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Versus-DirecTV Remain At Distribution Impasse
Mike Reynolds, November 7, 2009
More than two months after their contract ended, Versus and DirecTV remain at distribution loggerheads, their impasse showing no signs of subsiding. More
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DirecTV Has Stable Q3
Mike Farrell, November 5, 2009
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
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Leahy Looks For "Short-Time" Agreement On Satellite Reauthorization
John Eggerton, November 5, 2009Senate 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
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
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NBA TV Hits A Three: Inks New Deals With Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Dish
Mike Reynolds, October 22, 2009
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
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Dish Network Adds Women-Targeted Utilísima
Laura Martinez, October 20, 2009Dish 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
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
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Malone: GE Advisor Goldman Sachs Is On NBCU Listening Tour
Mike Farrell, October 16, 2009
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
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Dish: We Can't Deliver Noncom HD Channels By 2011
John Eggerton, October 15, 2009In 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, 2009The House Energy & Commerce Committee Thursday approved reauthorization of the bill granting satellite operators a compulsory license to carry distant TV network station signals. More
News from the Web
Wireless Industry: Give Us More Spectrum
Source: Broadcasting & Cable
Date: 11-06-2009 00:00:00 GMTVizrt takes Sky News 3D
Source: tvbeurope.com
Date: 11-06-2009 09:00:00 GMTDirecTV adds 136,000 subscribers
Source: www.fierceiptv.com
Date: 11-06-2009 04:44:31 GMTDirecTV Group Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Conference Call
Source: seekingalpha.com
Date: 11-06-2009 01:02:09 GMTDirecTV Q3 profit up but churn rises
Source: www.totaltele.com
Date: 11-05-2009 00:00:00 GMT
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