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The right incentives would make satellite television companies willing to extend local service to underserved and rural areas, senior executives of DISH Network Corp and DirecTV Group Inc told lawmakers on Tuesday.

News Corp., the owner of the MySpace Web site and Fox television, said on Wednesday its quarterly net profit rose three-fold on higher advertising sales and on a gain from the sale of its stake in DirecTV Group Inc.

Satellite television service provider DirectTV reported that profit grew 10.4 percent during the first quarter, beating analysts' estimates.

DirecTV Group Inc. won a trial following a $78.9 million patent verdict in favor of Finisar Corp. over the information transmission technology.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said...

Dish Network Corp., the second largest U.S. satellite-television broadcaster, lost a bid for rehearing of patent win by TiVo.

Dish Network Corp., the second biggest U.S. satellite television broadcaster accused News Corp.'s NDS Group of hacking the security code of Dish's access cards, causing damages worth $90 million.

The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Friday he is urging the agency to approve Liberty Media's acquisition of News Corp's stake in DirecTV.

DirecTV Group, Inc (NYSE:DTV) reports its third quarter earnings on Wednesday as it continues to face challenges from other satellite and Cable providers.

Shares in EchoStar Communications Corp jumped more than 11 percent before retreating on Wednesday as investors speculated further on the possibility the satellite operator might sell its DISH pay-TV network.

Satellite television operator EchoStar Communications Corp said it may spin off its technology assets and announced plans to buy Sling Media, the maker of a device that relays TV programs to laptops and cell phones.

Cablevision Systems Corp. said on Thursday it will have the capability to carry more than 500 channels of high definition television programming by year-end as competition mounts from satellite TV and telephone operators.

Liberty Media Corp. and EchoStar Communications Corp. are preparing a joint offer for satellite-communications provider Intelsat Ltd., The Wall Street Journal's online edition said on Thursday.

Satellite television provider DirecTV Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTV) posted a 43 percent rise in profit on Wednesday, driven by a higher subscriber count and high-definition services, but missed analysts expectations.

Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) is getting out of the baseball business and, as of Tuesday, the Atlanta Braves' new owner is Liberty Media Corp (NASDAQ: LCAPA), according to reports.

EchoStar Communications Corp. won a temporary reprieve on Friday when an appeals court said it could still sell digital video recorders that a lower court had ruled infringed on a TiVo Inc. patent.