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DirecTV Buys Pegasus Satellite

DirecTV Inc. has agreed to pay $875 million in cash for the outstanding assets of Pegasus Satellite Television Inc., the main direct-broadcas

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Time Warner to Launch Pentagon Channel

Time Warner Cable will begin rolling out Pentagon Channel later this month, the MSO said Monday.

The Defense Departmen

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Cox’s Parent Eyes Taking MSO Private

Cox Enterprises Inc.’s proposed take-out of Cox Communications Inc. lifted the cable sector Monday, with Cablevision Systems Corp. and Comc

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MSGN, FSNY Off Time Warner Systems

Barring a settlement, New York Mets fans in Time Warner Cable’s New York-area systems will miss their first Madison Square Garden Network-

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MacDonald Is a Persona Grata

Dean T. MacDonald has joined Persona Inc. as CEO.

MacDonald had been executive vice president and chief operating offi

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Digeo Picks Up Sunflower Deal

Digeo Inc. said independent cable operator Sunflower Broadband will deploy its Motorola Broadband Communications Sector “Moxi Media Center,

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Sub Growth Flat at Cable One

Cable One Inc. said it had 711,900 basic subscribers as of June 30, versus 714,500 at the end of June 2003.

The Washin

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Insight Pulls Plug on Comcast Indiana Deal

Insight Communications Co. Inc. announced that it has terminated a management agreement with Comcast Corp. for 89,000 subscribers in Indiana,

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Bright House Adds Ind. Univision Affil

Bright House Networks will add Indianapolis Univision Communications Inc. affiliate WIIH to its lineup in Indiana Aug. 9.

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Bay-Area Baseball Goes HD

Fox Sports Net Bay Area will close out the 2004 Major League Baseball season with 37 HDTV telecasts of Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Gi

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