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CHARLES POLLARD

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Piracy alarms cable TV industry

August 5, 2002 - 12:00am

Cable television piracy in the Philippines is growing at an alarming rate, with revenue losses now estimated at more than P100 million a year. Industry leaders have voiced their concern over what they called "the...

Business

Star TV warns cable firms about illegal activities

June 9, 2002 - 12:00am

Some local cable companies may lose top-rating cable channels like ESPN, STAR Sports, STAR Movies, STAR World, National Geographic Channel and VIVA Cinema after cable provider STAR TV announced it may not renew...

Business

Cable row settlement looms

November 22, 2001 - 12:00am

A senior representative of Home & Sky met with ESPN-Star Sports and a Star official last week in Hong Kong to seek a resolution of the dispute between the two groups. Repayment of Sky & Home‘s outstanding...

Business