MOTOROLA PLANS
C-BAND SHUTDOWN
In a
move driven by the continued erosion over the past several years
of the number of C-band dish owners buying programming via digital
feeds, and fewer and fewer programmers making their channels
available via C-band, Motorola recently circulated a letter in
which it said it plans to stop authorizing C-band programming
via DigiCipher modules Dec. 31.
XSTREAMHD
LOOKS FOR 'SUMMER' LAUNCH
After
attracting much fanfare when it announced its plans at a 2008
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) press event that included an
appearance by actor Michael Douglas, XStreamHD is now targeting
“this summer” to finally start offering its satellite-delivered,
high-definition, video-on-demand movie service.
DISH NETWORK
SEEKS HD PBS ROLLOUT ROADBLOCK
At press
time, Dish Network Inc. was preparing to state its case in front
of a federal judge in Nevada for a temporary injunction to block
implementation of the provisions in the new satellite TV law
that requires the DBS service to deliver local PBS stations in
high-definition via satellite by the end of next year.
DISH NETWORK
EYES DISTANT RETURN
WASHINGTON—With
its rollout of local stations via satellite in all 210 markets
up and running, Dish Network has asked the Federal Communications
Commission to provide the DBS service with a certification that
would allow Dish Network to resume offering distant network stations
to qualified customers for the first time since December 2006.
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