RETRANS TALKS
SIMMER FOR DISH NETWORK, DIRECTV
At press
time, with New Year’s Day approaching and distribution contract
expirations looming, Dish Network and DirecTv were still trying
to wrap up several scattered retransmission consent deals to
avoid leaving customers without their full complements of local
television stations via satellite.
DIRECTV SEES
ROOM TO GROW IN LATIN AMERICA
With
a growing middle class to build upon in the region, DirecTv Latin
America expects no slowdown in the amount of net subscriber growth
the DBS service has been putting on the books the past several
quarters, DirecTv Latin America President Bruce Churchill said
during a recent financial conference.
DISH NETWORK
PUSHES FCC TO WRAP UP TERRESTAR, DBSD REVIEWS
WASHINGTON—Dish
Network representatives continued to make their way through the
halls at the Federal Communications Commission urging the agency
to quickly approve Dish Network’s plan to use the 2 GHz
licenses it has acquired from DBSD and Terrestar to deliver a
terrestrial and satellite-delivered data, voice, and video service.
AT&T DROPS
CALL FOR T-MOBILE
In a
move cheered by competitors and critics like Dish Network and
Sprint, but lamented by the parties themselves, AT&T abandoned
its $37 billion plan to acquire wireless competitor T-Mobile.
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