Feb 15- Dish Network Corp said on Friday it is writing down the assets of its Blockbuster stores in the United Kingdom, resulting in a pretax charge of $46 million for 2012, according to a regulatory filing.
NEW YORK, Feb 11- Dish Network Corp went to trial against ESPN Inc on Monday over claims the sports programmer owes it more than $152 million after breaching a contract by offering better deals to rival distributors. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan pits the No. 2 U.S. satellite company against the sports affiliate of media group Walt Disney Co..
NEW YORK, Feb 7- Sprint Nextel Corp, which is seeking to sell 70 percent of itself to Japan's SoftBank Corp, posted higher fourth-quarter revenue on Thursday but its subscriber numbers fell short of some Wall Street targets.
The subscriber loss was due to Sprint's wind-down if its Nextel network. It added 401,000 customers to the Sprint network, including 333,000 customers that moved from Nextel. Analysts were disappointed that the Sprint network was so heavily dependent on customers from Nextel for its growth.
Feb 2- News Corp Fox Broadcasting unit made a fresh attack on Dish Network Corp over the No. 2 U.S. satellite TV company's ad-skipping technology and related PrimeTime Anytime appeal. Dish's AutoHop features allow users to play back commercial-free versions of certain primetime shows they record from ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox.
NEW YORK, Feb 1- Clearwire Corp said on Friday that it was still evaluating a takeover bid from satellite television provider Dish Network Corp even though it continues to recommend the Sprint Nextel Corp offer it had accepted in December.
*Yahoo Japan jumps on share buyback, earnings and div forecast hikes. TOKYO, Jan 30- Japan's Nikkei average ended above 11,000 points for the first time in 33 months on Wednesday, led as real estate on persistent expectations of more monetary easing by the Bank of Japan.
*Yahoo Japan jumps on share buyback, earnings and div forecast hikes. TOKYO, Jan 30- Japan's Nikkei share average rose to a new 32- month high on Wednesday, led by gains in Softbank Corp and Yahoo Japan Corp on optimistic profit expectations while earnings-related news dominated the market as investors awaited trading cues from the corporate sector.
*Yahoo Japan jumps on share buyback, earnings and div forecast hikes. TOKYO, Jan 30- Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Wednesday, led by gains in Softbank Corp and Yahoo Japan Corp on optimistic profit expectations while earnings-related news dominated the market as investors awaited trading cues from the corporate sector.
TOKYO, Jan 30- Japan's Nikkei share average is set to trade in a 200 point range on Wednesday with investors likely to stay on the sidelines seeking more trading cues from local earnings, and the weak yen trend is likely to support the market above 10,800. Market participants said the Nikkei was likely to trade between 10,800 and 11,000 on Wednesday after ending up 0.4 percent to close at 10,866.72 the previous day.
NEW YORK, Jan 29- Dish Network Corp has decided against filing to block Sprint Nextel Corp's proposed deal with Softbank Corp, at least for now, citing its ongoing negotiations with Clearwire Corp and uncertainty over that company's ownership.
WASHINGTON, Jan 28- Federal and state regulators on Monday shut down direct-sales company Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing following complaints that the company was operating a pyramid scheme.
CBS has filed an amended lawsuit against Dish Network accusing the No. 2 U.S. satellite TV company of concealing material facts about its ad-skipping technology during contract negotiations in 2011.
Jan 23- CBS Corp has filed an amended lawsuit against Dish Network Corp accusing the No. 2 U.S. satellite TV company of concealing material facts about its ad-skipping technology during contract negotiations in 2011..