...Long Island roots. The only other cable executive to have shown similar ambition is John Malone, former CEO of Tele-Communications Inc. -- a predecessor to the AT&T unit that Comcast bought. Mr. Malone is now chairman of Liberty Media Corp...
...Internet combination at the time. AT&T Corp. inherited (At)Home after the 1999 acquisition of cable TV leader Tele-Communications Inc. The merger appeared destined for success, with heavy traffic, leading technology and financing from blue...
...CATTLE AND MORTGAGED HIS HOME TO FINANCE A CABLE TV SYSTEM IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE IN 1956. HE MOVED HIS COMPANY, TELE-COMMUNICATIONS INC. (TCI) TO DENVER IN 1965. HE TOOK THE COMPANY PUBLIC IN 1970, AND BY 1999, IT HAD GROWN INTO A $6 BILLION...
...magnate and turn-of-the-century U.S. Sen. Thomas Kearns until 1997, when it merged with cable company Tele-Communications Inc. AT&T purchased TCI last year. "(The Tribune) is a nonstrategic asset for AT&T," said Steve Lang...
...operations earned $1.75 billion, or 54 cents a share, in the three months ended Sept. 30, including the Tele-Communications Inc. cable television business and the IBM network and online services business, both acquired earlier this year...
...its not unusual to see relationships fail among executives thrown together by merger. Hindery was president of Tele-Communications Inc., the first big cable company AT&T acquired in a $100 billion spending spree. Following the deal, Hindery...
...companies, such as AT&T, are buying the competition. AT&T announced last year that it would buy cable company Tele-Communications Inc. for a stock swap valued at about $48 billion. The company intends to upgrade its new cable infrastructure...
...first full quarter that reflects the telephone company's ambitious foray into cable TV with the acquisition of Tele-Communications Inc. The second-quarter profit, which amounted to 49 cents per share, compares with an operating profit $1...
...recent decisions, has declined to force cable companies, including AT&T through its takeover of cable giant Tele-Communications Inc., to share their high-speed lines with competitors -- something America Online, consumer groups and some...
...telecommunications company also its No. 1 cable TV company. AT&T, which completed its acquisition of cable company Tele-Communications Inc. last month, now has 12.5 million cable subscribers. MediaOne has 5 million. Time Warner, currently the...
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