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Dish Network Profit Drops 81%
Excerpt from the InvestorGuide.com Stock of the Day on 8/10/2009

Dish Network Corporation (DISH: Charts, News, Offers) announced today that its quarterly profit dropped 81%. The second-largest satellite-television provider in the United States watched its net income fall to $63.4 million from $335.9 million a year ago. Dish posted a positive gain in subscribers for the first time in five quarters, yet its profit still took a major hit. The satellite TV provider's revenue was fairly consistent with previous quarters at $2.9 billion. So if Dish's subscribers increased and sales remained relatively constant, what exactly caused Dish Network's profit to fall so much?

A major catalyst behind Dish's shrinking profit has been its ongoing legal battle with TiVo Inc. Dish Network is currently in a courtroom slugfest over patent violations with TiVo's digital recording technology. Dish has sunk a total of $196.4 million into its fight against TiVo Incorporated. These heavy legal expenses have been detrimental to Dish's bottom line numbers. If Dish Network is found guilty, it could be facing up to $1 billion in penalty infractions. Unfortunately, the bleeding does not stop there for the satellite TV provider. More >


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Cable Prices Increased, as did Dish Network Corp's Revenues
Excerpt from the InvestorGuide.com Stock of the Day on 8/4/2008

For Dish Network Corp, it's definitely a love-hate relationship whenever the subscription fees go up. Relative to their stocks, it's a similar story. You love them when the stock prices go up, but you hate them too hiking up their subscription services. Even with that said, how in the world did a company lose 25,000 subscribers swing to a 5.6 percent increase in revenue? More >

EchoStar and Google Team Up to Deliver TV Ads
Excerpt from the InvestorGuide.com Stock of the Day on 4/3/2007

EchoStar and Google have announced a deal to deliver television ads through EchoStar's satellite network. The news sent shares of EchoStar up roughly 2% during morning trading. Although Google has started experimenting with television ads through a local cable network already, this is the first such deal on a national scale. Google progress experimenting with print and radio ads has only met with mixed success, so how will experimenting with TV ads end up for the two companies? More >

DISH Network (DISH) Upgrades

Date
Analyst
Old Rating
New Rating
09/22/2009
Wells Fargo
Market Perform
Outperform
08/04/2009
Credit Suisse
Neutral
Outperform
10/10/2008
Sanford C. Bernstein
Underperform
Market Perform
10/02/2008
Soleil Securities
Sell
Hold
05/14/2008
Kaufman
Hold
Buy
03/06/2008
Credit Suisse
Underperform
Neutral

DISH Network (DISH) Downgrades

Date
Analyst
Old Rating
New Rating
08/20/2008
Sanford Bernstein
Market Perform
Underperform
11/12/2007
Citigroup
Buy
Hold
03/09/2007
Credit Suisse
Underperform
Neutral
07/06/2006
Bear Stearns
Underperform
Peer Perform
05/16/2006
Morgan Stanley
Equal-Weight
Overweight
01/23/2006
Citigroup
Sell
Hold

DISH Network (DISH) New Coverage

Date
Analyst
Rating
04/28/2009
Cross Research
Hold
06/13/2008
Soleil Securities
Underweight
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