Article: MERGER OF SATELLITE TV COMPANIES HAS BENEFITS.(OPINION)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)

Article: Dish Network will serve up long-awaited local stations
The Gazette;  November 19, 2002 ;     569 words ......that the Dish Network plans to offer local stations in the greater Colorado Springs and...tipped me off about the plan to put our local stations on the next satellite it puts in orbit...column. KOAA gets signal boost Providing local stations on satellite will be a boon to the...

Article: Satellite-TV Firm Offers Local Stations to Indianapolis Viewers.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 21, 2000 ;     353 words ......normal programming and one carrying local stations, said Marc Lumpkin, communications...Lumpkin said, Dish hopes to offer other local stations -- such as WTTV (Channel 4) -- over...allowing satellite TV providers to offer local stations, Dish and DirecTV have been adding...

Article: Inside Boston TV; No ruckus about ratings; Local stations are comfortable calling the shots as needed.
The Boston Herald;  March 17, 1997 ;     530 words ......is appropriate for kids. Meanwhile, local stations are finding they also have to become...to station. Typically, the issue for local stations involves syndicated programming. Though...Oprah or Geraldo will suggest a rating, local stations don't necessarily feel bound by it...

Article: IN BRIEF: Local stations under a single name.(GCap Media )(Brief Article)
Marketing Week;  July 7, 2005 ;     34 words ...GCap Media has consolidated its two networks of local stations under a single name. The Capital FM and The Mix networks will now come under the The One Network banner. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Article: SATELLITE BUYERS MAY DISH OUT CASH | LOCAL STATIONS ALLOWED: BUT EXPECT MORE COMPETITION FROM CABLE COMPANIES
Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  December 2, 1999 ;     629 words ......television systems now that the systems can offer local stations. Local stations had been banned from satellite networks until...had to be purchased in order to receive the local stations. "Everyone before thought they wouldn't want...

Article: San Luis Obispo County, Calif., Satellite Subscribers to Get Local Stations.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ......and Santa Barbara counties access to five local stations. And Direct TV -- a competing satellite provider in the area -- is on the way with local stations, too. Local stations will be offered by that company in the first...

Article: Wheatly rides the wave of local radio: Richard Wheatly hopes to take local radio by storm, but can the local stations compete against the national heavyweights for ad revenues? Perhaps, if they join forces.(Media Analysis)(Local Radio Company )
Marketing Week;  May 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Investments. Radio Investments operates 22 local stations predominantly based in the South west...challenge of turning around ailing local stations and winning over national advertisers...is understood to be developing the local stations as a brand along the lines of Jazz...

Article: Chum goes for A.(Chum changes the name of its five local stations to A-Channels )(Brief Article)
Daily Variety;  March 16, 2005 ;     34 words ...Canuck broadcaster Chum is changing the names of its five local stations in southern Ontario and its local station in British Columbia to the A-Channels in the fall. The name change will have no effect on programming.

Article: War's images replaced with gunfire at home Cable news networks, turning to local stations, supply steady coverage
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 21, 1999 ;     300 words ......past efforts to secure affiliate agreements with 600 local stations in the United States and Canada paid off, since it...to choose from pictures provided by four separate local stations. "That's a considerable amount of journalistic heft...

Article: Time Warner to cluster local stations
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 15, 1999 ;     476 words ......it will make more sense after the numbers are changed. Local stations will be more closely clustered, along with variety/sports...Pax Network station, since it'll be closer to the other local stations. Among other changes, Madison's Public TV station, WHAD...

Article: Fox Deal May Spark Rush for Local Stations
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 25, 1994 ;     422 words ......network may set off a costly scramble for local stations by his bigger network rivals to carry...the deal, in which as many as a dozen local stations now affiliated with CBS, ABC or NBC...dogfights," Dominus said. The market for local stations has tightened considerably in the past...

Article: LOCAL STATIONS WARY ABOUT NIELSEN TEST
The Boston Globe;  January 14, 2000 ;     578 words ......transition has alarm bells ringing at the local stations. "I'm just not very enthusiastic about...has been criticized by executives at local stations, who contend that the ongoing sample...Jack Loftus, while conceding that the local stations have "legitimate concerns," maintained...

Article: Local stations denounce NFL's camera ban
Chicago Sun-Times;  April 5, 2006 ;     679 words ......registering with the force of a tsunami. Starting this season, no local stations will be allowed to have their cameras on the field. The...postgame coverage, may be hurt the most by the ban, but all local stations that run Sunday night reports on their NFL teams will be...

Article: SATELLITE BROADCASTERS PLAN TO OFFER LOCAL STATIONS.(Business)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  April 9, 2004 ;     504 words ......charged an extra $3 if they sign up for local stations. Dish Network charges an extra $5 for local stations, but customers pay as little as $24...75 unscrambled channels, including local stations. The addition of Syracuse stations...