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The Motley Fool
May 14, 2007
David Lee Smith |
DirecTV Churns Out One Solid Quarter With subscriber defections slowing, DirecTV was able to increase its quarterly income by more than 40%. From the perspective of savvy investors, it looks like there is money to made from DirecTV.   |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Quality Customers, Quality Profits Satellite TV operator DIRECTV Group is turning a profitable corner right about now, and it's all thanks to a smart customer recruiting policy. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Churn, Baby, Churn! DISH-o Inferno! While DIRECTV, Comcast, Verizon, and many other cable or satellite broadcasting hubs are reporting subscriber growth in these hard times, DISH is dishing out shrinkage. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Commodity Broadcast Media Is a Dish Served Cold One of the satellite TV operators has figured out how to survive in the Internet age and the other one hasn't. |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2009
Anders Bylund |
DirecTV Only Wants the Big Spenders Dish and DirecTV are locked in mortal combat. Will lower prices beat higher quality -- or vice versa? |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2011
Brian Richards |
2 Things You Should Know About DIRECTV As it's become costlier to acquire new subscribers, the satellite provider has shifted its focus to higher-end customers. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Subscriber Growth Is a Dish Best Served Hot ... but it has gone stone cold for Dish Network. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2010
Anders Bylund |
DISH Sees the Writing on the Wall Satellite TV purveyor DISH Network just released a spartan earnings report, in more ways than one. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2010
Rick Steier |
DirecTV in Perfect Focus No other content delivery company can compare to DirecTV, for services and financial strength. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Churn, Baby, Churn Customer turnover is an important part of any subscriber business. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Netflix Isn't Killing DIRECTV Commodity cable services are waning; DIRECTV bucks the trend. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2010
Matthew Brown |
Comcast's Bread Loses Its Butter A drop in subscribers may suggest stiffening competition. |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Is DirecTV a Flash in the Pan? DirecTV credits its new on-demand service for some of its sales growth, along with attractive digital video recorder packages and a market-leading high-definition channel lineup. |
The Motley Fool
November 6, 2009
Anders Bylund |
DIRECTV Wins More Than It Loses With 18.4 million total subscribers, DIRECTV is becoming a force to be reckoned with. |
The Motley Fool
October 1, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Throw This Stock Away DISH Network has been steadily losing subscribers. Is it time to get rid of your DISH stock and replace it with something else? Take a look at: Direct TV... Liberty Capital... Netflix... |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Why Is DISH in Orbit Today? Dish is flying high today. But is there enough good news here to justify an investment? Read on. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2010
Anders Bylund |
This Is One Report Worth Ignoring! Nice quarter, DirecTV. How long can you keep up the charade? |
The Motley Fool
August 7, 2009
David Lee Smith |
Comcast Can't Buy Mr. Market's Love Despite Comcast growing its earnings 53% for the quarter, its shares hit reverse. |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2008
Anders Bylund |
DIRECTV Plays Defense on Demand Falling behind in the TV service arms race could be fatal, so DIRECTV is learning new tricks. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Just One Dish in a Crowded Buffet EchoStar isn't screaming "buy me!" at this point, but if the company can find a way to reverse the dropping subscriber growth, there could be good times still to come for investors. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2004
Ted Rogers |
Don't SAC Your ARPU Monitoring the ongoing performance of communications giants is a truly daunting task. SAC, ARPU, and churn, however, offer a way through the clutter to a quick measure of a telecom company's health. |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Is Dish Starting to Leak? Earnings are up, but sub growth is down, and Dish Network is having trouble keeping up with its competitors. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Low Churn, Happy DirecTV Investors A little short-term pain leads to lots of long-term cash for DirecTV. Spending more money now on the high-def and DVR boxes they're putting into customers homes, the satellite TV leader knows that this strategy will return higher demand from customers and a higher revenue stream in the future. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2007
Brendan Mathews |
DirecTV Dishes Out High-Def The satellite-TV provider has a leg up in a tough industry, thanks to its aggressive focus on HDTV. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
What's the Frequency, DirecTV? Competition with cable and phone companies is about to get more expensive for the satellite-Tv provider. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
December 5, 2005
Ronald Grover |
Static In Rupert's Satellite Dreams New technology lets cable offer goodies DirecTV can't - and customers are noticing. |
The Motley Fool
April 4, 2007
Toby Shute |
Fool on the Street: Hearing Directly From DirecTV DirecTV has proved the skeptics wrong thus far, but can it match cable over the long term? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2010
Anders Bylund |
This Company Should Stop Wasting Cash A fat share buyback sounds shareholder-friendly, but only if the purchases make sense. |
The Motley Fool
September 30, 2008
Tim Beyers |
This Is the Telco I'm Shorting The worst telco isn't even a full-fledged telecommunications provider. |
The Motley Fool
November 24, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
TiVo Still Firing at Satellites The three-year battle between TiVo and DISH Network rages on, with TiVo taking the latest punch. |
The Motley Fool
May 3, 2005
Ben McClure |
Gravity Grounds DirecTV The satellite entertainment giant dishes up subscriber growth -- but at what price? Investors expecting subscriber growth to translate into financial turnaround anytime soon may want to think again. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2011
David Lee Smith |
Cord-Cutting Is for Babies Comcast will likely show us all that its future is brighter than ever. |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Fool on the Street: DirecTV Is Flying Higher High-quality video, savvy sports programming, and targeted growth help DirecTV compete with cable. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Why Verizon Won't Buy DirecTV Verizon doesn't need a satellite TV operation, and it could hardly afford this one. |
The Motley Fool
May 6, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Enjoy the Good Times, DirecTV But do you want to be around when the business starts to rot? |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2011
David Lee Smith |
Comcast Continues to Expand Its Media Lead Following the market's wild and wacky weak, Comcast still leads the media parade. |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Why Did DirecTV Buy ReplayTV? DirecTV buys most of the assets of competing DVR specialist ReplayTV. It's not entirely clear what the satellite-slinger gains from this deal, though. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2006
Anders Bylund |
A Tale of Two Dishes: DirecTV vs. EchoStar Which of these satellite TV companies would you order? Is either of them a viable investment today? |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004
Grover & Lowry |
Satellite's Hot Pursuit Of Cable In the all-out war for subscribers, the satellite industry is clearly winning out over the cable industry. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2011
Stephane Fitch |
Hate the Blockbuster Deal? Dish Shares are Still a Bargain How should you play this sector? |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Pulls the Plug on DISH Network Disney and DISH battle over HD channel programming fees. |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2008
David Lee Smith |
A Dish (Network) to Set Aside While Dish added subscribers in the quarter, its rate of growth fell from the prior period. |
The Motley Fool
May 8, 2009
Anders Bylund |
DirecTV Flies High in This Recession Entertainment looks like a safe haven in a recession. But can DirecTV and others sustain their gains? |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Dueling Fools: TiVo Bull Rebuttal So what if TiVo loses DirectTV? Comcast is waiting. Madison Avenue wants and needs TiVo, while the big techs need a gateway that connects the Web and TV for targeted ads. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Comcast Paying for Cable Users Leading U.S. cable company's results impacted by cost to lure subscribers. The company's shares appear to be attractive relative to its 76% analyst-estimated earnings growth rate next year. |
The Motley Fool
November 8, 2007
Anders Bylund |
DirecTV Wants More Advanced Customers DirecTV is spending money on new customers now, with its lease program for its digital set-top receivers, in order to reap a lower taxable income in a few years. |
The Motley Fool
October 21, 2009
Adrian Rush |
The Daily Walk of Shame: DirecTV vs. Versus For nearly two months now, DirecTV and Comcast have been exchanging verbal jabs over Versus sports channel. |
Home Theater
February 1, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Satellite Ops Sue Over MA Tax DirecTV, Dish say the tax will drive their subscribers to cable. |
The Motley Fool
October 29, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Comcast Shows No Fear The cable industry is under attack, but Comcast can and will fight back. If you're looking for hypergrowth, this isn't it. But you might want to take a closer look in case your portfolio craves some dependable large-cap love. |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Satellite TV Wars Until Pegasus makes up with DirecTV, the stock remains speculative. |
