[Dalek1963]

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061207/liberty_directv.html?.v=1

 

[Everyperson]

"Give me Liberty or give me more HD!"

 

[JLucPicard]

I'm certainly no economics major, but I wonder how all those shopping channels will feel having to pay their competitor for their air time (unless they are all ultimately owned by QVC anyway or some silly thing)?

 

[Newshawk]

I'm certainly no economics major, but I wonder how all those shopping channels will feel having to pay their competitor for their air time (unless they are all ultimately owned by QVC anyway or some silly thing)?

Well, they have to pay Comcra... er, Comcast for carriage and they used to be part owners of QVC. I have a feeling the shopping channel owners will pay anyone a little bit if they get the bulk of the profits.

 

[Earl Bonovich]

And even though they "agreed"... there is still aways to go before this is "done"

 

[Blitz68]

Starz HD

More BS shopping channels

 

[Clint Lamor]

I have the shopping channels filtered out of my channel lists.

Hopefully we never have to see QVC 1 - 99 in HD :lol:

 

[Anthony]

Are there any regulatory hurdles to be cleared or is this a clean swap?

 

[kstuart]

The reaction of the stock markets is interesting:

DirecTV up 0.08% (i.e. even)
Newscorp up 4%
Liberty Media up 3.21%

Evidently, Murdoch and Malone are thought to benefit from the swap, but DirecTV itself is not thought to benefit at all...

Will Malone change things at DirecTV ? Would he have agreed to Charlie's $100 million settlement had this deal been finished a month ago ?

 

[Greg Bimson]

Malone would have had nothing to do with the Dish Network settlement. DirecTV was not a co-plaintiff in the suit.

 

[bidger]

Evidently, Murdoch and Malone are thought to benefit from the swap, but DirecTV itself is not thought to benefit at all...

Or the market could be taking a "wait and see" stance since the deal has yet to be finalized. Plus they'll wait to see what announcements Liberty has after it is final.

 

[wpbond69]

The reaction of the stock markets is interesting:

DirecTV up 0.08% (i.e. even)
Newscorp up 4%
Liberty Media up 3.21%

Evidently, Murdoch and Malone are thought to benefit from the swap, but DirecTV itself is not thought to benefit at all... ?

DirecTV isn't up much today because this deal has been rumored and then assumed for awhile now. D* is up over 20% from when the news of a possible deal first broke several weeks ago.

Part of the delay in finalizing this swap is that D* shot up in value a lot during negotiations, while News Corp barely moved. The 2 sides had to figure out how to keep everyone happy and fit within the "tax-free" status that they need for the deal.

 

[john18]

I choose to think of this as someone wanting the company and paying enough for it that they aren't likely to think of screwing over customers or allowing conditions to deteriorate so that they lose anymore customers to anyone else.

 

[juan ellitinez]

I choose to think of this as someone wanting the company and paying enough for it that they aren't likely to think of screwing over customers or allowing conditions to deteriorate so that they lose anymore customers to anyone else.

Liberty Media/TCI wants to make MONEY They dont care about customer's or customer service.(just ask their cable tv customers). They will make directv PROFITABLE...