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Subject: Telecommunications Sector

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2006
  • News

    October 23, 1997

    Calling to Collect

    The City of Denver declares war on the state legislature over a telephone bill.

  • News

    January 15, 1998

    Dynasty: The Lost Episode!

    Did the recently concluded fight over the Magness fortune have an oddly familiar ring to it? Here's why.

  • News

    March 19, 1998

    Cowboys and Influence

    A state senator and his range-riding pal team up to hog-tie a crucial piece of telephone legislation.

  • News

    November 11, 1999

    Liars on the Line

    While US West delayed service for months, the company stockpiled millions.

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    HDNet finally available on Comcast

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • News

    March 30, 2000

    Follow that story

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Second-best name for the new football stadium

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Best live philanthropist

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 29, 2001

    Best News for Movie Buffs

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • Goods & Services

    April 4, 2002

    Best New Use for the Old DIA Toll Plaza

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • News

    February 13, 2003

    Follow That Story

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • Goods & Services

    March 27, 2003

    Best Free Seasonal Service

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • People & Places

    March 27, 2003

    Best TV Revolutionaries

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • People & Places

    March 27, 2003

    Best Consumer Watchdog With New Bite

    This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Liberty Media's John Malone takes risky leap into satellite radio with Sirius investment

    John Malone. John Malone, the local mogul at the helm of Liberty Media, didn't become one of the richest men in the state by making foolish investments. But his decision, made public moments ago, to provide $530 million in loans to Sirius XM Radio in exchange for a 40 percent equity stake in the st ... More >>

  • News

    May 7, 1998

    Chilly Reception

    The cable industry pushes through a new law aimed at signal pirates.

  • News

    May 4, 2006

    Peter Knobel, Phone Home

    Interesting developments in a developer's background.

  • News

    December 8, 2005

    Channeling

    Deproduction has a plan to save public-access TV in Denver. Good luck.

  • News

    July 21, 2005

    Getting Their Bell Rung

    Tim Wirth dials in on the telecom wars.

  • News

    July 21, 2005

    Waltz of the Cannibals

    How to demolish the telecom industry, in six easy steps.

  • News

    February 19, 2004

    Cable Guy

    Bill Daniels made a fortune bringing cable to the West. But would he agree with how his legacy is being spent?

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Con Air

    Mile High Telecom promised to be an alternative to Qwest, but the line is going dead.

  • News

    September 26, 2002

    A Hard Cell

    There are a million Qwest stories in the naked city. This is just one of them.

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Information Super-Railway

    Not everyone is aboard Colorado's high-tech locomotive.

  • News

    April 12, 2001

    How the West Was One

    A partnership between Qwest and the state may sink a rural Internet provider.

  • News

    March 30, 2000

    The Revolution Will Not Be Televised!

    How Denver’s Hispanic community lost a cable-TV channel but gained a “heritage center.” Maybe.

  • News

    January 6, 2000

    Platinum Sol

    US West's golden CEO just keeps getting richer and richer.

  • Calendar

    November 4, 1999

    High Wire Acts

    Stephen Keating reads from Cutthroat: High Stakes and Killer Moves on the Electronic Frontier

  • News

    August 12, 1999

    Tough Operators

    Stephen Keating reads from Cutthroat: High Stakes and Killer Moves on the Electronic Frontier

  • News

    August 12, 1999

    Bells Are Ringing

    US West put service on the line so it could make the deal.

  • News

    April 8, 1999

    Disconnected

    As US West pulls strings at the legislature, it could cut the lines to competition.

  • News

    December 24, 1998

    Adios AOL, Hola Problema

    What's in a name? A fight, if your name is America Online.

  • News

    July 9, 1998

    Off Limits

    What's in a name? A fight, if your name is America Online.

  • News

    February 13, 1997

    Do Not Adjust Your Set

    TCI's plan to downgrade its upgrade gets a chilly reception.

  • News

    July 11, 1996

    Dial "M" for Monopoly

    In the brave new world of telecommunications, US West has an ace up its sleeve: the residential phone customer.

  • News

    March 21, 1996

    Wire Me Up, Wire Me Down

    US West's new cable partner knows how to make sweet deals. Just ask the FCC.

  • News

    November 22, 1995

    SORRY, WRONG NUMBERS

    THE PUC PUTS A SMALL PHONE CARRIER ON HOLD-UP.

  • News

    August 16, 1995

    ANOTHER CABLE FABLE

    CABLE THEFT IS A SERIOUS CRIME--BUT NOT IN TCI'S BOOK.

  • News

    June 14, 1995

    A FUND TRIP TO DENVER

    KEY SENATOR PRESSLER STOPS BY TO QUIETLY SCOOP UP CASH FROM LOCAL CABLE MOGULS.

  • News

    March 16, 1994

    TOTALLY TUBULAR

    THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY ARRIVES--AFTER A FASHION--AT TWO LITTLETON HIGH SCHOOLS.

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Qwest Wireless sets a death date

    ​Former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio received good news when he learned that the U.S. Justice Department had decided against appealing the reduction of his original six-year jail sentence for insider-trading violations. But many Qwest Wireless customers will probably be less excited upon leraning the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    DISH Network shanghais a pirate: Read the judgment here

    ​Englewood-based DISH Network faces plenty of challenges in today's entertainment environment, not the least of which is piracy of its programming using software that lets folks with free-to-air receivers view it for nothing. Which is a lot cheaper than a monthly fee. Stopping all such scheme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    DISH Network rips proposed Comcast-NBC Universal merger

    ​Englewood's own DISH Network has launched a passionate, if long-shot, effort to stop the blockbuster merger of Comcast and NBC Universal. This morning, in letters addressed to U.S. reps Rick Boucher and Cliff Stearns, as well as to senators Herb Kohl and Orrin Hatch, DISH executive vice pres ... More >>