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...same time, however, the world of satellite TV has got itself in a bigger mess than Oscar Madison's bedroom. The only two U.S. providers - DirecTV (owned by Hughes) and DISH Network (owned by Echostar) - want to merge. But the Federal Communications Commission has blocked the marriage on the grounds that it would create a monopoly. It's possible that Hughes and Echostar will resolve that impediment by selling some of their business to a third company, Cablevision, which would then enter the satellite market, but that's far from certain...
...luxury expenses. Cars are purchased to drive from the Quad to the Yard. Many people will pay other students to wash their clothes. Were cable available, my neighbors on the third floor of Quincy might subscribe just to spare themselves the agony of listening to me try to install DirecTV in my dorm room. It’s hard to put a price on avoiding the haunting screams of violent anger and defeat associated with me and my roommates’ installation of the satellite pointing out of our common room window—an enterprise whose only success...
...channel dedicated primarily to hunting and fishing. Though a tiny player among the TV giants, the channel saw its revenue climb 30% last year, to more than $12 million, and it turned a $1.1 million profit. It's expecting a big boost in viewership next month, when satellite programmer DirecTV will begin including the Outdoor Channel--TOC to its fans--in a sports-programming package it offers to its 10 million subscribers...
More problematic for TiVo is that its partnership with DirecTV--its main distribution channel so far--seems shaky. If EchoStar wins approval to buy DirecTV's parent company, Hughes Electronics, TiVo may be squeezed out, because EchoStar stands to make more money off its proprietary box. EchoStar can also offer customers a price advantage: its subscribers don't have to pay additional subscription fees to use its PVRs...
...exchange for their help, Fox and DirecTV got options worth as much as 20% of Cuban's new network. For Thompson at Fox, HDNet is a handy "laboratory" to see how high def works, technically and economically. "If you've seen high def, you know it's gorgeous," says Thompson. "But I was skeptical of the financial model. They need to go well beyond 100,000 homes." Cuban says his customer base through DirecTV is growing 10% to 15% a month, and he's working the retail angle hard--getting 1,000 outlets such as those of Circuit City...