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January 15, 2009

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NEWS

• Motorola To Lay Off Another 4,000
  Motorola announced Wednesday it would lay off an additional 4,000 employees this year, including 3,000 positions in the Mobile Devices business and 1,000 in corporate functions and other business units. more » » » 
• Obama Adviser Lowers Broadband Expectations
  Washington—An Obama transition adviser on communications policy said Wednesday that the economic stimulus package will not be the vehicle for addressing all of the new administration's concerns about the availability of high-speed Internet access nationally. more » » » 

• House Republicans Protest DTV Delay
  Washington—A group of House Republicans is balking at President-elect Obama's effort to delay the conversion to all-digital broadcasting on Feb. 17, claiming the incoming administration is panicking based on false information about the readiness of the nation. more » » » 
• Charter Moving Closer to Restructuring?
  Charter Communications, which said last month that it would seek to negotiate a restructuring of its balance sheet with bondholders, made further steps in that direction Wednesday, eliminating its executive cash award plan and making changes to its other bonus compensation programs. more » » » 
• TCA '09: Programmers, Advertisers Struggle to Cash In on ‘Digital Playground’
  Los Angeles—There’s still a race on to figure out how to monetize entertainment on the Internet before the platform has been so embraced that viewers are creating their own viewing schedules online instead of on ad-supported broadcast, according to executives participating on digital streaming panel at the Television Critics Association meeting. more » » » 

Blogs

• The Satellite Dish
  Scott Greczkowski, ,
  The Fight Rages On
  Just when you think that the long ongoing feud between Echostar and Tivo is about to finally come to an end somebody goes and throws a monkey wrench into things. Last night a press release came out f...
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• Reynolds' Rap
  Mike Reynolds, ,
  Jinxed Jerseys
  Blame the less-than-intriguing NFL conference championship games on us. Among the presents Santa left under the Reynolds’ tree this past Christmas were a trio of NFL jerseys. My daughter Sam re...
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• The Satellite Dish
  Scott Greczkowski, ,
  Sling Founders Slingshot Away
  After what may have been the biggest and most important week in the life of Sling Media the visionaries behind the company are no longer with Sling. Blake and Jason Krikorian were the brainchild&rs...
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• The Satellite Dish
  Scott Greczkowski, ,
  Everybody Loves The 922
  Way back in May when I first reported about the new Dish Network 922 (then called the 722s) I knew this was going to be an amazing receiver. Now that the receiver has been officially announced it look...
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NEWS

• Dish, NFL Net Both Claim Victory In Court Ruling
  A court has refused to immediately order Dish Network to put NFL Network back on one of its most widely distributed tiers, the satellite company said Tuesday. more » » » 
• SAG Saga Remains Unchanged Despite Marathon Meeting
  A meeting of the full board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild, which lasted more than 30 hours on Monday and Tuesday, concluded without setting a mailing date for a strike authorization ballot and without the removal of controversial head negotiator Doug Allen. more » » » 
• TCA '09: Showtime’s Greenblatt Reveals Details on ‘L Word’ Spin-off
  Showtime President of Entertainment Bob Greenblatt spilled some details of the recently-piloted The L-Word spin-off: It will star The L Word’s Leisha Hayley and will be a “very different, substantially different show” from L-Word, he says. more » » » 
• TCA ’09: Online Expansion Fuel’s Showtime Sub Growth
  LOS ANGELES -- Showtime "continues to thrive" despite daunting economic conditions, growing by 1 million subs, to 16.5 million customers, through the end of 2008. more » » » 
• EchoStar To Deliver Satellite Services For Emergency Management          
  EchoStar reached an agreement with Vredes Inc. to provide satellite services for emergency management and other remote-location broadcast demands, officials said Wednesday. more » » » 

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