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No DISH-DIRECTV Merger Soon

August 13, 2008

Speculation once began swirling about a possible DISH Network-DIRECTV merger last week, this time due to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

According to the Journal, DISH Network CEO Charlie Ergen stated that he is interested in restarting merger talks with competitor DIRECTV. Coincidentally, or maybe not, DISH Network’s stock had been hammered the [...]

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DIRECTV Continues Subscriber Growth

August 11, 2008

DIRECTV reported their quarterly results last week, and it was business as usual for the company, which continued to add subscribers despite the slowdown in the US economy.
For the second quarter 2008, which covers the months of April through June, DIRECTV added 129,000 new subscribers. Analysts predicted the satellite TV Company would add 122,000 [...]

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