11-07-01, 11:16 AM
Ergen: Cable ‘Licking Their Chops’
By Ted Hearn
Multichannel News
11/7/2001 10:16:00 AM
EchoStar Communications Corp. chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen said Wednesday that cable operators are 'licking their chops' at the prospect of gaining ground on the direct-broadcast satellite industry while the merger with DirecTV Inc. is pending before federal regulators.
'Cable is licking their chops even when you combine these two companies because we do go through a long regulatory [process] where they can pick off our customers,' Ergen said a small press breakfast in Washington, D.C. 'So, of course, they are licking their chops, and they are a formidable competitor.'
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By Ted Hearn
Multichannel News
11/7/2001 10:16:00 AM
EchoStar Communications Corp. chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen said Wednesday that cable operators are 'licking their chops' at the prospect of gaining ground on the direct-broadcast satellite industry while the merger with DirecTV Inc. is pending before federal regulators.
'Cable is licking their chops even when you combine these two companies because we do go through a long regulatory [process] where they can pick off our customers,' Ergen said a small press breakfast in Washington, D.C. 'So, of course, they are licking their chops, and they are a formidable competitor.'
To read the rest please click HERE (http://www.tvinsite.com/multichannelnews/index.asp?layout=story&doc_id=55335&display=breakingNews)