He cites the early involvement of the CEOs, referencing back-channel efforts involving News Corp.
However, much of this good will has been over the airwaves and direct or back-channel talks have yet to start.
Back-channel sales data from web advertisers indicates pricing has begun heading higher as demand remains strong, he noted in a research note Tuesday.
This, or so went his official reason, was in protest against the back-channel talks going on in Sweden between Israeli and Palestinian officials.
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The miracle of Northern Ireland has been very much the result of back-channel negotiations aimed at establishing conditions for a ceasefire and an actual end to hostilities.
Diplomacy, he added, required risk-taking and secrecy such as when President Richard Nixon engaged China in the 1970s or U.S. back-channel talks were able to end the Cuban missile crisis a decade earlier.
's bid to take full control of British satellite broadcaster BSkyB has come under scrutiny in recent months, following the revelation of apparent back-channel communications between the company and an aide to Jeremy Hunt, the Cabinet minister who oversees British broadcasting.
So I think the reason we're asking you this is because there's this buzz underneath the surface and we would sort of like to get to the bottom about whether the buzz is precautionary, or whether it's based on something like back-channel conversations between the administration and the industry or other players.
But if you add the wife of pitcher Roger Clemens being dragged into the steroids investigation, sounds like time to check in with BPP's sports analyst Bill Wolff - take out a break from his day and night job on some news network, to channel back to his days as a pro-sports producer TV type.
In fact, rebirthing itself as a pay-TV channel could yield new billions in annual revenue, according to my back-of-the-envelope math.
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Hundreds of pages of e-mails painted a picture of a back channel between Hunt's office and Frederic Michel, a top Murdoch employee.
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After a brief stint at CNN, where he had also worked early in his career, Olbermann headed back to MSNBC and almost single-handedly revived the channel.
The bubbly 16-year-old burst onto the scene back in June, when she appeared opposite Joe Jonas in the Disney Channel's heavily hyped and much-watched flick Camp Rock.
It looked as though the Parisians were going to head back across the channel as Group Four leaders, but in a nerve-shredding finale Evans stepped up to snatch an epic victory for Harlequins.
Chart Analysis : The daily chart of IWM shows a well-established trading channel (lines a and b) that goes back to the October lows.
Those included not just signing the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985, but also her willingness to authorise back channel contacts with the IRA leadership during the hunger strikes in the early 1980s.
The fare is traditional British, with colonial breakfast classics such as kedgeree alongside smoked salmon and toast or scones and jam, all of which can be washed down with a pot of tea, expertly prepared coffee -- or even wine if you wish to haul the experience back across the channel to France.
With risk-taking coming back to most markets, investors in the riskiest asset classes are being forced to channel their funds into different sectors and instruments in their attempts to get the most bang for their buck.
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