DirecTV, EchoStar Pay Dearly to Add Subs
DirecTV Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp. reported strong subscriber growth in the first quarter -- adding a combined 800,000 net new su
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GolTV Scores Comcast Launch
GolTV is being added to Comcast Corp.’s “Sports Tier” in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., corridor.
The MSO began
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Charter, Cable One Fuel Up
Fuel, Fox Cable Networks Group’s 24-hour extreme-sports network, announced launches on Charter Communications Inc. and Cable One Inc. syste
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TI Chips Away at ‘Fire Wire’
Texas Instruments Inc. Wednesday introduced a single-chip option for playing with “Fire Wire.”
The company said it
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Comcast Responds to Unions’ Criticism
Comcast Corp. CEO Brian Roberts and director Decker Anstrom are under heavy union fire.
The AFL-CIO, Communications Wo
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Two Sets of Numbers at Adelphia
According to former vice president of finance James Brown, select Adelphia Communications Corp. executives got to see two sets of financial r
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TLC Goes All Out to Tout Cox High-Speed Data
Discovery Networks U.S. has fashioned a partnership to promote Cox Communications Inc.’s high-speed Internet service using The Learning Cha
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TV One, Comcast PSAs Back African-American Voting
TV One and Comcast Corp. are launching a public-service-announcement campaign, “Lift Every Voice and Vote,” featuring a number of African
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CFOs: Digital Conversion Won’t Drain Capital
New Orleans -- Capital expenditures are expected to continue to decline, even with new products like digital-video recorders, cable-telephone
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Comcast Media Center Weighs VOD, HD Offerings
Executives at Comcast Corp.’s Comcast Media Center are in discussions with clients of Headend in the Sky to determine whether to add HDTV p
