Dish Network

After losing an arbitration decision relative to its dispute with Comcast SportsNet California on Nov. 23,
Dish Network disconnected the regional sports network at midnight. The parties had been out of contract since September 2009.

Dish Network's McKeesport Customer Service Center is staying put, and that's a dash of good news for the job market in the Pittsburgh area.

"We've signed a new lease, and we're hiring," said Robin Zimmerman,

The Supreme Court is refusing to disturb a $74 million judgment against Dish Network Corp. for violating a patent held by TiVo Inc. involving digital video recorders. The justices denied Englewood, Colo.-based Dish's appeal Monday without comment.

Satellite TV provider Dish Network's stock has dropped more than 25% since mid June, when it started having problems with AT&T, one of its resellers (and the biggest U.S. phone company). Specifically, AT&T yanked a convertible note, and then a few weeks later, decided to terminate its five-year-old deal to resell Dish satellite TV at the end of 2008. But now AT&T...

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