Americast

Americast
Company typeformerly: joint venture
Founded1996 (1996)
Defunct2003 (2003)
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Key people
Stephen Weiswasser
OwnerSBC
BellSouth Corp.
Ameritech Corp.
GTE Corp. (later Verizon Communications)
SNET
Disney Televenture

Americast (stylized americast) was a cable alternative broadcast joint venture of five telephone companies: SBC, BellSouth Corporation, Ameritech Corporation, GTE Corporation (later part of Verizon by 2000) and SNET. The Walt Disney Company's Disney Televenture subsidiary was a programming partner. No standard delivery technologies was chosen for Americast with cable, direct-broadcast satellite and microwave as options for partner companies to use.

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