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As the future of the Internet hangs in the balance, internet companies are lobbying for open access to the network that will be created through AT&T's acquisition of Tele-Communications Inc. The debate has moved to Denver, where a City Council committee is considering the issue today.
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As the US long-distance leader, AT&T is preparing to break into the vast local phone service market by offering phone services over cable-television networks. The company has set up demonstrations in several locations and is conducting a trial in Fremont, California, to showcase its ability to deliver phone
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The Odyssey Channel, a cable television network, announced affiliation agreements with Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI) and Time Warner Communications, significantly expanding its carriage and launching its programming service in central Florida on January 1, 1999. The network has completed a multi-year affiliation agreement renewal with Satellite Services, Inc. (SSI), a subsidiary
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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's latest move in the cable industry has significant implications for the future of communications infrastructure. With the acquisition of Charter Communications, Allen is taking a major step towards creating a cable company of substantial size, serving over 2.4 million customers across the United
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TV's newest fall shows are always touted as the next big thing, but in reality, the industry is plagued by commercialism, outdated casting choices, and a lack of creativity. During the recent Television Critics Association meeting, stars and producers let their guard down, revealing some startling truths about
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DirecTV's Direct Broadcast Service (DBS)-1 satellite, the first DBS service in the United States, has become the third Hughes Space and Communications (GMH)-built bird to suffer a main spacecraft control processor failure in the past two months. The DBS-1 satellite, used by DirecTV Inc. (GMH) and
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Investors seeking opportunities in the Australian stock market have been advised to consider three prominent companies by ANZ Stockbroking. Woodside Petroleum, Pacific Dunlop, and Star City have been identified as strong buy prospects due to their solid positioning in their respective industries. While challenges in the oil and gas sector
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CNN staff members gathered in two meetings to confront top network executives over the retraction of a report on the US military's use of nerve gas in Laos, an incident known as Operation Tailwind. The staff questioned why certain executives and journalists, including Peter Arnett and Richard N.
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A shooting at a rock concert and Fourth of July celebration in Pleasanton, California, left eight spectators injured, while a panic that followed injured eight others. Meanwhile, in Washington, special prosecutor Kenneth Starr has decided not to provide an interim report to Congress on his investigation of President Clinton, citing
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AT&T's merger with Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) has triggered concerns among regulators and industry experts over the company's potential ownership of a significant stake in competitor Sprint PCS. The $1 billion value of TCI's 30 percent stake in Sprint PCS has been identified
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Washington has long been clamoring for competition in the US telecommunications market, and AT&T's planned merger with Tele-Communications Inc (TCI) may finally bring it. The 1996 Telecommunications Act aimed to promote competition, but instead, it triggered a series of megamergers that reassembled the old AT&
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A highly sensationalized report by Peter Arnett and April Oliver of CNN and Time magazine has sparked outrage and raised questions about the US government's use of nerve gas during the Vietnam War. The report, which claimed that a US Special Forces unit had dropped Sarin gas on
