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03/03/2004
Law and Order
Tuesday’s complex agreement with EchoStar [DISH] brings Gemstar-TV Guide [GMST] one-step closer to tidying up a litigious mess and some 9mln subs nearer to full distribution of TV Guide Channel. EchoStar will make a one-time $238mln cash payment ($190mln for licensing intellectual property and $48mln for Gemstar’s declining C-band Superstar/Netlink Group LLC (SNG), UVTV distribution, […]
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03/03/2004
On the Circuit
Sponsorships for SkiTAM ’04 again sold out as more than 60 cable and broadband players ponied up to support CTAM’s annual benefit for the US Disabled Ski Team (Vail, April 1- 4).
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03/02/2004
Deals
Atlantic Broadband closed its $735mln acquisition of Charter [CHTR] systems with 228K subs Mon, and assumed management of the systems and their 450 employees immediately (Cfax, 9/4/03). Charter plans to use proceeds to repay bank debt and increase liquidity. The sale represents another return of cable’s old guard, with Continental Cablevision vets Dave Keefe and […]
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03/02/2004
Symonds Says
Two things happened a few weeks ago that got me thinking. In a strange way, one was related to the other, so bear with me. First, I read about the proposed Comcast/Disney deal and that Brian Roberts said he wanted to get deeper into the content business. That started my thought train. What sort of […]
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03/01/2004
Spat
EchoStar [DISH] subs got another reprieve Fri when a federal judge granted a 10-day temporary restraining order that keeps Viacom [VIA] from pulling signals for its cable nets and O&O CBS stations from DISH Net. It’s a case that could set precedents for retrans consent. The judge failed to grant the DBS provider’s request for […]
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03/01/2004
5 Questions with Mediacom evp, ops John Pascarelli
Can advanced services stem DBS sub losses? Yes, with the addition of DVRs, VOD and premium SVOD we’re going to be able to change the tide. How successful we’ll be remains to be seen. I think we’ve seen some of it already with high speed. I think the biggest driver this year will be HD. […]