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  • Versus-DirecTV Remain At Distribution Impasse

    Mike Reynolds, November 7, 2009
    Versus More than two months after their contract ended, Versus and DirecTV remain at distribution loggerheads, their impasse showing no signs of subsiding.  More
  • DirecTV Has Stable Q3

    Mike Farrell, November 5, 2009
    1372 DirecTV's growth train showed some signs of slowing down in the third quarter, as net new subscriber additions clocked in at 136,000 in the period, slightly behind analyst estimates.  More
  • Leahy Looks For "Short-Time" Agreement On Satellite Reauthorization

    John Eggerton, November 5, 2009
    Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said Nov. 5 he hoped to work with his colleagues to get a short-time agreement on the Judiciary committee version of the satellite reathorization bill that was passed out of committee Sept. 24.  More
  • Starz Is Ready To Rise

    by Mike Farrell, October 24, 2009
    Lucy Lawless in Starz's original series Crash The long-awaited restructuring of Liberty Media's Liberty Entertainment tracking stock got a boost last week after the company set a hard date — Nov. 19 — for a shareholder vote that would lead to the consolidation of its 57% interest in DirecTV and the spinoff of its Starz Entertainment premium channel into a separate entity.  More
  • NBA TV Hits A Three: Inks New Deals With Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Dish

    Mike Reynolds, October 22, 2009
    NBA TV logo NBA TV, having engaged in a full court distribution press, will reach some 45 million homes during the upcoming 2009-10 campaign -- an almost fourfold increase in its subscriber count from last season.  More
  • Dish Network Adds Women-Targeted Utilísima

    Laura Martinez, October 20, 2009
    Dish Latino this month added Utilísima to its Spanish-language offering, making strides in the largely untapped market for Hispanic women-focused content on pay television.  More
  • Liberty Entertainment Spin Vote Set For Nov. 19

    Mike Farrell, October 19, 2009
    1372 Liberty Media said late Monday that it has scheduled Nov, 19 for a shareholder vote that would restructure its Liberty Entertainment tracking stock, consolidating its 57% interest in DirecTV, while spinning out other assets, including Starz Entertainment.  More
  • Malone: GE Advisor Goldman Sachs Is On NBCU Listening Tour

    Mike Farrell, October 16, 2009
    John Malone New York — Liberty Media chairman John Malone said NBC Universal parent General Electric Co. has instructed its advisor Goldman Sachs to "listen, but not talk," to other parties concerning the still-in-negotiations NBCU/Comcast deal.  More
  • Dish: We Can't Deliver Noncom HD Channels By 2011

    John Eggerton, October 15, 2009
    In a letter to the House Energy & Commerce Committee Wednesday, Dish Network EVP and general counsel R. Stanton Dodge said the company would not be able to comply with a proposal that it deliver all noncommercial stations' HD signals by 2011 in markets where it delivers any local station HD signals.  More
  • House Committee Approves Satellite Reauthorization Bill

    John Eggerton, October 15, 2009
    The House Energy & Commerce Committee Thursday approved reauthorization of the bill granting satellite operators a compulsory license to carry distant TV network station signals.  More

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