--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Evening Bridge - March 29, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY - An entity led by Cablevision Chairman Charles Dolan, who wants to take over the VOOM DBS service from the company, asked the Federal Communications Commission to deny EchoStar's proposed $200 million acquisition of certain VOOM assets from the MSO. The joint petition was submitted by VOOM HD LLC, which Dolan set up to take over VOOM, and The Association of Consumers to Preserve and Promote DBS Competition, and the filing takes aim at EchoStar's proposed acquisition of 11 additional transponders at the 61.5-degree DBS orbital location. More details in Wednesday's SkyREPORT: http://www.skyreport.com.
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