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[Title] => Merger of 2 US satellite TV giants to boost RP’s BPO sector
[Summary] => The merger of DirecTV Group Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp. – the two dominant direct broadcast satellite (DBS) subscription TV providers in the US – would give the Philippines’ business process outsourcing (BPO) industry a big boost, Catanduanes Rep. Joseph Santiago said.
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[Title] => PLDT, Echostar of US tie up for DTH satellite TV venture
[Summary] => An ambitious direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television venture via a three-way partnership among telecommunications giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), US DTH leader Echostar Communications, and local DTH licensee GV Broadcasting may finally see light before the end of the year.
PLDT chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan said in an interview that they, together with Echostar and GV, will hopefully start operations of a new DTH company before yearend.
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[Title] => PLDT offers to acquire Dream Satellite TV
[Summary] => Businessman Antonio ‘Tonyboy’ Cojuangco is in serious talks with the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) which has offered to acquire the former’s Dream Satellite TV company, The STAR learned.
Cojuangco offers the country’s only direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service through Philippine Multi-Media System Inc. (PMSI). He also owns TV network Associated Broadcasting Corp. (ABC-5).
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[Summary] => Telecommunications leader Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) will start offering direct-to-home (DTH) satellite pay television services in local shores in partnership with US-based DTH giant Echostar Communications early to middle of next year, PLDT chairman Manuel Pangilinan told The STAR.
He said in a recent interview that PLDT and Echostar hope to finalize the terms of an $85-million joint venture agreement, including the numbers, before the end of this year.
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[Title] => Pangilinan, Lopez rift seen over PLDT’s partnership with Echostar on satellite TV
[Summary] => Plans of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) group to go into the direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television business in partnership with US DTH giant Echostar Communications has reportedly created a rift between PLDT chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan and the Lopez group, highly placed sources told The STAR.
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[Title] => First Pacific mulls regional approach in direct-to-home satellite TV venture
[Summary] => Hong Kong-based First Pacific Co. Ltd. is exploring a regional approach to its planned entry into the direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television business in partnership with US carrier Echostar Communications.
First Pacific managing director Manuel V. Pangilinan told The STAR that in addition to a planned joint venture with Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) to offer a satellite, Echostar is also looking at a possible partnership with a DTH company in Indonesia owned by the Salims (the family which controls First Pacific).
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[Title] => Lawmaker hails tieup of PLDT, EchoStar for satellite TV in RP
[Summary] => A senior member of Congress welcomed yesterday US-based EchoStar Communications Corp.’s move to explore a possible new Philippine joint venture that would give Filipinos access to one of the world’s most advanced direct broadcast digital satellite television services.
Cebu Rep. Eduardo Gullas said Echo-Star’s likely direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV joint enterprise with Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) "will provide Filipino consumers with a fully competitive alternative to cable TV and limited DTH TV services."
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[Title] => PLDT, US firm to offer satellite pay TV in RP
[Summary] => Telecommunications giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) and America’s biggest direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV operator Echostar Communications are finalizing plans to set up a "pervasive and cost-effective" satellite pay TV service in the Philippines on a joint venture basis at a cost of about $85 million.
As planned, Echostar will make available to PLDT more than 2,000 video and audio channels and video-on-demand services that it currently offers to its 11 million American subscribers.
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[Title] => PLDT in talks with top US satellite TV operator
[Summary] => After selling its cable TV business to the Lopezes, telecommunications giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) is now in serious discussions with America’s biggest direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV operator Echostar Communiations to set up a "pervasive and cost-effective" satellite pay tv service in the Philippines on a joint venture basis.
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[Summary] => The merger of DirecTV Group Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp. – the two dominant direct broadcast satellite (DBS) subscription TV providers in the US – would give the Philippines’ business process outsourcing (BPO) industry a big boost, Catanduanes Rep. Joseph Santiago said.
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PLDT chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan said in an interview that they, together with Echostar and GV, will hopefully start operations of a new DTH company before yearend.
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[Summary] => Businessman Antonio ‘Tonyboy’ Cojuangco is in serious talks with the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) which has offered to acquire the former’s Dream Satellite TV company, The STAR learned.
Cojuangco offers the country’s only direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service through Philippine Multi-Media System Inc. (PMSI). He also owns TV network Associated Broadcasting Corp. (ABC-5).
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First Pacific managing director Manuel V. Pangilinan told The STAR that in addition to a planned joint venture with Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) to offer a satellite, Echostar is also looking at a possible partnership with a DTH company in Indonesia owned by the Salims (the family which controls First Pacific).
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Cebu Rep. Eduardo Gullas said Echo-Star’s likely direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV joint enterprise with Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) "will provide Filipino consumers with a fully competitive alternative to cable TV and limited DTH TV services."
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