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- DBS, cable bidders may seek alternative partners; Nontraditional bidders withdraw from AWS auction.(News)
- Byline: KELLY HILL Despite initial anticipation that cable and satellite companies would use the advanced wireless services spectrum auction to catapult into the mobile marketplace, the hype doesn't seem to be panning out. However, walking aw Byline: KELLY...
- Research articles 2006-08-21
- The FCC last week issued rules on how it will handle complaints against satellite companies that are still carrying TV stations without consent six months after satellite TV reform passed Congress.(Brief Article)
- According to that law, satellite companies have a six-month grace period, which ends May 29, to carry any local station, after which satellite companies must ... According to that law, satellite companies have a six-month grace period, which ends May 29, to carry any...
- Research articles 2000-01-31
- Globalstar touts successes one year after bankruptcy.(News)
- Satellite carrier Globalstar heralded its successes a year out of bankruptcy, claiming new products and services, expanded coverage, reduced costs and a growing subscriber base. Satellite carrier Globalstar heralded its successes a year out of bankruptcy, claiming new products and services, expanded...
- Research articles 2005-05-23
- U.S. Judge: Kentucky Satellite Tax Fair.(DirecTV Inc. and EchoStar Communications LLC filed a suit aginst Mark Treesh)(excise tax on satellite-delivered video services )
- By Linda Haugsted The issue of whether it's legal for a state to tax satellite-delivered video services was muddied last week, as a federal judge in Kentucky ruled that an excise tax there is fair and nondiscriminatory. ...
- Research articles 2006-04-10
- DBS companies respond to EchoStar price drop. (direct broadcast satellite companies DIRECTV and AlphaStar Digital Television)
- It didn't take long for direct broadcast satellite DBS companies to take up the $199 price gauntlet thrown down by EchoStar. It didn't take long for direct broadcast satellite DBS companies to take up the $199 price gauntlet thrown down by EchoStar.
- Research articles 1996-08-19
- Must carry: must settle for DBS. (direct broadcast satellite, must carry regulation)
- If it were up to the House Commerce Committee, EchoStar would get a law this year that would allow it to retransmit local signals in local markets without full must-carry requirements. A bill that would grant direct broad-cast satellite DBS comp If it...
- Research articles 1998-04-06
- FCC nixes merger. (Vidbits).(Direct broadcast satellite providers cannot merge)
- The Federal Communications Commission last week declined the proposed merger between direct broadcast satellite providers DirecTV Inc. and EchoStar Communications, all but killing chances of the deal going through. The deal is still being reviewed The Federal Communications Commission last week declined the...
- Research articles 2002-10-14
- FCC Implements local into local.(Brief Article)
- The FCC has launched the first of several rulemakings necessary to implement a new law allowing satellite providers to offer local broadcast signals. The agency is seeking public input on whether rules for retransmission consent agreements between The FCC has launched the first...
- Research articles 2000-01-03
- Satellite Firms Cash In on Dispute between Fox, Cox Communications.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Jan. 4--Satellite companies are profiting from a dispute between Fox Entertainment Group Inc. and cable provider Cox Communications Inc., which has cut off 260,000 Northern Virginia subscribers from Channel 5. Jan. 4--Satellite companies are profiting from a dispute between Fox Entertainment Group Inc. and...
- Research articles 2000-01-03
- NASA deal may save satellite company. (Columbia Communications) (Brief Article)
- Independent satellite company Columbia Communications has dodged what seemed certain bankruptcy by restructuring its satellite lease deal with NASA. Independent satellite company Columbia Communications has dodged what seemed certain bankruptcy by restructuring its satellite lease deal with NASA.
- Research articles 1993-07-26
- To KYPX: DIY.(Capital Watch)
- KYPXTV Camden, Ark., can't force EchoStar to make room for a satellite-dish antenna the company plans for delivering its signal to the direct-broadcast satellite provider's Little Rock, Ark., facility, the FCC has ruled. As part of plans to offer KYPXTV Camden, Ark., can't force...
- Research articles 2004-01-26
- Qualcomm Inc.'s Wireless Business Solutions Europe and satellite provider Eutelsat have signed a five-year agreement. (News Briefs).
- Qualcomm Inc.'s Wireless Business Solutions Europe and satellite provider Eutelsat have signed a five-year agreement to implement fleet management solutions in the European marketplace. The companies plan to bring EutelTRACS mobile communications s Qualcomm Inc.'s Wireless Business Solutions Europe and satellite provider Eutelsat...
- Research articles 2001-11-26
- Sat TV gets closer to local.(Brief Article)
- The Senate last week unanimously approved legislation that would allow satellite TV companies to offer local broadcast signals, which should allow them to compete more effectively with cable. The bill requires satellite companies to carry all The Senate...
- Research articles 1999-05-24
- No DBS tax, satellite companies urge.
- Satellite broadcasters urged the FCC to reject Time Warner's request that it levy a 5% fee on satellite companies' gross receipts. The cable giant on March 10 asked the FCC to impose the fee and use the proceeds to fund public broadcasting programs Satellite...
- Research articles 1999-03-22
- FTC backs DBS local-into-local. (Federal Trade Commission, direct broadcast satellite to offer local broadcast)(Brief Article)
- Consumers will benefit from allowing direct broadcast satellite DBS companies to offer local broadcast signals in markets, the Federal Trade Commission told the U.S. Copyright Office last week. The agency also said that full mustcarry rules, whi Consumers will benefit from allowing direct...
- Research articles 1998-04-06
- Satellite distributor PrimeTime 24 no longer can retransmit ABCs signals to my- In Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
- Satellite distributor PrimeTime 24 no longer can retransmit ABCs signals to my- In Raleigh-Durham, N.C., according to U.S. District Judge Frank W. Bullock Jr. "The court has found that no reasonable fact-finder could fail to find that PrimeTime Satellite distributor PrimeTime 24 no longer can...
- Research articles 1998-08-24
- McCain Plugs Limited Must-Carry for DBS.(John McCain; direct broadcast satellite)
- WASHINGTON -- Senate Commerce Committee chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) is circulating draft legislation that would phase in must-carry on direct-broadcast satellite carriers that opt to offer local-TV signals. The cable and broadcast industries o WASHINGTON -- Senate Commerce Committee chairman John McCain...
- Research articles 1998-09-07
- Good DirecTV. Better DirecTV.(DIRECTV Inc. after being acquired by Liberty Media)
- By Linda Moss & R. Thomas Umstead Malone May Exploit Satellite Service Better Than Murdoch For the past few years, cable has faced a formidable rival in DirecTV, led by controlling shareholder News Corp., the $25.3 billion...
- Research articles 2007-05-07
Additional Resources
- Loral To Build Apstar-2r Communications Satellite For Apt Satellite Company, Ltd. Of Hong Kong
- PALO ALTO, Calif., June 13, 1995--BUSINESS WIRE--Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Corporation, has received a contract from the APT Satellite Company, Ltd., Hong Kong, to build APSTAR- 2R, a communications satellite that will provide regional and international telecommunications services to the Asia-Pacific area.
- Research articles 1995-06-13
- Primestar pushes rollup. (Primestar Partners creating new direct broadcast satellite company)(Brief Article)
- Primestar Partners has decided not to wait for regulatory approval on license transfers before creating a new direct broadcast satellite company. To ensure that they keep high-power frequencies at 119 degrees west and to regain competitive momentum, the partners have...
- Research articles 1998-02-16
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