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:30:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>DirecTV has netted a multiyear agreement with NBA TV that will expand distribution of the pro...</description>
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