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  • NewsClips - October 6, 2008
    When it came to her cable TV service, Shirley Koontz said she was "not a happy camper." There were no other cable providers, so she decided to switch from Comcast to DirecTV satellite. "It was the customer service and not getting what you paid for that really had me upset," she said. "I'm extremely happy with satellite." Cable customers have plenty of choices...
    Posted: Oct 6, 2008
  • NewsClips - October 3, 2008
    While the NFL often seems fixated on getting another team in Los Angeles (memo to the league office: they don't care out there), commissioner Roger Goodell should be looking at the midstate for his next team. We're big. Really big.
    Posted: Oct 3, 2008
  • NewsClips - October 2, 2008
    AT&T Inc. is reorganizing to put one executive in charge of both its wireless and consumer fixed-line phone businesses. The shake-up disclosed Wednesday could make it easier for the company to hold off competition from cable companies by creating new product bundles and technologies that take advantage of AT&T's wireless and video services, an analyst said.
    Posted: Oct 2, 2008
  • NewsClips - October 1, 2008
    New York regulators have raised the possibility of banning Verizon Communications Inc. from installing its fiber-optic FiOS service in New York City until the company makes sure it's doing enough to provide electrical grounding for its equipment in homes. Poorly grounded equipment or cables could give electrical shocks or start fires, but there have been no reports of FiOS equipment causing harm to people or property, Verizon said.
    Posted: Oct 1, 2008
  • NewsClips September 30, 2008
    The market is wondering if AT&T Inc.'s decision to hook up with DirecTV Group Inc. and drop Dish Network Corp. as its satellite-TV provider is a prelude to a bigger deal. For years, investors speculated that AT&T would end up buying Dish. But the phone giant's move Friday to switch to Dish's archrival is shifting focus to DirecTV as an acquisition candidate.
    Posted: Sep 30, 2008
  • NewsClips - September 29, 2008
    TiVo Inc. and Nero AG of Germany were set to announce Monday that they will be launching a package that turns a Windows PC into a TV recorder, just like a TiVo set-top box. The kit will cost $199 when it goes on sale Oct. 15, and includes a remote and a TV tuner that plugs into the PC. The interface on the computer screen looks just like the one on a TV equipped with a TiVo box.
    Posted: Sep 29, 2008
  • NewsClips - September 26, 2008
    The Federal Communications Commission has drawn up an ambitious to-do list, topped by review of two pending wireless mergers, for the last few months of the Bush administration. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin on Thursday said the agency will try to finish its review of Verizon Communications Inc.'s pending acquisition of Alltel Corp. and Sprint Nextel Corp.'s purchase of Clearwire Corp.
    Posted: Sep 26, 2008
  • NewsClips - September 25, 2008
    Federal regulators are pushing ahead with plans to put two valuable chunks of airwaves up for sale, despite market turmoil that could make it difficult for potential bidders to raise necessary financing. Today, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to release draft rules for the re-auction of airwaves that would be used to create networks that allow fire, police and other emergency services to communicate more effectively.
    Posted: Sep 25, 2008
  • NewsClips - September 24, 2008
    In Saturday's football matchup between the University of Minnesota and Ohio State, two other tough rivals are set to face each other: John McCain and Barack Obama. The Gopher-Buckeye showdown is airing on Big Ten Network, where the two candidates are regular advertisers.
    Posted: Sep 24, 2008
  • NewsClips - September 23, 2008
    Paper has been flying at the Federal Communications Commission since its technicians traveled to Seattle three weeks ago to determine whether wireless Internet activity on an unused block of airwaves would cause interference in an adjacent swath owned primarily by T-Mobile USA. The problem is that the FCC hasn't weighed in on the results, leaving parties on both sides scrambling to offer competing interpretations.
    Posted: Sep 23, 2008