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The Evening Bridge - January 24, 2006
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TOP STORY - The ongoing carriage spat between Lifetime and EchoStar
took yet another turn today when the programmer put advertising in
The New York Times taking aim at the satellite TV company. The tagline
of the ad read: "46 Sports channels. 7 Pornography channels. 0 Lifetime
Channels. If Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network - the No. 1 and No. 2
women's networks - can't make the cut, it's obvious that DISH doesn't
value women." More in Wednesday's SkyREPORT:
http://www.skyreport.com.
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Hot & Not
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Hot
Close Pts. + % Chg 52-Week
WGATE 1.86 0.20 12.05 % 1.61 - 6.03
BDR 2.24 0.19 9.26 % 1.59 - 4.05
CVG 16.81 1.26 8.10 % 12.57 - 17.90
CBS 26.90 1.08 4.18 % 24.83 - 27.40
CCUR 2.35 0.08 3.52 % 1.45 - 2.45
Not
Close Pts. - % Chg 52-Week
SIRI 5.90 - 0.21 - 3.44 % 4.42 - 7.98
COMS 4.42 - 0.13 - 2.86 % 2.96 - 4.74
OPTV 2.76 - 0.07 - 2.47 % 2.07 - 3.45
ADCT 25.02 - 0.54 - 2.11 % 12.88 - 27.14
DTV 14.02 - 0.24 - 1.68 % 13.17 - 16.79
DOW 10,712 23
NASDAQ 2,265 17
S&P 500 1,267 3
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At the Bell
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Earlier today, CBS and Warner Bros. Entertainment announced their
intent to form a new network, The CW. Tribune Broadcasting and CBS'
UPN affiliates agreed to sign 10-year affiliation agreements with the new
network --- YES (Yankees Entertainment and Sports) said its ratings for
Nets game telecasts are up 67 percent when compared to last year ---
Liberty Global completed the sale of its Norwegian cable business, UPC
Norge AS, to Candover Partners for about 448 million euros ($542
million U.S.) --- SkyStream said the Shanghai Stock Exchange is using
its Mediaplex 20 video headend to distribute financial and market
information.
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People Notes
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CTAM announced new officers for its board of directors: Chair – David
Watson, executive vice president, operations, Comcast; vice chair - Joe
Rooney, senior vice president, marketing, Cox Communications;
secretary – Sean Bratches, executive vice president, sales and
marketing, ESPN; treasurer – Eric Kessler, president, sales and
marketing, HBO; immediate past chair – Len Fogge, executive vice
president, creative and marketing, Showtime --- Comcast named John
Gibbs vice president of state government affairs --- New Frontier Media
hired Ira Bahr to serve as vice president of marketing and corporate
strategy --- Mobile Satellite Ventures named Scott Macleod chief
financial officer --- Showtime named Stuart Zakim VP, corporate public
relations --- Verizon elected Clarence Otis Jr., chairman and CEO of
Darden Restaurants, to its board of directors --- Sirius appointed
Andreas Lazar senior vice president, business development.
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PrimeTime Players
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Close Pts. + % Chg 52-Week
T 24.66 0.21 0.86 % 21.79 - 25.60
BLS 26.92 0.11 0.41 % 24.32 - 28.29
CVC 24.95 0.01 0.04 % 22.50 - 33.90
CBS 26.90 1.08 4.18 % 24.83 - 27.40
CHTR 1.17 0.00 0.00 % 0.88 - 2.00
CSCO 18.33 0.17 0.94 % 16.83 - 20.25
CMCSA 27.51 0.02 0.07 % 25.35 - 34.50
CSGS 22.21 0.44 2.02 % 15.74 - 24.76
DTV 14.02 - 0.24 - 1.68 % 13.17 - 16.79
DISCA 15.41 0.00 0.00 % 13.51 -
16.30
DISH 27.24 - 0.32 - 1.16 % 24.44 - 32.92
GMSTE 3.06 0.03 0.99 % 2.24 - 6.10
GE 32.96 - 0.33 - 0.99 % 32.67 - 37.34
IACI 28.96 0.36 1.26 % 23.49 - 55.50
L 8.17 0.08 0.99 % 7.59 - 10.71
LBTYA 21.52 - 0.19 - 0.88 % 21.32 - 52.32
MCCC 5.67 - 0.06 - 1.05 % 4.75 - 7.59
MSFT 26.28 - 0.07 - 0.27 % 23.82 - 28.25
MOT 22.55 0.37 1.67 % 14.48 - 24.99
NNDS 42.11 - 0.15 - 0.35 % 29.27 - 45.13
NWS 16.99 0.01 0.06 % 14.76 - 18.63
OPTV 2.76 - 0.07 - 2.47 % 2.07 - 3.45
OUTD 14.74 0.15 1.03 % 12.57 - 17.49
PAX 0.94 - 0.01 - 1.05 % 0.37 - 1.82
PLA 15.15 0.20 1.34 % 11.80 - 15.88
Q 5.87 0.15 2.62 % 3.30 - 5.95
SFA 42.84 - 0.01 - 0.02 % 26.73 - 43.90
SSP 48.87 - 0.63 - 1.27 % 44.85 - 52.91
SIRI 5.90 - 0.21 - 3.44 % 4.42 - 7.98
STM 19.21 0.22 1.16 % 13.96 - 19.90
TWX 17.27 0.18 1.05 % 16.10 - 19.
TIVO 5.43 - 0.06 - 1.09 % 3.45 - 7.75
VZ 30.89 - 0.11 - 0.35 % 29.13 - 37.40
VIA 43.43 0.24 0.56 % 38.67 - 43.20
DIS 25.99 0.47 1.84 % 22.89 - 29.99
XMSR 27.30 0.08 0.29 % 26.16 - 37.31
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