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Article: Switcheroo.(DirecTV Group Inc.)(Brief article)
- Article from:
- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- December 4, 2006
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Switcheroo: DirecTV Group Inc. is taking advantage of a recent court ruling by offering some Dish Network customers $150 to switch to its service. The move comes after a U.S. Federal Appeals Court in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., ruled that EchoStar Inc., which sells the Dish Network satellite TV service, violated federal laws, stripping EchoStar's right to transmit broadcast network channels, including NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox. The court ruled that Englewood, Colo.-based ...