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DIRECTV/DISH Push for Regional Nets: Comcast clearly doesn't want to do it, but with its big merger on the line in D.C., the MSO has reportedly opened negotiations for carriage of its regional sports nets with DIRECTV and DISH. An FCC rule change eliminating the so-called terrestrial exemption sparked the talks. Comcast reportedly wants DIRECTV to give up its exclusive NFL Sunday Ticket in exchange.
2Q: BSkyB's strong 2Q results were boosted by speedy take-up of its HD offering, CEO Jeremy Darroch told financial broadcaster Cantos. Echoing the News Corp party line, the 9.86M sub service says it has no interest in offering free-to-air channels. (No free news for the White House either as News Corp.'s WSJ upped its clipping services by $600k/year.) --- Motorola saw 2nd quarter earnings of $162M v. $26M y/y; the company singled out its Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Networks businesses for boosting the bottom line. The Networks business is being acquired by Nokia Siemens Networks. --- SureWest 2Q results got a boost from broadband revenue growth of 7% y/y; overall the company reported net income (minus severance-related costs) of $323,000. --- Sprint Nextel added 111K wireless subscribers and showed a net loss of $760M for the second quarter.
Programming: Univision says it will finish the July 2010 Sweep as the #1 network in primetime, broadcast or cable, English or Spanish, among ALL Adults 18-34 and Persons 12-34. That would beat ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and CW. --- ESPN 3D will start its inaugural college football season with No. 2 Boise State v. No. 5 Virginia Tech on Monday, Sept. 6 at 8 p.m. ET. --- InDemand is offering two free "classic bouts" as a run-up to its live PPV rematch featuring Juan Manuel Marquez v. Juan Diaz on Saturday, July 31.--- BSkyB has purchased exclusive rights to the entire HBO catalog for an estimated £150M ($234.3M) over five years.
Gov't and Regulations: The ACA got its two week extension for reviewing documents on the Comcast/NBC-U deal. New deadline is August 19. -- Retransmission reform is gaining ground in D.C. as lawmakers pen letters saying the process needs fixing.
Technology: DIRECTV has signed a contract extension with Technicolor for SD and HD boxes. Technicolor also has a deal to supply next-gen routers for Verizon FiOS broadband. --- SkyWave has added new features plus battery life extenders to new versions of its DMR-800 satellite data and SureLinx 8100 dual-mode satellite/GPRS data terminals. --- The world satellite machine-to-machine communications market is experiencing exponential growth, says Frost and Sullivan. From $726M in 2009 the market is expected to grow to $1.9B by 2016.
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