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DirecTV’s Gaming Series Offers $1 Million In Prize Money 06/17/2008
DirecTV's The 101 Network brings gaming back to its summer lineup with the broadcast of the Championship Gaming Series North America and World Final competitions, with $1 million in prize money up for grabs. More
DirecTV: Web’s A VOD Ally 07/13/2008
El Segundo, Calif.— DirecTV is betting that the Web will serve as a major technological ally as it tries to match cable in delivering on-demand video content.
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Hardly No Consumer Satisfaction: CFI Group Report By Linda Haugsted - 07/05/2008
When it comes to service from call centers, consumers rank the help they receive from cable and satellite companies worse than any other U.S. business group, including government agencies.
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Little Consumer Satisfaction For Cable/Satellite Calls Centers 07/01/2008
Consumers ranked the service they get from call centers for cable and satellite companies worse than any other business, including U.S. government agencies, according to a survey released July 1 by CFI Group of Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Appeals Court Upholds Rainbow DBS Verdict By Mike Farrell - 06/27/2008
Satellite builder Loral Space & Communications said Friday that a New York State appeals court has upheld a $52 million award to the company relating to an earlier lawsuit against Rainbow DBS Holdings.
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Dish/AT&T Headed For Divorce? By Mike Farrell - 06/18/2008
Dish Network said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Tuesday that AT&T has notified the company it will exercise put rights for its portion of a $500 million note convertible into Dish shares, a move that Sanford Bernstein cable and satellite analyst Craig Moffett said is further evidence that the two are getting growing apart.
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BIT RATE Todd Spangler, Technology Editor, Multichannel News March 20, 2008 Joost Goes to the Hoop
Joost, the Internet TV startup backed by CBS, Viacom and others, will test out i... More
Scan Forward Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, editor-in-chief, Multichannel News September 16, 2007 High Definition Sh-t
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – “The Best Sh-t On Television.”
And, you g... More
Jimmy Schaeffler Jimmy Schaeffler, Chairman/CSO, The Carmel Group July 23, 2007 Getting a "Free" Bird
In the more than three years since April 2004, when Rupert Murdoch shut down the more... More
USA Network's Sandy 'Burn Notice' USA Network transplanted ‘Burn Notice’s’ Miami beach setting to Times Square for a promotional event in support of the second-season premiere of the original series.
Comcast's New Video Wall The 83-by-25-foot, 10-million-pixel high-definition video wall located in the lobby of Comcast's new corporate headquarters has become quite a tourist attraction in downtown Philadelphia.
National Educational Computing Conference Operators, programmers, Cable in the Classroom and CTAM shared their resources with more than 18,000 school leaders, educational technology purchasers and decision-makers this week at the National Educational Computing Conference in San Antonio.
HBO Heats Up Summer With Documentaries
HBO Documentaries & Family President Shelia Nevins discusses the pay network's strategy of airing weekly documentaries throughout the summer.
