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Time Warner Cable to offer multi-room DVRs, Echostar to deliver Sling Media set-top box

Time Warner Cable to offer multi-room DVRs, Echostar to deliver Sling Media set-top boxBut what features will the customer get......meaning how many features will the cable companies disable, or charge extra for?Also what if I have a HDTV in my living and a regular TV in my bedroom what if?...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, TV & Home Theater, multi-room DVR, digital video recorder, Sling Media, EchoStar Communications Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc., set-top box, set-top, cable

Discussion threads 2009-04-05

Time Warner Cable to offer multi-room DVRs, Echostar to deliver Sling Media set-top box

With competition from satellite and fiber-optic TV competitors coming from one side, and the Internet from the other, the cable industry needs to deliver new products to keep their subscribers from defecting to the alternatives. At last week's 2009 Cable Show, tru2way technology—an open application platform for set-top box developers—was...

Tags: Set-top Box, Set-top, Time Warner Cable Inc., Sling Media, Digital Video Recorder, EchoStar Communications Corp., DVR, Tv & Home Theater, Digital Video, Cable, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-04-05

Patent wars: EchoStar cheers reexamination of Tivo patent; Tivo scoffs

Patent wars: EchoStar cheers reexamination of Tivo patent; Tivo scoffsPatents and corruptionMany years ago a company named See Through Products invented the zip Lock bag. A multinational corporation came along and decided they wanted the patent. They used connection and friends in powerful places, and "proved that they owned the...

Tags: TiVo Inc., patent, Patent Wars, EchoStar Communications Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-14

Patent wars: EchoStar cheers reexamination of Tivo patent; Tivo scoffs

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will reexamine the claims of Tivo's "Time Warp" patent--again--at EchoStar’s request. EchoStar, which recently lost a lawsuit against Tivo over the patent, requested the reexamination. Tivo won an injunction against EchoStar and asked the U.S. District Court to hold the satellite...

Tags: Patent, TiVo Inc., U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, EchoStar Communications Corp., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-14

Sling founders, execs leaving EchoStar

The founders and members of the executive team at Sling Media are leaving the company, which was acquired by EchoStar in September 2007 for $380 million in cash. Founders Blake and Jason Krikorian are leaving effective immediately, according to paidcontent.org, which reported the news first. Entertainment executives Jason Hirschhorn and...

Tags: Founder, EchoStar Communications Corp., iPhone Version, Sales Strategy, DVR, Advertising & Promotion, Entrepreneurship, Sales Force Management, Handhelds, Sales, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Management, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-12

TiVo judgment is fascinating, yet frightening

Ok, I know most people would not consider a 37-page legal opinion "fascinating". But as a computer science major and armchair software patent quarterback (not to mention long-time TiVo fan), that's exactly how I'd describe today's written decision by the US Court of Appeals in which they ruled that...

Tags: Patent, TiVo Inc., Object-oriented, EchoStar Communications Corp., Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-01-31

Report: AT&T considers bid for EchoStar or DirecTV

Report: AT&T considers bid for EchoStar or DirecTVThe new AT&TWell on it's way back to abusive monopoly.Are they going to start tracking what we are watching and share that info with the NSA as well? Understand this folks.... The Corporate-government complex is the enemy of freedom.The Corporate-government complexWe, the people...

Tags: Corporate-government, AT&T Corp., EchoStar Communications Corp., DirecTV

Discussion threads 2007-10-24

EchoStar Dishes Out Speech Self-Service

EchoStar Communications Corporation, also known as DISH Network, is the fastest-growing U.S. provider of advanced digital television services over the past five years. The company wanted to deliver world-class customer service and increase automation and reduce agent talk time. The challenge was to use speech self-service to reinforce company brand...

Tags: Intervoice, EchoStar Communications Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Case studies 2007-10-08

EchoStar (DISH) announces Sling Media purchase

I am a huge fan of Sling Media's Slingbox device and have used the Classic model for the last couple of years to watch TV on computers throughout my house and while on business trips. Dave Zatz sent in the press release announcing that EchoStar Communications Corp (you probably know...

Tags: Dish Network, Sling Media, EchoStar Communications Corp., Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2007-09-25

With Clearwire pact, satellite tv FINALLY sheds broadband commitmentphobia

Over the years, satellite-delivered television services DIRECTV (not shouting, they sp. all-caps) and EchoStar (a.k.a. "The Dish") have sent out conflicting signals about high-speed Internet offerings bundled with their service.Sometimes, these companies have seemed to indicate they understood high-speed Internet service is a necessary service component for them to...

Tags: News, Predictions and Observations

Blog posts 2007-06-15

Google: The REAL Dish on EchoStar TV ad sales deal

Google: The REAL Dish on EchoStar TV ad sales dealinterestingNo doubt Google managed to cut down lots of crap from traditional advertising medium -- it would be really interesting to see how Google do same with TV media - www.360view4u.co.uk

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Google Inc., EchoStar TV ad sale, REAL DISH, EchoStar Communications Corp., sales

Discussion threads 2007-04-03

Google: The REAL Dish on EchoStar TV ad sales deal

Google will be a monopoly I said yesterday, an ONLINE ADVERTSIING one.But, what assets does Google really bring to the offline advertising table?Google owns the online search market, literally, with its own 50% plus market share Google.com, backed up by a proprietary “massively scalable infrastructure.”How about offline? What does Google...

Tags: TV, Television, Google Software Applications, Google, Advertising

Blog posts 2007-04-03

TiVo's still bleeding red-so what's their fate?

Yesterday, TiVo reported their third-quarter numbers. Were talking a net loss of $11.1 millon. Thats despite the fact that over the last year, TiVo-owned subs rose 24% to 1.6 millions, and cumulative total subs- including those through TiVo partners, are up 11% to 4.4 million. And churn is only...

Tags: TiVo Inc., General, trends

Blog posts 2006-11-30

Judge to EchoStar: Disable your DVRs

Judge to EchoStar: Disable your DVRsAnd Dish Network will refund your payments?Many Dish DVR users paid for their machines, either in long term contracts, or by a fee, and there is a monthly charge for the use of this service. So exactly how will the Dish companies respond to...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, EchoStar Communications Corp., Disable DVR, TiVo Inc., patent, digital video recorder, DISH DVR

Discussion threads 2006-08-18

TiVo, EchoStar both claim victory in patent ruling

TiVo, EchoStar both claim victory in patent rulingI am not understanding what is patentedI mean this "multimedia time warping system" just sounds like what one can do with any computer. With a capture card, I can record live television while watching an avi. Been able to do that...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, TiVo Inc., patent, patent ruling, user mode, EchoStar Communications Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-05-24

Photos: Satellite TV dish in your pocket

Echostar's Dish Networks unveils PocketDish video players that can record and replay shows from your DVR.

Tags: Satellite TV, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Dish Network, EchoStar Communications Corp., satellite television, video player, digital video recorder, satellite, TV, video, network

Image galleries 2005-10-12

Photos: Satellite TV dish in your pocket

Echostar's Dish Networks unveils PocketDish video players that can record and replay shows from your DVR.

Tags: Satellite TV, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Dish Network, EchoStar Communications Corp., satellite television, video player, digital video recorder, satellite, TV, video, network

Image galleries 2005-10-12

EchoStar Dishes out 6-in-1 TV format

EchoStar Dishes out 6-in-1 TV formatthey are trying to make tv like the internetat least that is what I read in the WSJ. These hollystupid types just don't get it. All they need to do is let us get it from p2p ads and all.Nothing new hereNothing new here, most...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Nothing New Here, Nothing New, EchoStar Communications Corp., Nothing, TV

Discussion threads 2005-08-31

TiVo, EchoStar patent infringement case advances

TiVo, EchoStar patent infringement case advancesYou could do time warpingwith a VCR. What's the patent for?I wonder......which side will bring in Tim Curry to sing the song for them? :)Carl RapsonI wonder...As I have Rocky Horror flashbacks running through my head.... :)

Tags: Consumer electronics, EchoStar Communications Corp., TiVo Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-03-10

TiVo sues EchoStar over DVR patent

TiVo sues EchoStar over DVR patentOh no, revenge of the patent, andComcast, "We've found another reason for rate hikes. " Woopee.watch one show while recording another?doesn't sound like a BIG invention to me...came with my vcr 25 years ago.... "invention allowing the user to store selected television broadcast programs...

Tags: digital video recorder, patent, TiVo Inc., EchoStar Communications Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-01-05