EchoStar Communications Corporation, Time Warner Inc., Syndicated Communications Ventures, Columbia Capital, Rho Ventures, DND Capital Partners, Llano Partners and company co-founder Barshop Ventures have invested over $60 million in Si TV, the English-language Latino-themed network that launched this February in over 7 million homes.
Media
CNN Anderson Copper 360º Explores ‘Novelas’ For Content.
CNN in its daily program Anderson Cooper 360º on Friday April 2, 2004, exploded the interest that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has placed on the content in the daytime soap operas. The current climate at the FCC is that of no-tolerance for racy or indecent programming.
U.S. Consumer Long Distance Calling Is Increasingly Wireless.
A recent Yankee Group report, “2003 TAF Survey Findings Highlight the Consumer Market’s Competitive Challenges,” states that wireless usage is accelerating the decline of landline minutes of use. Although the number of U.S. households that have totally cut the wireline voice cord remains small, 50 percent of wireless households report their wireless usage has
replaced some, a significant amount or all of their regular telephone usage. The most dramatic impact of wireless displacement on wireline voice is in long distance, where wireless users indicate on average that they now make 43 percent of their long-distance calls on their wireless phones.
