The maker of a new DVR that lets consumers zap away broadcast-TV commercials at the touch of a button suggested Tuesday that the networks are being shortsighted in opposing the technology.
The maker of a new DVR that lets consumers zap away broadcast TV commercials at the touch of a button suggested Tuesday that the networks are being short-sighted in opposing the technology.
DirecTV Group Inc., the nation's largest satellite TV operator, on Thursday said its profit rose 21 percent in the first quarter as it continued to grow faster than rival Dish Network.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, Dish Network and a pair of liquidation firms are among the bidders for video-rental chain Blockbuster in an auction Tuesday morning at U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York.
A Montana RadioShack owner said he will continue to give away guns with satellite television subscriptions despite the corporation's insistence he halt the promotion.
Dish Network says Fox is blocking access to 19 sports networks and other TV channels as it demands a rate increase of more than 50 percent from the satellite TV operator.
SHORT INSPIRATION: Former investment banker Carter Pilcher realized several years ago that a business could be made by buying quality short movies relatively cheaply and exposing them to new audiences.
