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		<title>Versus and DirecTV talk, but still no Versus on DirecTV</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/18/verus-and-directv-talk-but-still-no-versus-on-directv/27669</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/18/verus-and-directv-talk-but-still-no-versus-on-directv/27669#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
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Versus and DirecTV resumed negotiations about a week ago over their carriage dispute, but the talks evidently have yet to yield much light about a reconciliation. Comcast&#8217;s national sports network went dark on the No. 1 DBS operator on Sept. 1, when their contract expired. The sides remain apart, evidently entrenched over pricing and positioning [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Telco TV Services Grow At the Expense of Cable Systems</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/09/telco-tv-services-grow-at-the-expense-of-cable-systems/26546</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/09/telco-tv-services-grow-at-the-expense-of-cable-systems/26546#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the latest TV provider breakdown from The Bridge show Telco TV services (Verizon FiOS, AT&#38;T U-verse) continuing to take share in the TV provider market primarily at the expense of traditional cable MSOs (Comcast, Cox, Time Warner, etc.), while satellite provider&#8217;s (DirecTV, DISH) share inches upwards.

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		<title>DirecTV vs. Versus:  the soap opera continues with &#8220;Worthless&#8221; ads</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/04/directv-vs-versus-the-soap-opera-continues-with-worthless-ads/26305</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/04/directv-vs-versus-the-soap-opera-continues-with-worthless-ads/26305#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV Sports]]></category>

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I know most people don&#8217;t care about this story, but I love the smack talk and drama!
The disconnect between Versus and DirecTV grew louder Friday, with the programmer running ads in a number of newspapers for its displacement from the satellite operator&#8217;s air earlier this week.
Versus said it bought ads in eight newspapers, with its [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Versus vs. DirecTV: two sides to the story</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/03/versus-vs-directv-two-sides-to-the-story/26125</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/03/versus-vs-directv-two-sides-to-the-story/26125#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV Sports]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Versus is still dark on DirecTV, but more light is being shed in its skirmish with Comcast.  Here&#8217;s a brief synopsis.
DirecTV initially said it was about price, that Comcast was seeking a 20% hike in licensing fees for Versus.  Additionally DirecTV has said it is paying more for the service than other providers.   But Comcast [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>The problem for Versus: Tour de France and NHL are no SpongeBob Squarepants</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/31/the-problem-for-versus-tour-de-france-and-nhl-are-no-spongebob-squarepants/25860</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/31/the-problem-for-versus-tour-de-france-and-nhl-are-no-spongebob-squarepants/25860#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV Sports]]></category>

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I hadn’t really weighed in much about what I think of the whole DirecTV vs. Versus kerfuffle.  Since I don’t have DirecTV I’m just an interested observer when it comes to the skirmish.  I can’t lie, I did find the war of the words amusing.
I don’t really have much of an opinion on which side [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updated: DirecTV drops Versus</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/31/directv-drops-versus/25856</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV Sports]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Update: apparently from DirecTV&#8217;s point of view, it&#8217;s &#8220;Comcast pulls Versus off DirecTV&#8220;, more thinking on the topic here.
As we&#8217;ve been writing August 31 was the deadline for DirecTV and Versus to come to an agreement on carriage. With the deadline passed on the east coast, it appears there was no resolution.  I&#8217;ve received a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updated: Versus vs. DirecTV: down to the wire</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/31/versus-vs-directv-down-to-the-wire/25780</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/31/versus-vs-directv-down-to-the-wire/25780#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Update as of midnight, Versus went dark on DirecTV.  More thinking on this topic.
Duhn duhn DUHNNN. And that&#8217;s meant to be suspenseful music rather than sound like &#8220;done, done, done&#8221; because so far it appears no deal between DirecTV and Versus has been worked out to continue carriage of Versus on DirecTV.
Today, August 31 is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>DirectTV negotiating with Comcast-owned Versus in public</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/21/directtv-negotiating-with-comcast-owned-versus-in-public/25161</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/21/directtv-negotiating-with-comcast-owned-versus-in-public/25161#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Broadcasting &#38; Cable reports that DirecTV has notified its customers that it might drop the Comcast-owned sports channel Versus on September 1 unless the two sides can work out a carriage deal.
There are a lot of sports fans who have DirecTV, and Versus carries the gamut from college sports for certain conferences to extreme cage [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>68</slash:comments>
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		<title>DirecTV: profits shrink, but subscribers grow</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/06/directv-profits-shrink-but-subscribers-grow/24287</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/06/directv-profits-shrink-but-subscribers-grow/24287#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[DirecTV Group saw its second quarter profits decrease 11% versus the same quarter last year, but the good news is, net new subscribers increased by 224,000 upping its total worldwide subscriber base to 24.2 million.  Most of the growth seems to be coming in Latin America. DirecTV now claims 18.3 million users in the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digital TV Switch to Add 650,000 Pay TV Subs</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/07/digital-tv-switch-to-add-650000-pay-tv-subs/22388</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/07/digital-tv-switch-to-add-650000-pay-tv-subs/22388#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cable TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An estimated 650,000 subscribers will be added to cable and satellite TV providers by the digital TV switch. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cable And Satellite TV Subscriber Numbers, Q1 2009</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/06/08/cable-and-satellite-tv-subscriber-numbers-q1-2009/20282</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/06/08/cable-and-satellite-tv-subscriber-numbers-q1-2009/20282#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We don&#8217;t focus much on the business of cable and satellite TV providers, but here&#8217;s a nice chart from mediabiz.com of cable and satellite subscriber numbers at the end of Q1, 2009. Click on the image for a full-sized verson.




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		<title>Not as much High Definition as you might think, even on HD channels</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/31/not-as-much-high-definition-as-you-might-think-even-on-hd-channels/19704</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/31/not-as-much-high-definition-as-you-might-think-even-on-hd-channels/19704#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 17:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Multichannel News:

High-definition programming may seem to be everywhere, but most of it is on HDTV channels that are simply simulcasts of standard-definition services.
Of the 40 to 140 HD channels available from larger pay TV providers, only a handful are HD-only linear channels. Being one of those few pure-play high-definition networks is something of a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>DirecTV Still Considering Bringing Friday Night Lights Back, And Steals From the Playbook of The Castoff Network?</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/23/directv-still-considering-bringing-friday-night-lights-back-and-steals-from-the-playbook-of-the-castoff-network/15006</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/23/directv-still-considering-bringing-friday-night-lights-back-and-steals-from-the-playbook-of-the-castoff-network/15006#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A little over a week ago, Robert dreamt of a network created to produce and air new episodes of cancelled broadcast shows. The name that began being bandied about was The Castoff Network. Now, DirecTV hasn&#8217;t gone quite that far (producing new episodes), but they&#8217;ve decided to bring 3 shows back and air some of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cable and satellite companies look to pay-per-view porn</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/09/cable-and-satellite-companies-look-to-pay-per-view-porn/14193</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/09/cable-and-satellite-companies-look-to-pay-per-view-porn/14193#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[from Advertising Age:
LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) &#8212; The economy may be in shambles, but satellite and cable companies are making whoopee.
Faced with increased competition from former phone companies such as AT&#38;T and Verizon, satellite and cable companies are loosening their chastity belts and getting more aggressive about promoting adult content on other male-heavy channels such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DirecTV has best subscriber growth in three years, adds 301,000 subs in Q4</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/10/directv-has-best-subscriber-growth-in-three-years-adds-301000-subs-in-q4/12502</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/10/directv-has-best-subscriber-growth-in-three-years-adds-301000-subs-in-q4/12502#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Multichannel News reports:
DirecTV delivered its best quarterly subscriber growth in three years, adding 301,000 net U.S. subscribers in the last three months of 2008, while net income for the quarter dropped 5%.
Revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 was $5.31 billion, up 9% year over year, and earnings per share increased 7% to $0.32 compared [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>TNS Media launches audience measurement product using DirecTV set-top box data</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/01/28/tns-media-launches-audience-measurement-product-using-directv-set-top-box-data/11676</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/01/28/tns-media-launches-audience-measurement-product-using-directv-set-top-box-data/11676#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[here&#8217;s a press release via TNS Media Research, we&#8217;re  hopeful sooner or later we&#8217;ll see some of the data:
TNS Media Research Launches DIRECTView™- Further Advancing RPD Measurement in the U.S.    In-depth TV Ratings Analytics Provide Live and Time-shifted               [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DVR Ownership Increases, But Recordings Not Priority Viewing</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/01/dvr-ownership-increases-but-recordings-not-priority-viewing/5413</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/01/dvr-ownership-increases-but-recordings-not-priority-viewing/5413#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New TV Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lots of great information on DVR viewing, cable and satellite penetration and more in this research excerpt from MediaPost ( read the rest here, free registration required).
27% of TV households in the United States have at least one Digital Video Recorder (DVR), and 30% of those households have more than one DVR, and that 87% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NBC Olympics Have Reached 180 Million in the USA In First Week</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/15/nbc-olympics-have-reached-180-million-in-the-usa-in-first-week/4700</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/15/nbc-olympics-have-reached-180-million-in-the-usa-in-first-week/4700#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps it is being at least a little smug, (note the headline of the release below) but with numbers like these, it&#8217;s hard to blame them for puffing out their feathers and strutting like the peacocks they are. It&#8217;s not like NBC has gotten to do this often in recent history. The 180 million television [...]]]></description>
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		<title>157 Million in USA Have Viewed Olympics Coverage Through Four Days</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/12/157-million-in-usa-have-viewed-olympics-coverage-through-four-days/4667</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/12/157-million-in-usa-have-viewed-olympics-coverage-through-four-days/4667#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s pass along of NBC&#8217;s Olympic ratings press release.  Through four days of coverage the Beijing Olympics are averaging 5 million more viewers in the US than the Athens games through four days and are 16% ahead of the Athens  games after four days of coverage based on household rating.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Night Lights Back for Season Three; First on DTV, Then NBC</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/04/02/friday-night-lights-back-for-season-three-first-on-dtv-then-nbc/3168</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AP writer Frazier Moore reports that Friday Night Lights will shine again next season. The deal does place FNL first on DirecTV effective October 1, 2008. NBC will air the episodes beginning in early 2009.
No financial terms of the deal between NBC and DirecTV were deisclosed, but NBC entertainment head Ben Silverman does not believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dish Network Not Expanding HD Channels Soon</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/03/17/dish-network-not-expanding-hd-channels-soon/2959</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/03/17/dish-network-not-expanding-hd-channels-soon/2959#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there are any Dish Network subscribers who had their hearts set on an expanded list of HD channels in the near future, they might want to look elsewhere for service. That&#8217;s after news that a Dish network Ku-band satellite launched Friday failed to reach orbit. Bummer. Of course, that&#8217;s not quite as bad as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Night Lights Saved? or Not?</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/03/06/friday-night-lights-saved/2860</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/03/06/friday-night-lights-saved/2860#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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Update: FNL will be back for Season 3 
3/7 Update: The NY Times says no deal as yet.
Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that NBC has partnered with DirecTV to produce the next season of Friday Night Lights. No word on exactly what that means for the show and DirecTV, but it seems that the football, and everything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Satellite TV Subscribers 2002-2007Q3</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/12/us-satellite-tv-subscribers-2002-2007q3/1731</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/12/us-satellite-tv-subscribers-2002-2007q3/1731#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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Full table of Satellite Subscribers by company: 


	
	
		Date
		DirecTV
		DISH Network
	
	
	
		&#160;
		Subscribers (million)
		Subscribers (million)
	
	
		Dec-02
		9.5
		8.2
	
	
		Mar-03
		&#160;
		8.5
	
	
		Jun-03
		11.6
		8.8
	
	
		Sep-03
		11.9
		9.1
	
	
		Dec-03
		12.2
		9.4
	
	
		Mar-04
		12.6
		9.9
	
	
		Jun-04
		13.0
		10.1
	
	
		Sep-04
		13.5
		10.5
	
	
		Dec-04
		13.9
		10.9
	
	
		Mar-05
		14.4
		11.2
	
	
		Jun-05
		14.7
		11.5
	
	
		Sep-05
		14.9
		11.7
	
	
		Dec-05
		15.1
		12.0
	
	
		Mar-06
		15.4
		12.3
	
	
		Jun-06
		15.5
		12.5
	
	
		Sep-06
		15.7
		12.8
	
	
		Dec-06
		16.0
		13.1
	
	
		Mar-07
		16.2
		13.4
	
	
		Jun-07
		16.3
		13.6
	
	
		Sep-07
		16.6
		13.7
	





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		<title>Cable TV vs. Satellite TV, US Subscribers, 2002-2007Q3</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/12/cable-tv-vs-satellite-tv-us-subscribers-2002-2007q3/1729</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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*2007 satellite numbers are for Q3 (Sept), 2007 cable numbers are year end estimate



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		<title>NHL Network Makes A Deal the NFL Network Won&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/10/08/nhl-network-makes-a-deal-the-nfl-network-wont/1150</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/10/08/nhl-network-makes-a-deal-the-nfl-network-wont/1150#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beggars can&#8217;t be choosers as NHL Net accepts carriage on sports tiers

The NHL Network has signed carriage deals with Comcast, DirecTV, EchoStar, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Cablevision to begin operation this month.
The difference between the NHL Network deal and the one that the NFL Network is demanding with the Cable MSOs, is that [...]]]></description>
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