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1. Pay TV Industry Returns to Slight Sub Growth in Fourth Quarter

   6:41 am 3/14/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   Premium networks also did well in 2010, according to SNL Kagan, as HBO maintained its lead, but Showtime and Starz added subscribers.Read more

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2. DirecTV Expects to Expand Film, TV Library Lineup

   12:38 pm 3/8/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   CFO Patrick Doyle also discusses the need to keep rising programming costs in check.Read more

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3. DirecTV Quarterly Results Beat Expectations

   5:31 am 2/23/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   The satellite TV giant added 289,000 U.S. subscribers in the fourth quarter and reported its strongest total customer growth in 10 years.Read more

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4. 3net Launch Marks Major Step for 3DTV in Domestic Market

   12:50 pm 2/12/2011

   • by Carolyn Giardina

   U.S. catching up to international 3D broadcasters with channel’s debut on Sunday, ESPN3D's full schedule expansion Monday.Read more

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5. DirecTV to Launch 3D Network 3net This Sunday

   8:46 am 2/10/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   The satellite TV giant will be the first distributor of the channel joint venture of Sony Corp., Discovery Communications and Imax. Read more

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   Al Jazeera Using Egypt Coverage to Edge Onto U.S. Cable, Satellite Operators

   6:03 am 2/1/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   "There's been suspicions in the government about what their true motivations might be,” says one industry exec about the network, which is not carried on Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and DirecTV. "I think this might be a time to re-examine that." Read more

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   DirecTV Considering Picking Up 'The Kennedys'

   2:37 pm 1/14/2011

   • by Matthew Belloni

   Controversial, ambitious miniseries was dropped by the History channel.Read more

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8. Playboy Enterprises Ends Dispute With DirecTV, Will Take $13M Charge

   6:32 pm 1/6/2011

   • by Paul Bond

   The satellite giant had sued Playboy and its Spice Hot Entertainment unit in March. Read more

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9. DirecTV, TV Station Group Hearst Reach New Program Deal

   2:44 pm 12/30/2010

   • by Georg Szalai

   Meanwhile, talks between Time Warner Cable and Sinclair, as well as Comcast cable networks and Dish, continue amid year-end deadlines.Read more

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