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2 hrs ago | JoongAng Ilbo English News

KT aims to sell 500,000 iPhone units

KT Corp., the Korean distributor of Apple Inc. s iPhone, is shooting for total sales of 500,000 units of the smartphone slated to hit the local market next week, an analyst said yesterday.

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Related Topix: KT, Telecom

6 hrs ago | Physics Blog

Vivendi inching closer to decision on NBC

Media and entertainment conglomerate Vivendi SA is nearing a decision on whether to sell its stake in NBC Universal and clear the way for the creation of one of the most powerful media companies in the world.

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Related Topix: Vivendi SA, Comcast, General Electric, Financial Services, Aerospace-Defense

10 hrs ago | The Denver Business Journal

DirecTV taps Pepsi exec White as new CEO

Michael White will take the reins at DirecTV on Jan. 1, 2010. View Larger DirecTV Group Inc.

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Related Topix: Directv, Liberty Media, Media, Television, Beverages, PepsiCo, El Segundo, CA

14 hrs ago | XtraMSN Real Estate

Cablevision will distribute Fox Business Network

Cable television operator Cablevision Systems Corp will distribute News Corp's Fox Business Network in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, Fox said on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Cablevision Sys, Television, Telecom, New York Metro

19 hrs ago | Digital Producer

Senate Passes Satellite Reauthorization Bill

The Senate Commerce Committee wasted no time Thursday passing the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act , its version of the satellite reauthorization bill.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Claire McCaskill, US Senate, Democrat, Directv, Senator Tom Udall, Tom Udall, US House of Representatives

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The Toronto Star

CRTC blamed for empowering cable firms

Cable and media giant tells CRTC hearing that conventional broadcasters should share in fees paid to specialty channels Julian Beltrame THE CANADIAN PRESS GATINEAU, Que.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, CanWest Global Communications, Media, Television, Rogers Communication, Telecom

WPVI-TV Philadelphia

Three charged with hacking Comcast website

Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia have charged three men with diverting traffic from the Web site of telecom giant Comcast last year.

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Related Topix: Comcast, Wilmington Metro

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

John Malone: Comcast-NBC would have too much power

Media mogul John Malone said Thursday that Comcast Corp.'s plan to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal would give it too much market power and force competitors to consider similar acquisitions.

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Related Topix: Comcast, Liberty Media, Media, Television, Directv

Fortune

The iPhone is headed to Seoul

According to wire service reports, government regulators finally cleared the way Wednesday for the launch of Apple's iPhone in South Korea.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, KT, Telecom, SK Telecom Co, Computers, Apple Computer, Cell Phones, Electronics

Fox News

CenturyLink Now Hiring

Who's hiring in this tough economy? A company called CenturyLink in Monroe, Louisiana.

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Related Topix: Monroe, LA, Monroe Metro, US Governors, Bobby Jindal, Telecom, CenturyTel

Dayton Business Journal

Cincinnati Bell sells cell towers to American Tower

American Tower Corp. said Wednesday it is buying 196 wireless communication towers from Cincinnati Bell Inc.

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Related Topix: Telecom, Cincinnati Bell, American Tower, IT Services

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Slam Sports

Telus launches lawsuit against Rogers

Pedestrians walk past Telus promo at their downtown building in Vancouver Thursday June 21, 2007.

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Related Topix: Rogers Communication, Telecom, iPhone, Winter Sports, Curling

CW2 Colorado KWGN-TV

DirecTV to appoint PepsiCo executive Michael White as CEO, effective Jan. 1

In this Jan. 27, 2006 file photo, Michael White, then, CEO of PepsiCo USA, speaks in a panel session on Global Brands during the World Economic Forum WEF in Davos, Switzerland.

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Related Topix: Directv, Beverages, PepsiCo, Liberty Media, Media, Television

Xchange

Charter Gets Bankruptcy Reorg Go-Ahead

A bankruptcy judge has approved Charter Communications Inc. 's reorganization plan, paving the way for the company, the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, to emerge from Chapter 11 by the end of the year.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Television, Telecom, Charter Communications

Fox News

EchoStar Brings Back Dugan To Be CEO

Equipment maker EchoStar Corp. said Charles Ergen is giving up his roles as president and CEO to ex-president and chief operating officer Michael Dugan.

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Related Topix: DISH Network, Television, Telecom, Business News

The Modesto Bee

South Korean regulator approves iPhone

South Korea's telecommunications regulator cleared the way Wednesday for the launch of Apple's iPhone, amid reports the hit device could reach consumers by the end of this month.

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Related Topix: iPhone, KT, Telecom, SK Telecom Co, Cupertino, CA, Business News

Tue Nov 17, 2009

The Herald

Comcasta s power move: Acquire NBC

For more than a decade, Brian Roberts, the scion running the country's largest cable television system, has envisioned transforming his company into more than just a collection of - as Wall Street calls cable - "dumb pipes." So Roberts' Comcast Corp.

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Related Topix: Comcast, Tupelo, MS

Chicago Tribune

Judge confirms Charter Communications' plan, company to emerge from bankruptcy protection soon

Charter Communications Inc. said Tuesday a bankruptcy judge has confirmed its reorganization plan, clearing the way for the nation's fourth-largest cable TV operator to emerge from Chapter 11 in a few weeks.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Television, Telecom, Charter Communications, Business News

Light Reading

Orascom Restructures

Orascom Telecom Holding announced today the restructuring of its organization in a move to more effectively focus on growth and drive greater agility in the execution of key strategic transformational goals.

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Related Topix: Telecom

Zacks Analyst Blog

LGI to Acquire Unitymedia

Snapshot Report ) announced it will acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Unitymedia GmbH, the second largest cable TV operator in Germany.

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Related Topix: Comcast

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