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The King of HDTV By Johnnie L. Roberts at Newsweek.com John Malone built a cable empire that changed television forever. Now he's trying to repeat the feat with a high-definition satellite-TV dynasty. A short time ago, in a galaxy that seems far, far away, John Malone was the Emperor of Cable...

Cablevision To Give CEO James Dolan $2.8M For Company Performance By Chad Clinton DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -- Cablevision Systems Corp. (CVC) disclosed Tuesday that it will pay Chief Executive James L. Dolan a $2.8 million award as a result of the company's performance. The...

John Malone on VOOM In a lengthy and wide-ranging interview in the upcoming April 4 issue of Broadcasting and Cable, John Malone talks about a lot of issues facing the broadcast, satellite and cable industries. Here is an excerpt relating to Cablevision, Chuck Dolan and VOOM. Here in...

So how does this story (from Tuesday's New York Times) fit in everyone's predictions of the future? Cablevision May Join Adelphia Bid By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN The New York Times March 29, 2005 Cablevision Systems is in advanced talks to join two big private equity firms that are...

Deal to Save Voom May Be in Works By PETER GRANT Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL March 7, 2005 Executives working for Voom, the satellite service owned by Cablevision Systems Corp., have assured Sears, Roebuck & Co., the largest retailer of the service, that they likely have a deal...

Family Divide More details on the Dolans “feud” – and what it may mean for the future By PETER GRANT Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 24, 2005; Page A1 For years, James Dolan, the chief executive of Cablevision Systems Corp., worked in the shadow of his father, Charles...

This week’s edition of Multichannel News has done, it seems to me, a good job of summing up the DTV legislation currently awaiting action in the House of Representatives: Bill Could Cost EchoStar $100M Satellite Legislation Would Put End to Two-Dish Platform By Ted Hearn -- Multichannel...

This week’s edition of Multichannel News has done, it seems to me, a good job of summing up the DTV legislation currently awaiting action in the House of Representatives: Bill Could Cost EchoStar $100M Satellite Legislation Would Put End to Two-Dish Platform By Ted Hearn -- Multichannel...

This week’s edition of Multichannel News has done, it seems to me, a good job of summing up the DTV legislation currently awaiting action in the House of Representatives: Bill Could Cost EchoStar $100M Satellite Legislation Would Put End to Two-Dish Platform By Ted Hearn -- Multichannel...

From Daily Variety: Sirius borrowing keeps satcaster in orbit Wed Oct 13, 5:16 PM ET By Ben Fritz, Variety STAFF Sirius is bringing in $321 million to keep it going until, it hopes, Howard Stern saves the day starting in 2006. Radio satcaster closed its convertible note and stock...

From the New York Times: Satellite TV Spreads Its Signals Across the Landscape By ERIC A. TAUB Oct 14, 2004 THE satellite TV business owes at least a bit of its success to a connection to America's favorite food. A decade ago, when "digital" meant little to most people, DirecTV...

From the New York Times: Satellite TV Spreads Its Signals Across the Landscape By ERIC A. TAUB Oct 14, 2004 THE satellite TV business owes at least a bit of its success to a connection to America's favorite food. A decade ago, when "digital" meant little to most people, DirecTV...

MediaWeek, a respected advertising-oriented publication, takes a close look at Charlie Ergen in its current issue: October 11, 2004 Twenty-four years ago, Charlie Ergen started off with two big satellite dishes and a plan. Through brilliance and sheer gumption, he's built his EchoStar...

From Steve Zipay of Newsday (Long Island, NY) Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004: Sometime after the World Series, MLB is expected to announce a deal with a satellite radio partner - Sirius or XM - to carry thousands of games next season and beyond. Sirius, which has NFL, NBA and NHL rights and carried...

From Multichannel News: ESPN Revs Up HD Content By Mike Reynolds -- Multichannel News, 9/1/2004 1:30:00 PM Bristol, Conn. — ESPN will rev up its HDTV production in 2005 when it will present some 6,000 hours covering 2,000 programs in the format. At an ESPN 25 media symposium here, ESPN...

Here's an article from MultiChannel News which provides some good news for Dish and DirecTV. ----------------------------------------- Consumers Hammer Cable in J.D. Power Study By Matt Stump -- Multichannel News, 8/18/2004 12:17:00 PM First came an ugly second quarter, during which...

Here's an article from MultiChannel News which provides some good news for Dish and DirecTV. ----------------------------------------- Consumers Hammer Cable in J.D. Power Study By Matt Stump -- Multichannel News, 8/18/2004 12:17:00 PM First came an ugly second quarter, during which...

The DIRECTV Group Announces Second Quarter 2004 Results EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug 5, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (NYSE-DTV): -- DIRECTV U.S. Surpasses 13 Million Subscriber Mark Driven by Record Second Quarter Net Owned and Operated Subscriber...

From today's washingtonpost.com: Former NPR Host Bob Edwards To Be XM's New Morning Star By Jennifer Frey Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, July 29, 2004; Page A01 Radio host Bob Edwards, who drew millions of listeners to National Public Radio for three decades but was demoted...

Chase Carey, President and CEO DIRECTV Group, wasn't specific at all Monday as he spoke with financial analysts in about a 46-minute Q&A session. I guess this is the headline: "...That satellite we launched a couple of weeks ago, as that comes on line that will free up some capacity to give...