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Sony to Release This Is It Sequel, This Is Also It

Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.28.2009 | Comedy

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"When we put together This Is It, we thought it was it, but it turns out it wasn't it," said Sony spokesperson Carol Foyler.

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Sports Abbreviating

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

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DirectTV has a program called the "Red Zone Channel" that allows subscribers to feast on only the most exciting, inside-the-20-yard-line bits from all games going on around the league.

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DirecTV, TBS, TNT To Put Shows Online

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 09.28.2009 | Media

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DirecTV Group Inc. is in talks with the TBS and TNT cable networks to offer their shows online, according to two people familiar with the discussions....

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DirecTV Posts $407 Million Profit, Down From Last Year

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 09.06.2009 | Media

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DirecTV Group Inc., the nation's largest satellite TV operator, on Thursday reported an 11 percent drop in second-quarter profit as higher customer-ac...

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New Apple iPhone, OS Available; Tethering Not: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer June 18, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Games, Atas, Local Ads, Major League Baseball, Ipodtouch, Cbs, Mediabytes, Iphone, Broadband, Apple, 3.0 Os, Emmy Awards, Mtv, Shelly Palmer, Mlbtv, Invidi, Pew Internet & American Life Project, Live Streaming Video, 3gs, Media News, Directv, Media News
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Apple released the new iPhone 3GS, as well as the iPhone 3.0 OS, yesterday afternoon. While the new iPhone did not receive the same of pre-sale hype...

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Chase Carey, DirecTV CEO, In Talks To Return To News Corp

AP | DEBORAH YAO and RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media

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The chief executive of DirecTV Group Inc. is in talks to return to News Corp. to be Rupert Murdoch's second in command. Chase Carey is in "serious ne...

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DirecTV, Liberty Media Detail Spinoff Plans

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media

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DirecTV Group Inc., the nation's largest satellite TV provider, said Monday it will be combined with the entertainment unit of Liberty Media Corp. and...

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Ben Silverman, "Friday Night Lights" Savior: Saved Show By "Yelling At A Lot Of People"

New York Times | Bill Carter | Posted 05.01.2009 | Media

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NBC completed a deal Monday with DirecTV that will again split the next "Friday Night Lights" season between the satellite company and the NBC network...

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Charlie Ergen Assures: I May Let Mel Karmazin Stay At Sirius XM

Business Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.16.2009 | Media

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Echostar's Charlie Ergen and Liberty's John Malone continue to tug at the carcass of Sirius (SIRI). It sounds as though Charlie has the upper hand, p...

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Sirius XM, DirecTV In Talks As Karmazin Tries To Fend Off Ergen

New York Times | ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 03.15.2009 | Media

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Sirius XM Radio, the satellite radio giant that is on the brink of bankruptcy, is in preliminary talks with Liberty Media, the conglomerate controlled...

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"Friday Night Lights" Set To Premiere — But Only On DirecTV

New York Post | Mike Battaglino | Posted 10.30.2008 | Media

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'FRIDAY Night Lights" used to rely on shoulder pads as useful equipment. Now it needs a satellite dish, too. The critically acclaimed but minimally w...

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NBC Saves "Friday Night Lights" With Help From DirecTV

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ben Silverman, Nbc, Friday Night Lights, Save Friday Night Lights, Jeff Zucker, LIBERTY MEDIA, Directv, Entertainment News

This is great news to that small but passionate audience for the best TV series you're not watching. I'm told that Jeff Zucker, Marc Graboff and Ben S...

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