The Internet companies have formed partnerships with phone and cable companies, making them more dependent on one another.

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Several telephone companies and electric utilities formed units to build new cable systems, while entrepreneurs clamored to get in on the action.

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Part of women's cable presence was formed by networks like Lifetime, which started in 1984 as a programmer that "celebrates, entertains and supports women, " and which boasts reaching 98 million households today.

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Attention to detail including internal cable routing and custom formed parts throughout bring clean integration to a whole new level.

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Six telecommunications companies have formed a consortium to build a submarine cable system linking Malaysia, Singapore, India and Sri Lanka with the Middle East, which could boost data connectivity significantly in the region as operators expand their data offerings to boost earnings.

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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.

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This was the cable network joint venture that Saban had formed with Rupert Murdoch's interests.

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Doherty, 42, formed Urban Media a year ago with two fellow founders of At-Home, a leading cable-modem service.

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