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• This Just In.(Time Warner Inc. settles fraud case with Alaska, United States Tennis Association to acquire stakes in Tennis Channel, EchoStar Communications names David Goodfriend as lobbyist)

  - 2006-12-11

  By Staff Time Warner Settles Case With Alaska Staff Anchorage, Alaska -- Time Warner Inc. settled a securities fraud case with the state of Alaska on Friday. While the company agreed...

  Tags: advertisement, DirecTV, EchoStar Communications Corp., network, Time Warner Inc.

• The Adelphia deadlock: the FCC is split and lobbyists want conditions put on the sale of the cable-system operator's assets.(Adelphia Communications Corp. assets are acquiring by Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Inc.)(Federal Communications Commission )

  - 2006-02-06

  WASHINGTON -- Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Inc. could be forced to renounce exclusive sports-programming deals and pledge to keep their high-speed Internet lines open to all forms of Web content and commerce before federal regulators allow them to WASHINGTON -- Comcast Corp. and...

  Tags: Adelphia Communications Corp., asset, cable, Comcast Corp., DirecTV, EchoStar Communications Corp., FCC, merger, satellite, Time Warner Inc.

• 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.

• Death of bill in Texas boosts TW, EchoStar.(EchoStar Communications Corp., Time Warner Inc.)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-06-06

  Time Warner Cable and EchoStar Communications are the likely beneficiaries of the death of a Texas bill that would have made it easier for telephone companies to get into the video business. Telcos SBC Communications and Verizon had lobbied Te ...

  Tags: cable, EchoStar Communications Corp., phone, SBC Communications Inc., telecommunications company, Time Warner Inc.

• EchoStar's Dish Network targets Time Warner defectors with new

  - 2005-04-22

  Hoping to take advantage of the ongoing Time Warner-Cablevision impasse over MSG Network and Fox Sports New York, EchoStar Communications Corp.'s Dish Network has launched a new promotional package that would give new customers those stations in a package priced at $24.99 for one year.

  Tags: EchoStar Communications Corp., network, Time Warner Inc.

• SEC sends more letters: DBS, Time Warner are queried on subscriber counts.(United States. Securities and Exchange Commission)

  - 2004-07-12

  WASHINGTON -- Time Warner Cable, EchoStar Communications Corp. and DirecTV Group Inc. were the latest pay TV companies to receive letters from the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding their method of counting and reporting subscriber totals WASHINGTON -- Time Warner Cable, EchoStar Communications Corp....

  Tags: Cox Communications Inc., EchoStar Communications Corp., SEC, Time Warner Inc.

• Si TV adds backing: EchoStar, Time Warner join investors providing $60M to Anglophone net aimed at Hispanic households.

  - 2004-04-12

  Si TV distributors EchoStar Communications Corp. and Time Warner Inc. are also putting money behind the new English-language Latino-themed network, officials said last week. EchoStar and Time Warner are part of a group of companies giving Si ...

  Tags: EchoStar Communications Corp., Time Warner Inc.

• Network drops averted--for now.(programmers reach deals with EchoStar and DirecTV)

  - 2004-01-05

  At the eleventh hour, squabbling programmers and direct-broadcast satellite providers declared temporary ceasefires last week, with EchoStar Communications Corp. and DirecTV Inc. able to avert dropping any networks. But in a spat between a distributor and programmer that wasn't resolved,...

  Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Cox Communications Inc., EchoStar Communications Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc., Time Warner Inc.

• Deals wanted: networks end year seeking carriage pacts.

  - 2003-12-22

  As 2003 draws to a close, negotiations between several operators and networks over carriage deals set to end on Dec. 31 are going down to the wire, with little certainty of resolution. On the other side of the spectrum, Comcast Corp. and...

  Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., EchoStar Communications Corp., negotiation, network, sports network, Time Warner Cable Inc., Time Warner Inc.

• Hughes On Market?

  - 2000-09-11

  GM is close to decision on possible sale of DirecTV. GM Vp Harry Pearce has acknowledged holding discussions about Hughes Electronics HE that includes DirecTV unit with number of suitors, including potential partners and prospective buyers. Pearce said final decision could come within "few months." GE...

  Tags: advertisement, agreement, AT&T Corp., broadcaster, Cable, DirecTV, EchoStar Communications Corp., FCC, Government, Hughes Electronics, INTERNET, NETWORKING, programming, radio, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Time Warner Entertainment Co. L.P., Time Warner Inc., TVs