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06/24/2005
Editor's Note
Cfax staff email and phones will be down from 3pm today through Mon as we move to a new location. During that period contact us at: [email protected]
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06/09/2005
Malone Jets: Liberty's Dr Is Overboard
Dr John Malone resigned from Cablevision’s board Mon "to avoid any potential concerns that could arise from his being a director of the companies and Liberty, each of which owns programming companies," an SEC filing said. This could increase speculation that the Rainbow nets are in play. But Malone didn’t mention them at a recent […]
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05/31/2005
Marketing
Teen-targeted Varsity TV will raise its profile this summer when it becomes part of a major wireless carrier’s marketing campaign next month, Varsity’s Kelly Hoffman says. The wireless carrier (Hoffman would not reveal its identity) will begin carrying Varsity TV content on cell phones tomorrow, he said. In July Varsity will begin buying ads on […]
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05/05/2005
VoIP
Cablevision added Puerto Rico to the "Optimum Voice" flat-rate unlimited calling plan. Since launching VoIP in autumn’03 (Cfax 9/29/03), CVC has signed 272K voice subs.
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04/26/2005
War of the Words
Mid-Atlantic Sports Net took a shot at Comcast SportsNet with a full-page ad in Sun’s The Washington Post denouncing the MSO’s lawsuit as a "heavy-handed" attempt to "mislead and inflame" Washington Nationals’ fans. In an open letter to Nats supporters, MASN vp/exec gm Bob Whitelaw said Comcast is trying to hold DC’s new MLB franchise […]
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04/05/2005
VoIP
Sprint is delivering voice to more than 250K subs through deals with cable ops. It announced 5-yr, VoIP contracts Mon with Massillon Cable, Wave Broadband and Blue Ridge. Massillon launched voice in Jan, and Wave Broadband and Blue Ridge plan to begin launching in the 2nd half of ’05. Sprint’s also getting its 1st wireless […]