Company Initiates Voluntary Chapter 11 Process to Implement Pre-Negotiated Restructuring
Operations and Strategy to Continue Without Interruption
ION Media Networks, Inc. (“ION”), owner and operator of the ION Television network, today announced that it has reached an accord with a group of holders of over 60% of its first lien senior secured debt on the [...]

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’) (STO:MTGA) (STO:MTGB) , the international entertainment-broadcasting group, today announced the launch of Viasat’s TV1000 Russian Kino premium movie channel for the Russian speaking population of the United States. The movie channel will initially be available through DISH Network® (NASDAQ: DISH), the nation’s third largest pay-TV [...]

“DISH Network and DIRECTV applaud Chairwoman Sanchez and all the members of the House Judiciary’s Commercial and Administrative Law subcommittee who this morning overwhelmingly approved H.R. 3679, the State Video Tax Fairness Act.
“Today’s vote was a victory for all consumers, satellite and cable alike, who want to choose their video provider based on price, [...]

Flagship Platform Eases Transition to Next Generation Services
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ADTRAN®, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN), a leading supplier of next-generation network solutions, today announced that Embarq Corporation (NYSE:EQ) has selected ADTRAN’s Total Access® 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform for deployment in its network. This approval expands ADTRAN’s reach into the EMBARQ network, where ADTRAN equipment is [...]

Agreement Includes Education Effort on the Pending Digital Transition
DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH), the leader in digital television and the nation’s third largest pay-TV provider, and LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL), a local television and digital media company, today announced they have entered into an agreement for the retransmission of LIN TV’s broadcast stations [...]