Qwest, DirecTV expand satellite deal
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The two companies increase an alliance to bundle DirecTV's service with the telecom provider's own offerings.
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DirecTV Group  the largest U.S. satellite television service, will buy its controlling shareholder News Corp Ltd.'s  stakes in Sky Latin America for &#36;579 million and combine its operations with DirecTV Latin America, the companies said on Monday.
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U.S. cable operators have reached a  tentative accord to carry up to four digital channels of  non-commercial programming offered by public television  stations in each market, the two sides are expected to announce  later on Monday.
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New contract expands partnership to include Microsoft's Windows Live products for Verizon's DSL, Fios customers.
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Satellite television broadcast company DirecTV Group Inc. said Monday that it plans to purchase stakes in Sky Brasil, Sky Mexico and Sky Multi-Country Partners from News Corp., Liberty Media Corp. and others for $579 million in cash, as part of a reorganization of the company's Latin American operations.
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NEW YORK  - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd. will sell its stake in Sky Latin America to DirecTVGroup , another company which it controls, for $579million in order to consolidate operations of the two satellitebroadcasters, the companies said on Monday.
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In response to growing competition from cable and phone providers offering all-in-one service to consumers bundling television, Internet and voice calling, DirecTV is testing out a pilot voice over IP program. The initiative will fall under the DirecPath brand.
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By Hanah Cho, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 2--Comcast Corp. said yesterday that its rights to retransmit signals of Baltimore's Fox and CW networks have been extended for another month while the cable provider continues negotiating with Sinclair Broadcasting Group Inc. on a new deal.
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U.S. satellite TV operators DirecTV  Group Inc.  and EchoStar Communications Corp.   are expected to report steady subscriber growth in the fourth  quarter, but face a slowdown this year due to increased  competition from cable, analysts said.
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MCI Inc. MCIP.O has received a  $6.3 billion takeover bid from Qwest Communications  International Inc. Q.N and has held talks with another  potential suitor, Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N, sources  familiar with the situation said on Thursday.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s DirecTV Group Inc. will pay $579 million to consolidate its Latin American operations with other Murdoch-controlled satellite-television businesses in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Chile.
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Denver-based Qwest Communications International Inc. reportedly has agreed to settle fraud charges for $250 million. The Associated Press and Reuters reported Friday afternoon that Qwest (NYSE: Q) has agreed
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After weeks of speculation and controversy over an apparent deal between Major League Baseball and DirecTV that would limit access to baseball's Extra Innings package to subscribers of the satellite service, the parties announced the deal yesterday in a conference call, though they would not confirm the details of a widely reported seven-year, $700 million pact.
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Cablevision Systems Corp. said its Rainbow DBS unit is to buy five satellites from Lockheed Martin Corp. for about &#36;740 million as it expands its satellite television operations.
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A joint venture of rival satellite  television providers DirecTV Group Inc.  and EchoStar  Communications Corp.  bowed out on Wednesday of a  billion-dollar auction of U.S. licenses for advanced wireless  services.
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Cablevision Systems Corp. said its Rainbow DBS unit is to buy five satellites from Lockheed Martin Corp. for about $740 million as it expands its satellite television operations.
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WiMax broadband provider teams up with satellite companies DirecTV and Echostar to offer a bundle of broadband, TV and voice services.