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Chilly 1Q for GCI

General Communication Inc. said Friday that its first-quarter profit fell to $1.9 million in 2004 from $2.6 million in the prior-year quarter

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Local Channels via DBS Chip Away at Mediacom

An aggressive expansion of direct-broadcast satellite local-to-local launches in its service territories contributed to a fifth consecutive q

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MTV, MusicNet Talking Digital Music

MTV Networks is expected to launch an online-music service powered by MusicNet later this year, Reuters reported.

Musi

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MSN Clicks with Foxsports.com

Foxsports.com (www.foxsports.com) will be the primary sports-content

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Comcast Flexin’ at Gaylord Texan

Comcast Corp. will be the exclusive video provider at Gaylord Entertainment Co.’s newly opened Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas, un

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Fitch Gives Its Insight on Insight

Fitch Ratings Ltd. said Friday that it has initiated coverage of Insight Communications Co. Inc.

The ratings firm said

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Shaw Filters Out Spam

Shaw Cablesystems G.P. said Thursday that its new electronic-mail filter blocked more than 5 million spam messages within its first week.

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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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