![]() ![]() The company would own 86% of TCI Music Inc. On September 28, 1998, Liberty Media announced the formation of Liberty Interactive, a company which would take advantage of new technologies such as set-top boxes to develop interactive programming. TCI had already planned digital cable set-top boxes. Malone wanted to start a finance unit similar to GE Capital, which could start new cable or Internet services. TCI chairman Malone, who became head of the new company, said buyers would not want all of TCI, but they would be interested in Liberty Media. Liberty Media merged with TCI Ventures Group LLC (TCIVA), TCI's telephone and Internet businesses, and the resulting company became part of AT&T, giving Liberty Media $5.5 billion to repurchase stock or buy other companies.ĪT&T bought the other TCI businesses- Corp., National Digital Television Center and Western Tele-Communications Inc.-for $2.5 billion in cash. Department of Justice approval that required TCI to sell its 23.5% interest in Sprint Corporation PSC, TCI was acquired by AT&T on Ma for approximately $48 billion. Encore was taking advantage of the growth of digital cable, while TCI, which had previously owned twenty percent of Encore, was more interested in traditional cable. On March 13, 1998, Liberty Media Group and TCI Group announced the merger of Encore and STARZ! into a single company-Encore Media Group, owned by Liberty. It was rebranded as the Odyssey Network in 1996. ![]() In 1995, Liberty Media acquired a 49% ownership stake in the Faith & Values Channel (which would later be known as the Hallmark Channel), and took over operational control of the network, adding more secular and family-oriented programming. ![]() Liberty was merged back into TCI in the mid-1990s. The company took over TCI assets considered to have little value, but Barton completed "a deal every ten days for six years" and made the company a big success. Peter Barton, hired by TCI's Malone, served as president until retiring in April 1997. Liberty Media began in 1991 as a spin-off of TCI, an American cable-television group. The company has three divisions, reflecting its ownership stakes in Formula One, SiriusXM, and the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball team. Tuesday, March 28: Braves Red Sox (1:05 p.m.Liberty Media Corporation (commonly referred to as Liberty Media or just Liberty) is an American mass media company founded by John C.Monday, March 27: Braves vs Red Sox (1:05 p.m.Sunday, March 26: Braves vs Pirates (1:05 p.m.Saturday, March 25: Braves Twins (1:05 p.m.Friday, March 24: Braves Red Sox (6:05 p.m.Thursday, March 23: Braves vs Mets (1:05 p.m.Wednesday, March 22: Braves Tigers (1:05 p.m.Monday, March 20: Braves vs Rays (1:05 p.m.Sunday, March 19: Braves Twins (1:05 p.m.Saturday, March 18: Braves vs Phillies (6:05 p.m.Friday, March 17: Braves Red Sox (1:05 p.m.Thursday, March 16: Braves Rays (1:05 p.m.Wednesday, March 15: Braves vs Astros (1:05 p.m.Tuesday, March 14: Braves Phillies (1:05 p.m.Monday, March 13: Braves vs Orioles (1:05 p.m.Sunday, March 12: Braves Pirates (1:05 p.m.Saturday, March 11: Braves vs Tigers (1:05 p.m.Friday, March 10: Braves Rays (1:05 p.m.Thursday, March 9: Braves vs Puerto Rico (TBD).Wednesday, March 8: Braves vs Dominican Republic (1:05 p.m.Tuesday, March 7: Braves vs Red Sox (6:05 p.m.Sunday, March 5: Braves vs Yankees (1:05 p.m.Saturday, March 4: Braves Orioles (1:05 p.m.Friday, March 3: Braves Astros (1:05 p.m.Thursday, March 2: Braves Mets (1:10 p.m.Wednesday, March 1: Braves vs Rays (1:05 p.m.Check out Atlanta’s full slate of Spring Training games below. They close play on March 28 at the Red Sox. The Braves begin their 2023 Spring Training schedule on Feb. ![]()
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