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• Broadband Stimulus Attracting A Great Deal Of Attention As Echostar Sets Record

  BNET - 2009-09-28

  As part of the "Stimulus" bill or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ARRA signed by President Obama in March was a provision to set aside about $4 billion to aid in expanding broadband coverage. Part of this is also to be used in especially low served rural areas....

  Tags: Broadband, Stimulus, Satellite, EchoStar Communications Corp., Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, Matthew Potter

• Viacom and EchoStar sign TV deal

  Strategy Eye - 2009-01-22

  Viacom has reached a deal with satellite broadcaster EchoStar Communications to renew carriage of channels such as MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon on the company’s DISH Network. EchoStar spun out DISH last year but continues to operate the satellite fleet that serves the firm’s subscribers. The agreement will also...

  Tags: TV, EchoStar Communications Corp., Viacom Inc., Network Technology, Tv & Home Theater, Cable, Networking, Personal Technology, Telecommunications, MTV Networks, Sling Media, Nickelodeon, DISH Network, Jeremy Collum

• Don’t Touch That Technology -- Please

  BNET - 2008-06-30

  I got a link to an interview transcript from On the Media, the NPR program about the media industry, and had to pass it on because it’s one of the smarter discussions on technology and the Internet I’ve seen in a while. Jonathan Zittrain was hawking his new book, The...

  Tags: PC, Apple Inc., EchoStar Communications Corp., Zittrain, Internet, DVR, Digital Video, Desktops, Peer To Peer (P2P), Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Erik Sherman

• Iowa Telecom Announces Strategic Partnership with EchoStar

  - 2006-05-02

  NEWTON, Iowa -- Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. (NYSE: IWA) and EchoStar Communications Corporate (NASDAQ: DISH) today announced a strategic partnership to provide EchoStar's DISH NetworkTM digital satellite TV to Iowa Telecom customers. The relationship allows Iowa Telecom to offer customers multi-channel digital TV as part of its bundled service offerings,...

  Tags: EchoStar Communications Corp., Iowa, telecommunications

• The B&C.(NEWS & COMMENT)(Broadcasting and Cable)(Brief Article)(Illustration)

  - 2005-11-21

  CLOSE WEEK YTD Dow Jones 10720.22 0.8% -0.6% Nasdaq ...

  Tags: broadcasting, Cable, Cablevision Systems Corp., Clear Channel Communications Inc., Comcast Corp., Disney Corp., Dow Jones & Company Inc., EchoStar Communications Corp., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., NETWORKING, News Corp., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Time Warner Inc.

• The B&C.(NEWS & COMMENT)(broadcasting industry)(Brief Article)(Illustration)

  - 2005-09-19

  THE B&C 10 WEEK OF SEPT. 9-16 WEEK YTD -0.7% -4.1% BROADCAST TV GROUPS -1.7% -11.4% CABLE OPERATORS ...

  Tags: broadcasting, Cable, Cablevision Systems Corp., Comcast Corp., Disney Corp., Dow Jones & Company Inc., EchoStar Communications Corp., MARKETING, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs

• She's a TV anchor, not a lobbyist.(Barbara Harrison denys working with The America Channel)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-08-08

  In its noisy quest to gain carriage from Comcast Corp., The America Channel has assembled a few political, legal and financial advisers with Beltway connections. Kathleen Wallman, a former top lawyer in the Clinton White House, is handling official communications with the...

  Tags: Cable, counsel, EchoStar Communications Corp., Government, INTERNET, lobbyist, MARKETING, Steptoe & Johnson, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TV, Web, White House

• The B&C.(NEWS & COMMENT)(Brief Article)(Illustration)

  - 2005-06-27

  THE B&C WEK OF OCTOBER 22-29 THE B&C 10 WEEK 0.1% YTD -4.8% BROADCAST TV GROUPS WEEK -0.3% YTF -10.2% ...

  Tags: Cable, Clear Channel Communications Inc., Comcast Corp., Disney Corp., Dow Jones & Company Inc., EchoStar Communications Corp., MARKETING, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• The B&C.(News & Comment)(Broadcast and Cable)(Illustration)

  - 2005-04-11

  THE B&C WEEK OF APRIL 1-7 THE B&C WEEK 0.5% YTD -1.1% BROADCAST TV GROUPS WEEK 0.5% YTD -4.4% CABLE OPERATORS ...

  Tags: Cable, Cablevision Systems Corp., Clear Channel Communications Inc., Disney Corp., Dow Jones & Company Inc., EchoStar Communications Corp., MARKETING, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• NCTA, NAB Battle Dish’s HDTV Plan (Multichannel News)

  - 2004-09-27

  Washington-- The cable and broadcast industries are teaming to undercut an HDTV plan supported by EchoStar Communications Corp. that was included in satellite legislation awaiting a vote in the Senate. The National Cable & Telecommunications Association and the National Association of Broadcasters in a letter...

  Tags: broadcaster, Cable, EchoStar Communications Corp., NETWORKING, satellite, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, U.S. Senate