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• Major League Baseball, Cable Operators Reach Agreement
• Major League Baseball Extends TV Deadline
• Senators Object to DirecTV Deal that Shuts Out Baseball Fans
• DirecTV Settles Do Not Call Charges
• DirecTV Telemarketers To Pay $75,000 Penalty
• Fired DirecTV Contractors Say They Refused To Lie To Customers
• Outbreak of DirecTV Porn Charges Hits Philadelphia
• DirecTV Fined $5 Million for Do-Not-Call Violations
• DirecTV Will Reform Ad Practices, Pay Millions in Refunds
• DirecTV Abandons Satellite Internet Plans
DirecTV is giving up on its Internet-by-satellite service. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, DirecTV said it would take a charge of up to $1.6 billion to write down the value of its so-called Spaceway project.
At one time, DirecTV had planned to use three Spaceway satellites to deliver high-speed Internet to subscribers but now says it will use the spacecraft for high-definition television (HDTV).
DirecTV has been adding video content and emphasizing HDTV since it was taken over by Rupert Murdoch`s News Corp. last year while backing off its earlier commitment to Internet services. It`s thought that company plans to partner with telephone companies to offer DSL internet connections as part of a service bundle.
The Spaceway satellites, built by Boeing Co., are highly complex and touted as extremely advanced. DirecTV plans to launch of the birds next year, keeping the third one on the ground as a spare.
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25.10.2004
DirecTV Abandons Satellite Internet Plans
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21.06.2004
Cablevision Rolls Out Internet/Cable/Phone Package
Competition for local telephone service is at last heating up, as cable companies begin their first serious push into local and long-distance service, routing calls over the Internet to avoid the call completion charges that artificially inflate the price of ... |
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22.07.2004
AT&T Abandons Residential Market
Facing plunging revenue and an unfriendly regulatory and legislative landscape, AT&T is abandoning the residential telephone market, though it says it will continue to serve existing customers.The company`s board of directors made the decision. It wants AT&T... |
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04.08.2004
Internet Phone Service: Curse or Cure?
The Internet has changed the way we live, not always for the best. But it has the potential to make amends in a big way if it delivers on what many experts believe is its potential to provide cheap, reliable telephone service.Verizon, the nation`s largest... |
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04.10.2004
Time Warner Rolls Out Internet Phone Service in NY, NJ
Time Warner Cable is taking aim at Verizon`s biggest market, rolling out Internet telephone service, or VOIP, in the New York and New Jersey area. During the initial launch, the service is being offered to employees and selected customers. The service will cost... |
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