As part of the piracy crackdown, 17 Web sites that were allegedly selling illegal equipment or offering technical advice on stealing signals have been disabled:
spacetwister.com
angelpride.com
devilscrypt.com
dssword.com
ftafix.com
dsstoybox.com
extremen2.com
globalpayment.com
d*sharm.com
internationalhosting.info
outerlimitsatellitesupplies.com
satgroup.ca
overseashostingonline.com
d*shtoybox.com
nagra2hack.com
dsswholesale.com
armsecuritysolutions.com

The raids were simultaneously conducted at storefronts and residences in Niagara Falls, Amhurstburg, Brampton, Innisfil, Mississauga and Markham, Ontario, according to E*hoStar

More units are coming back to life now since providers pulled MAP57. DVB is up and others will be back up soon. Seems Team Reliable has helped quite a bit this time. This was badly needed too. As long as FTA’s are up, the masses have their free TV the easy way. MAP57 & 3B are public now so look for several releases this coming week from various manufacturers. Competiton is good for the industry and keeps prices low & features up..Nagrastar is changing directions tho, and we will probaly see more new revs coming quicker.It’s cat & mouse now till providers tighten up their security. I’m pretty sure we will have tv for some time yet tho. Enjoy it!

Experienced this today on 119 around 2 PM local at Latitude 15N. This happens for about 10 mins. as the sun passes directly behind the sat. As the sun goes lower the blackout latitude will get higher. There are calculators out there to show you the exact dates and times from your location. Try Google.

For those all happy bout the change of events, don’t get your hopes up too high. You more than likely be in the same boat you were in this past June. My guess enjoy until friday of ths week but later than 23 of this month for sure. Word is dish will initiate 3 map calls instead of 1.

Dishnet REV10B update

; ** STREAM PACKETS **
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; ** DECRYPTED **
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; ** BREAKDOWN **
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; ** PATCHES **
; REV10A_update_patch:
; disable module
$91D51 00
; update module code (clear old)
$928C=83838383838383838383838383838383
$929C=83838383838383838383838383838383
$92AC6 838383838383
; update last byte of rev to “A”
$30D71 41

; REV10B_update_patch:
; update module code
$91D7=8A9BA602B748CD927ECD59DA019080CD
$91E7=5AC00A00019003A6F888A6918888CC91
$91F7=21905F5FA601B74AA690B74BD601A8AA
$9207=01D701A83F48A618CD58ECB64AB744B6
$9217=4BB745A607CD927EA618CD596BB64AB7
$9227=44B64BB745A603B748A63BCD927E3F48
$9237=A60CCD927E905C90A302240B9FAB2897
$9247=A628CD58EC20B5A643CD927ECD5AC001
$9257=90040040A644CD927ECD5AC001D00400
$9267=40A644CD927ECD59DA019080CD5AC004
$9277=44019002869887888990898ACD384086
$92875 9085858481
; enable module
$91D51 07
; update last byte of rev to “B”
$30D71 42

** DISASSEMBLY **
91D7: 8A push CC
91D8: 9B sim
91D9: A602 ld A,#$02
91DB: B748 ld $48,A ; $48 = 2
91DD: CD927E call MapCall_ ; (02) set default size
91E0: CD59DA call ClearRAM
91E3: 0190 .dw 0190 ; dest
91E5: 80 .db 80 ; len
91E6: CD5AC0 call Copy
91E9: 0A00 .dw 0A00 ; src
91EB: 0190 .dw 0190 ; dest
91ED: 03 .db 03 ; len
91EE: A6F8 ld A,#$F8
91F0: 88 push A ; push F8 91 91
91F1: A691 ld A,#$91
91F3: 88 push A
91F4: 88 push A
91F5: CC9121 jp $9121

91F8: 905F clr Y ; Y = 0
91FA: 5F clr X ; X = 0
91FB: A601 ld A,#$01
91FD: B74A ld $4A,A
91FF: A690 ld A,#$90
9201: B74B ld $4B,A ; RC2 = 0190

:_LOOP_
9203: D601A8 ld A,($01A8,X)
9206: AA01 or A,#$01
9208: D701A8 ld ($01A8,X),A ; $01A8 |= 01
920B: 3F48 clr $48 ; $48 = 0
920D: A618 ld A,#$18
920F: CD58EC call ADD_A_to_RC2 ; RC2 += 18h
9212: B64A ld A,$4A
9214: B744 ld $44,A
9216: B64B ld A,$4B
9218: B745 ld $45,A ; 44:45 = RC2
921A: A607 ld A,#$07
921C: CD927E call MapCall_ ; (07) import [44:45] to MR_D
.
921F: A618 ld A,#$18
9221: CD596B call Sub_A_from_RC2 ; RC2 -= 18h
9224: B64A ld A,$4A
9226: B744 ld $44,A
9228: B64B ld A,$4B
922A: B745 ld $45,A ; 44:45 = RC2
922C: A603 ld A,#$03
922E: B748 ld $48,A ; $48 = 03
9230: A63B ld A,#$3B
9232: CD927E call MapCall_ ; MapCall_ (3B) ?
.
9235: 3F48 clr $48 ; $48 = 0
9237: A60C ld A,#$0C
9239: CD927E call MapCall_ ; (0C) export MR_C to [44:45]

923C: 905C inc Y ; Y++
923E: 90A302 cp Y,#$02
9241: 240B jruge $924E ; if Y

Fri Aug 18, 2006 LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A judge has ordered E*hoStar to disable the digital video recorders used by several million subscribers to its D*sh satellite TV service because they infringe on patents held by TiVo. E*hoStar’s DVRs must be disabled within the next 30 days.

Thursday’s ruling from U.S. District Judge David Folsom in Marshall, Texas, demands that within 30 days E*hoStar must basically render useless all but 192,708 of the DVR units it has deployed.

The decision comes four months after a jury ruled that E*hoStar should pay TiVo $74.9 million because it willfully infringed TiVo patents that allow for the digital storage of TV programming.

The judge also denied E*hoStar’s request that the injunction be stayed pending appeal, making it difficult for E*hoStar to continue offering its subscribers’ DVR functionality without striking a quick licensing deal with TiVo or another DVR maker.

While the injunction battle clearly was won by TiVo, the scrappy pioneer of the DVR industry also was handed a loss Thursday when Folsom ruled against its request that the jury award be tripled. The judge, however, ordered E*hoStar to pay an additional $5.4 million in interest payments and $10.3 million in supplemental damages, bringing the amount E*hoStar owes TiVo to nearly $90 million.

Bell ExpressVu Launches Discovery HD

Toronto, ON, January 27, 2006:

Bell ExpressVu has announced the addition of Discovery HD to its lineup, bringing Canadian viewers the first 24/7 high-definition specialty channel available in Canada. Discovery HD will be available to customers as a free preview until July 2006. The channel will broadcast live events plus original Canadian productions, in addition to already popular shows like American Chopper and Monster Garage.

“High definition is an explosive new frontier in the digital television market. and Bell ExpressVu is continuing to break exciting new ground as the number one source for HD programming in Canada,” commented Pat Button, Vice President, Marketing, Bell ExpressVu. “We’re here to deliver the absolute best in HD programming anywhere, and Discovery HD is going to be the next big hit with Canadian HD viewers. With the ultimate in immersive entertainment programming, plus expanding viewing options that are available with personal video recorders such as the 9200 dual-tuner HD PVR, ExpressVu has it all right now. And we are only going to get better.”

Customers can rent the 9200 HD Personal Video Recorder (PVR) Plus for $15 per month on a two-year term, which includes a lifetime warranty and free installation

DALLAS - E*hoStar Communications Corp. rushed to a federal appeals court Friday in a successful bid to avoid shutting down more than 3 million digital video recorders used by customers of its D*sh satellite-TV service.

But the victory could be only temporary. E*hoStar is fighting an uphill battle against TiVo Inc., which convinced a jury in April that E*hoStar infringed on its patented TV-viewing technology in making set-top boxes for D*sh customers.

Late Thursday, the federal district court judge who presided over the trial also sided with TiVo. He issued an injunction ordering E*hoStar to stop selling the recorders and to turn off machines already in customers’ homes within 30 days.

Judge David Folsom also ordered E*hoStar to pay TiVo $89.6 million in damages - more than the $74 million the jury awarded.

The ruling helped push TiVo shares up more than 8 percent Friday. Investors kept bidding the shares higher even after a federal appeals court in Washington temporarily blocked the order to disable E*hoStar’s video recorders.

The appeals court said that it wasn’t ruling on the merits of the case, only that it wanted more time to study whether the injunction should be delayed until appeals can be heard.

Meanwhile, E*hoStar finds itself under attack in a Florida court on a separate issue that could also force it to curtail services to D*sh customers.

E*hoStar asked the Florida judge to delay until Sept. 11 an order that D*sh stop selling signals of distant network stations - for example, a customer in Dallas who wants to receive broadcasts from ABC, CBS, NBC or Fox affiliates in New York or Los Angeles. The judge denied the request.

A E*hoStar spokeswoman, Kathie Gonzalez, said the company had appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court and was negotiating with broadcasters who had sued E*hoStar to prevent customers from losing their distant programming.

Both cases hold the potential to cost D*sh customers, but the TiVo affair is easily the more serious, said analyst Matthew Harrigan of Janco Partners Inc.

“There is absolutely no way they can turn off those (recording) boxes without getting blind-sided. They would lose a lot of customers,” Harrigan said. “People who use those boxes really like them. They would be furious.”

That was the argument E*hoStar lawyers made in asking the appeals court in Washington to block Judge Folsom’s injunction. Forcing D*sh to disable those boxes would force customers to give up a treasured service or find new video-recording service from another provider, the lawyers said.

E*hoStar said it continued to believe it didn’t infringe TiVo’s patent for “time-warp” technology - the ability to record a live television program while playing another. But E*hoStar also said it was working on modifications to its recorders to avoid future claims of patent infringement.

Gonzalez, the spokeswoman for Englewood, Colo.-based E*hoStar, said more than 3 million of D*sh’s 12.5 million subscribers use an E*hoStar recorder that would have been affected by Folsom’s ruling. D*sh is the nation’s second-largest satellite-TV provider, behind D*recTV.

If the Texas judge’s $89.6 million award stands up on appeal, it would represent about half a year’s revenue for TiVo, which hasn’t earned a profit since its founding in 1997. The potential boon could be seen Friday in Alviso, Calif., company’s stock price.

TiVo shares rose 53 cents, or 8.2 percent, to close the day at $7.02 on the Nasdaq Stock Market. E*hoStar shares dropped 30 cents, or just under 1 percent, to $32.45.

TiVo hopes that a victory against E*hoStar will convince other cable and satellite-TV providers that sell digital video recorders, or DVRs, other than TiVo’s to agree to pay royalties and licensing fees to the company whose name is synonymous with recording TV on a hard drive.

TiVo has a licensing agreement with the nation’s largest satellite-TV provider, D*recTV, which has 3 million TiVo users. A deal with Comcast Corp., which has more than 23 million cable-TV subscribers, is set to begin in the fourth quarter. TiVo is still chasing deals with the other leading cable providers.

“The company on its own is running OK,” said Daniel Ernst, an analyst for Soleil Securities. “Prevailing against E*hoStar isn’t necessary for their success and growth, but certainly it would be a nice catalyst.”

The appeals court gave TiVo until next Wednesday to respond to Friday’s move blocking the injunction against E*hoStar.

The case is far from over. Even TiVo could appeal.

The Texas judge could have tripled the jury’s $74 million award because jurors found that E*hoStar willfully infringed TiVo’s patent. TiVo is considering seeking a larger award on appeal, said spokesman Elliot Sloane.

As one battle appears coming to an end for E*hoStar, another legal struggle seems certain to remain in the courts for some time to come. The finalization of a court stay of E*hoStar’s patent infringement lawsuit against TiVo and Humax USA all but ensured a lengthy litigation process and invoked comments from the disputing companies.
Following U.S. Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven’s previous stay order, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will reexamine the proceedings of certain E*hoStar patents - as requested by TiVo - before the case will proceed.

“The reexamination requests TiVo submitted detail how a large number of art references that the USPTO did not previously consider raise substantial new questions regarding the validity” of E*hoStar’s claims, TiVo said in a statement. “TiVo will continue to defend its technology vigorously and will not be intimidated by claims E*hoStar asserted in response to TiVo’s successful suit against E*hoStar.”

In response, E*hoStar’s Director of Corporate Communications Kathie Gonzalez told SkyREPORT, “We are anxious to get to trial because we believe Tivo’s DVRs infringe on our technology. We’re confident the patent office will confirm the validity of our patents.”

In April a jury found E*hoStar willfully infringed TiVo’s time warping patent in the company’s suit against the DISH Network operator, and TiVo said it will continue to pursue its rights in the case.

“As we’ve said before, this is the beginning of a very long process and we are confident we will ultimately prevail,” Gonzalez said.

One investor’s damage control is another movie-lover’s jackpot: just one way to interpret the latest news coming from DISH country.

In a move sure to please the company’s subscribing cinemaphiles - and to soften recent negative publicity from it’s lack of success in court - E*hoStar’s DISH Network inked a new deal with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group to carry the studio’s current and catalog titles on its VOD platform- DISH On Demand.

According to the companies, the content beamed to DISH subscribers will also be available via pay-per-view services- some in high definition.

DISH’s On Demand service is available to customers with select DISH DVRs. The company’s pay-per-view offering is available 24/7, and customers with HD-capable receivers can tune into PPV movies in high-def- all of which can be ordered via remote control.