Wired

September, 1997

More DishingWe knew Rupert Murdoch's plans to create a 500-channel service for direct-broadcast satellite were too good to be true. As we reported last spring, Murdoch's News Corp. intended to merge its ASkyB DBS system with Echostar's Dish Network to create a single service called Sky. But Sky was grounded shortly after the initial announcement, leaving the Australian media mogul looking for another partner. According to newspaper reports, Murdoch may have found one in Primestar, the number two...

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