SILVER SPRING, MD – Within the next five years, Americans will spend more than a third of their daily TV-viewing time watching on-demand programs rather than regularly scheduled shows…
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – EchoStar Communications Corporation announced Monday it has agreed to acquire Sling Media, Inc., a privately-held digital lifestyle products company.
EchoStar, through its DISH Network, is the…
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TORONTO – Puff TV Ltd., a pre-school interactive video-on-demand (VOD) channel based in Tel Aviv, has signed a VOD deal with Nelvana Enterprises for The Backyardigans, the hit co-production…
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – EchoStar Communications Corporation announced Monday that its Board of Directors has directed Management to pursue a possible separation of its businesses into two distinct publicly traded…
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MONTREAL – Bell Canada, together with the Montreal property developers Canderel and Proment Corporation, announced Tuesday the start of Phase II construction of new Bell Canada headquarters on Nuns’…
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SUWANEE, GA – Communications technology firm Arris Group Inc. announced plans Sunday to acquire cable and telecommunications equipment maker C-COR Inc. for about $730 million in cash and stock….
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LOS ANGELES – MySpace, the social networking platform, is launching a new, ad-supported mobile web site that will be free to users on mobile devices, Fox Interactive Media (FIM)…
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TORONTO – Help for dummies just keeps on coming.
The “OrganizeMy Electronic Filing Cabinet For Dummies” software, launched last February, is now being offered as a free download for…
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TORONTO – VisionTV, Canada’s multi-faith and multicultural television network, has produced a one-hour panel discussion program to accompany its broadcast of the controversial two-part mini series “Prairie Giant: The…
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MONT TREMBLANT – When Cogeco Cable began rolling out video on demand about five years ago, “we thought we were building a virtual video store,” says the company’s director…
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