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The Evening Bridge - August 02, 2006
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Music Choice said its Music Choice On-Demand content has received more than 400
million orders since its launch in November 2004.  The company has expanded its music
video offering by adding music videos from emerging and established artists as well as
producing new music shows.  The content expansion resulted in an increase in viewers
and usage.

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Hot & Not
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Hot
                Close              Pts. +        % Chg          52-Week
NT          2.04            0.09             4.62 %          1.92-3.57
CHTR        1.29            0.05             4.03 %          0.88-2.00
Q           8.73            0.33             3.96 %          3.69-8.40
HLIT        5.15            0.19             3.83 %          3.79-6.95
CCBL        6.79            0.24             3.66 %          4.77-8.97

Not
                Close              Pts. -        % Chg          52-Week
CCUR        1.73         -   0.08         -   4.42 %         1.45-3.40
AMIC       11.00        -   0.38         -   3.34 %         10.55-13.40
WGAT        1.30         -   0.03         -   2.26 %         1.06-4.30
SIRI        4.02         -   0.06         -   1.47 %         3.60-7.98
VIA        34.00        -   0.46         -   1.33 %         32.42-44.91

DOW       11,200  74
NASDAQ    2,079   17
S&P 500   1,279   8

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At the Bell
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Sinclair Broadcast Group reported financial results and increased its annual common
stock dividend by 25% to $0.50 per share and its net broadcast revenues from
continuing operations were $163.8 million for the quarter, operating income was
$47.2 million, and the company reported diluted earnings per common share of 12
cents  --- NFL Network announced it acquired multi-year broadcast rights to the All-
American Classic college football game --- Time Warner said during its second
quarter it managed 11.1 million basic video cable subscribers, including 1.6 million in
an unconsolidated joint venture;  residential high-speed data subscribers rose to 5.4
million and digital phone subscribers increased to 1.6 million --- AT&T signed a
contract with Microsoft to provide co-location hosting and internet connectivity for
Microsoft's Exchange Hosted Services, according to a company news release ---
Scripp's board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of 12 cents per share
payable Sept. 8 to shareholders of record at the close of business Aug, 25.  
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Analyze This
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Jeff Halpern of Bernstein Research on Verizon's 2Q: "We believe Verizon
management’s clear focus on addressing the key issues that have been overhanging
Verizon’s shares for the past year - specifically, the potential for overpayment for
Vodafone’s stake in Verizon Wireless and the uncertainty in the economics of FiOS -
through clearer communications and investor education will pay off in the form of
stock appreciation in the coming quarters, supporting reiteration of our 'outperform'
rating on Verizon’s shares."

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BRIDGE Addendum
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This week's issue of The BRIDGE focuses on middleware and the two companies
involved with the business, OpenTV and NDS Group. In the article, OpenTV said in
spring 2005 its technology could be found in 50 million set-top boxes worldwide. The
company recently said those deployments have grown to 67 million. Check out the
issue today, and subscribe to the publication by visiting: 
www.mbc-thebridge.com.

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PrimeTime Players
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              Close              Pts. +        % Chg          52-Week
T           30.58            0.82             2.76 %          21.75-30.40
BLS         39.93            1.03             2.65 %          24.32-39.72
CVC         22.35            0.66             3.04 %          18-31.9.00
CBS         27.15            0.32             1.19 %          22.08-27.64
CCBL         6.79             0.24             3.66 %          4.77-8.97
CHTR         1.29             0.05             4.03 %          0.88-2.00
CSCO        17.48            0.00                0.00 %             16.83-22.00
CMCSA       34.84            0.65             1.90 %          25.35-34.71
CSGS        26.41            0.52             2.01 %          18.7-26.28
DTV         17.22            0.23             1.35 %          13.17-18.04
DISCA       13.52            0.25             1.88 %          13.18-16.23
DISH        35.14            0.65             1.88 %          24.44-35.26
GMSTE        2.81             0.05             1.81 %          2.24-3.89
GE          32.60            0.04             0.12 %          32.06-36.34
IACI        25.46            0.35             1.39 %          23.49-31.50
LCAPA       81.30            0.33             0.41 %          69.5-85.80
LBTYA       22.02            0.56             2.61 %          18.21-52.32
LINTA       16.36            0.02             0.12 %          15.84-21.00
MCCC         6.26             0.16             2.62 %          4.75-7.59
MSFT        24.30            0.31             1.29 %          21.46-28.38
MOT         23.20            0.72             3.20 %          18.66-24.99
NNDS        47.17            0.20              0.43 %           34.88-56.00
NWS         19.88         -   0.13         -   0.65 %         14.76-20.57
OPTV         3.08          -   0.03         -   0.96 %         2.09-4.18
OUTD        10.12            0.01             0.10 %          9.01-16.88
ION          0.94             0.00                0.00 %             0.37-1.15
PLA          9.97             0.14             1.42 %          8.9-15.88
Q            8.75             0.35             4.17 %          3.69-8.40
SSP         42.80            0.45             1.06 %          41.34-51.19
SIRI         4.02          -   0.06         -   1.47 %         3.6-7.98
TWX         16.67            0.42             2.58 %          15.7-19.00
TIVO         6.53          -   0.01         -   0.15 %         4.56-9.49
VZ          33.53            0.26             0.78 %          29.13-35.17
VIA         34.03         -   0.43         -   1.25 %         32.42-44.91
DIS         29.80            0.45             1.53 %          22.89-31.03
XMSR        12.16         -   0.03         -   0.25 %         9.63-36.91

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