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Microsoft launched a new Web-based system yesterday in which customers can download TV content to portable players and cell phones. The programming includes highlights from Fox Sports, news from MSNBC.com and children's programming from Cookie Jar Entertainment. SeattlePI.com/Associated Press (3/31), BBC (3/31), MediaPost Communications (3/31)
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| | Qwest mulls another bid for MCI
Qwest Communications is preparing to make another offer for MCI, despite the fact that MCI has agreed to a deal with Verizon Communications. Qwest may choose to raise its current $8.3 billion bid, or it could sweeten the pot in other ways. Denver Rocky Mountain News (3/31), The Denver Post (3/31), NYTimes.com (3/31), The Wall Street Journal (3/31)
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Cisco Systems has decided to get rid of a poison pill plan adopted in 1998, but it says the move is part of a plan to bolster its corporate governance practices, not a first step toward seeking a buyer. TechWeb Network (3/31)
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Cablevision Systems COO Tom Rutledge yesterday said the company is not anti-acquisition and that it would seek deals if the right ones presented themselves. Rutledge did not comment on reports that the company may team up with private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts on a bid for Adelphia Communications. CED Magazine (3/2005), Multichannel News (3/30)
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| | Relationship between satellite radio providers may thaw
XM Satellite Radio and Sirius have been foes since the start, but recently they have begun to focus more on the competitive threat posed by traditional radio than on each other. There has even been some mention of building satellite radios that operate on both companies' networks for a single fee. TheStreet.com (3/31)
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More and more consumers find they are being locked into compulsory plans for cable or satellite services as providers sign block deals with real estate developers. Among the hottest battlegrounds for providers are planned communities in the Sun Belt and apartments and other multiunit housing blocks in big cities. NYTimes.com (3/31)
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| | Qualcomm looks to bring push-mobile e-mail to masses
Qualcomm said it is launching a version of its Eudora2Go e-mail software for mobile phones. If successful, Qualcomm would be the first company to bring push-mobile e-mail to the mass market. Telephony Online (3/30), Wireless Week (3/30)
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Nortel Networks said it has won a contract to upgrade the U.S. Department of Defense's voice network. The upgrades will transform the current Defense Switched Network into a private network controlled by the Pentagon, Nortel said. Networking Pipeline (3/30)
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