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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- In the end, EchoStar Communication Corp. says it got better prices from Viacom Inc. after an ugly dispute that cost 9 million satellite television customers channels like MTV and Nickelodeon.
Two days after Viacom channels went dark on Dish Network satellite dishes, the companies agreed early Thursday to a long- term contract allowing EchoStar to offer its customers Viacom's channels at rates EchoStar CEO Charles Ergen called fair.See the full content of this document
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Deal 'Good Enough' for Echostar
"Like most negotiations, I don't think we got as good a deal as we wanted, but we got a deal that was good enough," Erge...
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