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   Dish Adds Fewer Subs as Earnings Drop in First Quarter

   3:15 am 5/9/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   The satellite TV company, founded by Charlie Ergen, added 36,000 net new subscribers and said weaker Blockbuster results were a drag on revenue.Read more

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   Hollywood Docket: Jon Lovitz Countersued; Dish's Expensive Lawyer; Ticketmaster's Lawsuit

   8:32 am 5/2/2013

   • by Eriq Gardner

   A roundup of entertainment law news including a Johnny Ramone photograph lawsuit and a "Price is Right" settlement.Read more

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   Dish Network's $25.5 Billion Sprint Bid Sparks Furious FCC Lobbying

   8:13 am 4/29/2013

   • by Eriq Gardner

   As the fight heats up to create the next mega-telecom company, Dish and Softbank go toe-to-toe with each other as Intel interjects its own opinion.Read more

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   Dish Stock Drops as Charlie Ergen Touts Sprint Bid

   5:47 am 4/15/2013

   • by Eriq Gardner

   UPDATED: "It gives us the chance to become number two or maybe number one," the Dish chairman says, comparing the strategy behind the offer to an episode of "Seinfeld."Read more

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   Dish Network Makes $25.5 Billion Bid for Wireless Company Sprint

   3:40 am 4/15/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   UPDATED: The satellite TV giant, led by chairman Charlie Ergen, is looking to acquire the third-largest U.S. wireless firm to provide "rich content everywhere, all the time."Read more

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   TV Broadcasters Looking Into Aereo-Dish Network Discussions

   11:58 am 4/3/2013

   • by Eriq Gardner

   Dish Network is looking to quash a subpoena. In a court filing, the company says that TV networks aren't entitled to learn whether it has plans to incorporate Aereo technology.Read more

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   Dish Network's Charlie Ergen Is the Most Hated Man in Hollywood

   11:00 pm 4/2/2013

   • by Eriq Gardner

   His company has been labeled the "worst place to work in America," he's being sued by all four networks, and his ad-skipping Hopper could decimate TV industry economics as THR examines the troubling potential outcome of the entertainment business' ugliest fight.Read more

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8. Dish Network Responds to Fox's Latest Attempt Shut Down Its Hopper

   12:35 pm 3/18/2013

   • by Eriq Gardner

   It's too late to object to TV space-shifting technology, says the defendant.Read more

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   U.S. Pay-TV Subscriber Numbers Up for 2012, Fourth Quarter

   11:30 am 3/6/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   CEOs have continued to shrug off suggestions of major cord cutting or shaving.Read more

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    Fox Asks Judge to Stop Dish's New Ad-Skipper (Exclusive)

    3:35 pm 2/21/2013

    • by Eriq Gardner

    UPDATED: Six weeks after Dish adds place-shifting to its Hopper service, now called "Dish Anywhere," Fox files new court papers in another attempt at an injunction.Read more

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