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May 9th, 2007 by

Fears about growth in the satellite TV market push stocks down 2 percent.

May 9th, 2007 by

Hamas militants have suspended a TV program that featured a Mickey Mouse lookalike urging Palestinian children to fight Israel and work for global Islamic domination, the Palestinian information minister said Wednesday.

May 9th, 2007 by

The satellite TV operator posts double-digit gains in first-quarter profit but misses analyst projections.

May 9th, 2007 by

Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate News Corp. reported a 6.2 percent profit increase for its latest quarter Wednesday on higher earnings from movies including “Night at the Museum” and growth in cable TV networks. News Corp. earned $871 million in its third fiscal quarter ended March 31, up from $820 million in the same period a year ago.

May 9th, 2007 by

(AP) — Michael Schuppenhauer, a biotechnology consultant, lives in an idyllic canyon off the Pacific Ocean near Half Moon Bay, California. On the other side of the Santa Cruz Mountains, just 40 minutes away, lies the heartland of the Internet: Google’s headquarters and Silicon Valley.

May 9th, 2007 by

DirecTV Group Inc., the nation’s largest satellite TV operator, said Wednesday its first-quarter profit rose 43 percent from a year ago as more subscribers signed on for its high-definition service and digital video recorders. But its shares slipped as…

May 9th, 2007 by

DirecTV Group Inc., the nation’s largest satellite TV operator, said Wednesday its first-quarter profit rose 43 percent from a year ago as more subscribers signed on for its high-definition service and digital video recorders.

May 9th, 2007 by

Satellite TV provider DirecTV said Q1 profit jumped 43%, but fell short of analyst estimates as subscriber growth fell. Net income was $0.27/share vs. $0.17 last year — analysts were looking for $0.30.

May 9th, 2007 by

DirecTV Group Inc., the nation’s largest satellite TV operator, said Wednesday its first-quarter profit rose 43 percent from a year ago as more subscribers signed on for its high-definition service and digital video recorders.

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The channel provides coverage of interest to rural residents. Washington, D.C. (May 9, 2007) — RFD-TV, a 24-hour network for rural residents, said this week that it will launch a High-Definition channel in October.