Americast

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.

This article is not to be confused with the BBC's podcast of the same name about American politics.

Americast
Company typeformerly: joint venture
Founded1996 (1996)
Defunct2001 (2001)
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Key people
Stephen Weiswasser
OwnerSBC
BellSouth Corp.
Ameritech Corp.
GTE Corp. (later Verizon Communications)
SNET
Disney Televenture
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