DirecTV Shows a Need for AT&T

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Pay TV Alone Isn’t Enough as Consumers Want More Broadband By SHALINI RAMACHANDRAN CONNECT May 1, 2014 7:41 p.m. ET The world has become a tougher place for DirecTV since 2010, when AT&T Inc. unsuccessfully tried to buy the satellite-TV operator. After years of outperforming the rest of the pay-TV industry, subscriber growth has slowed sharply while programming costs are… Read More

Telecom Lawyers, Part 3: Comcast Cable’s General Counsel, Doug Gaston, Esq.

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By: Jimmy Schaeffler Jan 21 2014 – 01:29pm Since 1996, Doug Gaston has worked as one of the lawyers assisting Comcast’s team at Comcast’s base in Philadelphia. In that almost 18 years, Gaston has advanced to Comcast Cable’s senior vice president and general counsel, working closely with head corporate attorney Art Block, Esq. Gaston provides day-to-day support to the company’s… Read More

Dish makes advances on DirecTV

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“It’s a great time to draft on the momentum that Comcast and are going to achieve, and they will,” said industry consultant Jimmy Schaeffler of The Carmel Group. Charlie Ergen is looking for a ride — on Brian Roberts’ coattails. With regulators about to begin considering the antitrust issues raised by combining two giant cable companies — Time Warner… Read More

Telecom Lawyers, Part 4: Viacom’s General Counsel, Michael Fricklas, Esq.

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Since 1993, Michael Fricklas has worked as a lawyer for Viacom at the company’s base in New York City. In that time frame of almost 21 years, Fricklas has advanced to Viacom’s Executive VP, General Counsel and Secretary, working quite closely with Viacom’s top three executives, Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone, Esq., Viacom president and CEO, Philippe Dauman, Esq. and Viacom’s… Read More

TWC chief paints rosy view of 1M new subscribers

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Time Warner Cable Chief Executive Rob Marcus may be the most optimistic boss in cable-land. Pursued by a takeover-hungry Charter Communications, Marcus on Thursday reported a stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter profit and projected one million new subscribers as part of a rosy three-year operating plan. The double-barrel upbeat forecast, which also included $3.7 billion in long-term investments, was aimed, in part, in… Read More

Telecom Lawyers, Part 1: Dish’s General Counsel, Stanton Dodge, Esq.

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Stanton Dodge has worked since 1996 as one of the dozens of lawyers assisting Dish Network’s chairman, Charlie Ergen, and their team of thousands of employees at the DBS provider. In that more than 17 years, Dodge has advanced to corporate secretary, executive vice president, and general counsel, but more importantly, he says he has learned to mentor and help… Read More