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"The federal court decision requires EchoStar to pay roughly $90 million in damages as well as to stop selling DVRs that the court had earlier ruled violated patents held by TiVo (TIVO). What's more, the ruling also requires EchoStar to turn off existing DVR service within 30 days. Although EchoStar has won a federal appeals court injunction against the award, it still faces the specter of Dish having to turn off as many as 4 million DVRs, figures Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst Craig E. Moffett. That would make EchoStar customers easy pickings for satellite competitor DirecTV or cable."