"These filings will seek affirmation by the bankruptcy court of Pegasus Satellite Television's valuable rights as well as damages resulting from NRTC's and DirecTV's actions to impair those rights, including NRTC's breach of its duties to Pegasus Satellite Television, NRTC's majority owner." Pegasus said the filing should allow it to continue providing uninterrupted service to its 1.1 million rural subscribers while the dispute its adjudicated. Trading in Pegasus shares was halted for news Wednesday after closing at $15.43 Tuesday, down 79 cents. In premarket trading Thursday, the shares were down $5.13, or 33%, to $10.30. Pegasus shares have lost well over half their value since the company's last scrape with DirecTV. Pegasus stock zoomed to $51 earlier this year on investors' hopes that DirecTV's new management would buy out the company -- hopes that were cruelly dashed this winter.