Dish Network faces DVR shutdown

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Not sure where to post this but...

Dish Network Corp. reported a 26 percent drop in first-quarter net income as the satellite TV company stepped up promotions to reel in customers. Its CEO also warned the company may shut down millions of digital video recorders in a dispute with TiVo Inc.

Dish CEO Charlie Ergen said Monday that he's prepared to shut down the DVRs if a court sides with TiVo in a patent-infringement case. The alternative is to pay TiVo, a pioneer in DVR technology, licensing fees.

"The only thing we can control is to shut down boxes, so we have to, obviously, if we were to lose in the court procedures," he told analysts during a conference call on the company's earnings. "We're prepared to do that. That obviously will have a material negative effect on our business."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100510/...NobmV0d29ya2Y-

Not good. I'll have to switch back to DirecTV in the fall if this happens grrr