Liberty Media, Echostar to bid for Intelsat: report
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Liberty Media Corp.   and EchoStar Communications Corp.  are preparing a joint offer for satellite-communications provider Intelsat Ltd, The Wall Street Journal's online edition said on Thursday.
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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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Commercial satellite operator Intelsat Ltd. lost use of one of its satellites Sunday -- a mishap that left some Internet customers without service and could thwart a proposed $5 billion deal to sell the company to a group of four venture capital firms. -The Washington Post
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Intelsat Ltd. is renegotiating its $5 billion deal with prospective buyer Zeus Holdings Ltd. after the failure of a satellite over the weekend, officials of the company that operates communications satellites said Tuesday.-The Washington Post
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Satellite TV giant EchoStar Communications Corp. on Tuesday reported its third-quarter earnings nearly tripled as the parent company of Dish Network, the nation&#39;s second largest satelite TV service, added about 350,000 new subscribers.
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EchoStar Communications Corp. said on Thursday it agreed to purchase a direct broadcast satellite from a unit of Cablevision Systems Corp. for &#36;200 million.
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Shares of DirecTV Group Inc. DTV.N   and EchoStar Communications Corp. DISH.O fell on Friday on   media and research reports that media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has   soured on the U.S. satellite television industry.
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London-based private-equity firm BC  Partners was in the lead to purchase satellite operator  Intelsat Ltd. for about $5 billion plus the assumption of about  $11.5 billion in debt, The Wall Street Journal Online reported.
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Echostar Communications Corp said on  Monday it will freeze prices for its most popular satellite  television packages until 2009 as competition sharpens in the  slowing U.S. economy, sending its shares down more than 4  percent.
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EchoStar Communications Corp   said on Monday that it will buy Sling Media Inc, a privately  held company known for its Slingbox device that relays home  television programs to laptops and cell phones.
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Liberty Media Corp. is set to announce  it has bought a controlling stake in Bodybuilding.com, a  Website operator and retailer targeting exercise buffs, for  more than $100 million, The Wall Street Journal reported on  Monday.
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The planned $3.1 billion takeover  of satellite operator Intelsat Ltd. could be in jeopardy after  an electrical problem ruined one of the company's satellites on  Sunday.
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Satellite television provider  EchoStar Communications Corp has yet to decide whether it will  bid in an upcoming auction of wireless airwaves that could be  used for mobile Internet services, Chief Executive Charlie  Ergen said on Monday.
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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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CenturyTel Inc. CTL.N will offer EchoStar Communications Corp. DISH.O satellite television service to its customers in 22 states, the rural telephone company said on Thursday.
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NEW YORK -- Intelsat Ltd., the pioneering satellite operator founded by a multinational government consortium, is being acquired by a group of investment funds for about $3 billion in cash, the third major buyout in the industry disclosed this year.
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CenturyTel Inc. (CTL.N) will offer EchoStar Communications Corp. (DISH.O) satellite television service to its customers in 22 states, the rural telephone company said on Thursday.