TCI the new factor in DBS equation. (Tele-Communications Inc. likely to join News Corporation/MCI Communications direct broadcast satellite TV venture)

From: Broadcasting & Cable | Date: February 26, 1996| Author: Brown, Rich | Copyright information

Tele-Communications Inc (TCI) will likely join the News Corporation Ltd/MCI Communications Corp high-power direct broadcast satellite (DBS) TV venture. The arrangement would benefit both TCI and News Corp. It would accelerate the service's launch and enable TCI's Spectrum to recoup its investment on two DBS satellites originally intended for the medium-power Primestar service. News Corp and MCI want to capture 20% of the US DBS market by 2000.

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