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DISH Claims Complete Local Station Coverage, 210 Local Markets
6/1/10 at 9:32 AM by Telecompetitor
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., May 27, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- DISH Network L.L.C., the fastest-growing pay-TV provider in America, today announced that it plans to launch local broadcast channels in 29 new markets on June 3, 2010, becoming the first and only pay-TV provider to offer local channels to consumers in every market nationwide. The announcement comes moments after ...
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DirecTV Expands Local Channel Coverage
5/17/10 at 12:50 PM by Telecompetitor
More Than 97 Percent of U.S. TV Homes Will Have Access to Local Channels from DIRECTV; Roll Out of New Local Markets to Begin in June
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 17, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV, the world's most popular video service, will begin the rollout of 16 new HD local-channel markets next month, providing more than 97 percent of U.S. ...
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Bresnan to Feature Local Content
9/11/09 at 8:50 AM by Andrew Burger
Bresnan Communications, the 13th largest cable MSO, will ramp up their local content efforts with Clearleap’s Internet video platform. Bresnan, based in Purchase, New York, will use the Clearleap’s platform to manage 'The Spot,' a video on demand service made ...
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Atlantic Broadband Leaps In With Local, Web Content for VOD
6/29/09 at 9:59 AM by Telecompetitor
Atlantic Broadband, a mid size cable operator based in Quincy, Mass. with operations on the east coast, will launch a television VOD channel featuring both locally produced and web derived content. The MSO will utilize technology from ClearLeap to power the new service. The new ...
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Verizon Launches Local Content Channel, FiOS1
6/22/09 at 11:44 AM by Telecompetitor  FiOS1 is a new local content channel concept being launched in Verizon's New York metro market. The 'hyper-local' channels will focus on Long Island and New Jersey, and offer local news, information, entertainment and sports programming. Verizon is following a long line of local content initiatives launched by both cable and IPTV operators in both large, small, and rural markets across the U.S.
"FiOS1 Long Island and FiOS1 ...
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Local Content Going Mobile
9/24/07 at 8:59 AM by Telecompetitor  IPTV and cable providers have long known that local content can be an effective differentiation strategy. That view is now extending to mobile wireless service, with Pivot Wireless experimenting with local video content for mobile phones. Not to be confused with the original production of local content, Pivot’s local content strategy simply repurposes existing local news, weather, and sports broadcasts for the mobile phone. TelecomWeb ...
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