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Court extends stay on DISH box deactivation
EchoStar and DISH Network have won a stay, pending their appeal, of a Texas
court's order that they disable millions of digital video recorders that infringe
on TiVo’s patent for ‘time warp’ technology. The US Court of
Appeals also sped up the schedule for the appeal by set-top box maker EchoStar
and satellite pay TV provider DISH so that the case will be placed on the
court's November calendar, if possible.
EchoStar and DISH said in a statement they were pleased with the ruling and
"as a result of the stay, our customers can continue using their DISH
DVDs.".........................................more
KDG eyes Escaline-Orion
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) is interested in acquiring
struggling rival Escaline-Orion, the parent company of cablecos Tele Columbus
and PrimaCom,
Talks are reportedly underway between the two parties, though the country’s
anti-trust agency, the Federal Cartel Office (FCO) would probably view such
a takeover as enhancing competition against the incumbent telco Deutsche Telekom..........................................more
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