Dish Network Is Latest Pay TV Player to Mull Premium VOD Service
8:02 AM PDT 5/13/2011 by Georg Szalai
The satellite TV provider is in talks with studios to offer early-release films under similar terms as competitor DirecTV.
NEW YORK – Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network is considering a premium VOD service that would offer Hollywood movies about eight weeks after their theatrical release, an executive of the satellite TV provider told Bloomberg.
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