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"The Federal Communications Commission potentially made it easier for EchoStar Communications Corp. and DirecTV Inc. parent Hughes Electronics Corp. to merge by declining to impose a spectrum cap on the direct-broadcast satellite industry. If the DBS providers were to consummate their merger, the new company would control the three most valuable orbital slots used to distribute programming to 17 million subscribers. Opponents of the merger argued that control of all three slots violates&hellip;"
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