However, as Sprint embraces retail consumer electronics, it will see that -- on some level -- the enemy is itself, a familiar position for a company that has juggled hosting the wireless networks of Helio, Disney Mobile, its cable joint venture Pivot and its own Boost.
This was the cable network joint venture that Saban had formed with Rupert Murdoch's interests.
The high-speed Alba-1 cable is a joint project between the state-owned telecommunications companies of Venezuela and Cuba.
The big mistake, he said, was not capitalizing on the fact that Northern Virginia is far enough away from the District of Columbia to eliminate a lot of fan territory overlap--which both clubs estimate at 25%--but close enough to maintain the joint cable venture.
In exchange for funding the WiMax joint venture, the cable companies would get equity in the business and would be able to purchase wholesale access to the network to offer their own high-speed wireless data and voice services to customers, the people familiar with the discussions said.
Abroad Corning has been busy doing joint development work with foreign cable makers.
In a combination that would joint two companies in the cable television infrastructure sector, SeaChange is reportedly in talks to be acquired by Arris Group.
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"We believe the joint bidding signals that the cable TV companies ultimately want to own their own spectrum and that they are likely to pursue their wireless strategy with Sprint, potentially ultimately buying Sprint, " the analyst said.
In the nontelephone market--where cable will be used in such things as aircraft, computers and defense--Houghton is considering a joint venture--a la Dow Corning--with a cable company.
Comcast also announced the creation of Comcast Entertainment Group (CEG), which will house Comcast's interest in the joint venture and will stand alongside Comcast Cable, which operates the company's traditional cable business.
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Additionally, the cable companies and Verizon Wireless have formed an innovation technology joint venture for the development of technology to better integrate wireline and wireless products and services.
In that pursuit a joint venture could emerge with Tyco's new undersea-cable vehicle, TyCom Ltd.
OWN, a joint venture between Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Inc. and cable programmer Discovery Communications Inc.
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The joint reference design meets the demand for in-room HDMI cable replacement applications as well as whole-home full-HD video content sharing, using standards-based Wi-Fi networking technology.
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The joint venture, which will consist of the NBC Universal (NBCU) businesses and Comcast's cable networks, regional sports networks and certain digital properties and certain unconsolidated investments, will be well positioned to compete in an increasingly dynamic and competitive media and digital environment.
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