Lawyer: Rigases Are Victims
The attorney defending the Rigas family against Adelphia Communications Corp.’s $3.2 billion civil claim claimed that the family, and not t
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Hopkins-de la Hoya Breaks 1M-Buy Mark
Home Box Office Pay-Per-View’s Sept. 18 Oscar de la Hoya-Bernard Hopkins middleweight-championship PPV fight didn’t break any PPV records
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Sony-MGM: Comcast Is Officially In
Sony Corp. announced Thursday night that it has reached a definitive agreement to purchase Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. and that Comcast Corp. wi
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SureWest Taps Grybas
Philip A. Grybas has joined SureWest Communications as senior vice president and chief financial officer.
Grybas had b
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Schleyer: ‘Beachfront’ Systems Are Rare
New York -- Adelphia Communications Corp. chairman and CEO Bill Schleyer said the just-launched auction of the company’s 5.4 million-subscr
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RCN Done with Manhattan Upgrade
RCN Corp. said Thursday that its network upgrade of customer buildings in Manhattan has been completed.
Its buildings
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Comcast Set to Expand Panasonic Deal
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said its Panasonic division expects to build on its existing set-top deal with Comcast Corp. to license Pa
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Israeli Op Names Chairman
Matav-Cable Systems Media Ltd. has named Meir Srebernik chairman.
Srebernik had been CEO of Dankner Investments Ltd.,
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Dish Adds Two Local-Channel Markets
EchoStar Communications Corp.’s Dish Network said Thursday that it will offer local channels via satellite in the Clarksburg-Weston, W. Va.
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Cablevision Taps IDT for International Service
Cablevision Systems Corp. has tapped IDT Corp. to provide international long-distance phone service for its voice-over-Internet-protocol “O
