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                                                                 Exhibit 3.3(ix)

                      CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP AND MERGER

                                    MERGING

                                 ATC-PPV, INC.
                            (a Delaware corporation)

                                      INTO

               AMERICAN TELEVISION AND COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
                            (a Delaware corporation)

Pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

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     American Television and Communications Corporation, a corporation 
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the 
"Corporation"), does hereby certify:

     FIRST:    That the Corporation is a corporation duly organized and 
existing pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State 
of Delaware (the "DGCL");

     SECOND:   That the Corporation lawfully owns all of the outstanding shares 
of each authorized class of capital stock of ATC-PPV, Inc., a Delaware 
corporation (the "Subsidiary");

     THIRD:    That by resolutions of its Board of Directors duly adopted by 
unanimous written consent on October 6, 1998, the Corporation approved the 
merger of the Subsidiary with and into itself in accordance with Section 253 of 
the DGCL, and that said resolutions read exactly as set forth in Exhibit A to 
this Certificate; and

     FOURTH:   That the merger shall be effective upon filing of this 
Certificate with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, American Television and Communications Corporation has 
caused this Certificate of Ownership and Merger to be executed and acknowledged 
in accordance with Section 103 of the DGCL on this 6th day of October, 1998.


                                        AMERICAN TELEVISION AND
                                        COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION


                                        By: /s/ Gail L. Allaman
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                                            Gail L. Allaman
                                            Vice President
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                                                                      Exhibit A

     RESOLVED, that ATC-PPV, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("ATC-PPV"), all of 
the outstanding capital stock of which is owned by the Corporation, be merged 
with and into the Corporation, which shall be the surviving corporation, 
pursuant to Section 253 of the DGCL, and that upon such merger becoming 
effective the Corporation assume all of the liabilities and obligations of 
ATC-PPV;

     RESOLVED, that the president or any vice president and the secretary or any
assistant secretary of the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is, directed
to prepare and execute, under the seal of the Corporation, a Certificate of
Ownership and Merger, which shall set forth a copy of these resolutions, to
merge ATC-PPV with and into the Corporation, and to file the same in the office
of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;

     RESOLVED, that as a result of and in connection with the merger 
contemplated by these resolutions, ATC-PPV shall be completely liquidated in 
compliance with Section 332 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended 
("Section 332"), and such liquidation shall be effected at such time as is 
specified as the effective time of the merger in the Certificate of Ownership 
and Merger that shall be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of 
Delaware;

     RESOLVED, that the foregoing resolutions relating to the effectuation of 
the merger of ATC-PPV with and into the Corporation shall be deemed, with 
respect to ATC-PPV, to constitute a plan of liquidation satisfying the 
requirements of Section 332;

     RESOLVED, that the merger shall not become effective until, and shall
become effective upon, the filing of the Certificate of Ownership and Merger
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such later time or
date as may be set forth in said Certificate of Ownership and Merger;

     RESOLVED, that the foregoing resolutions may be amended or terminated by 
this Board of Directors at any time prior to the filing of any or all 
Certificates of Ownership and Merger with the Secretary of State of the State 
of Delaware; and

     RESOLVED, that the officers of the Corporation be, and each of them hereby 
is, authorized to take all such actions and to execute and deliver all such 
agreements, instruments and documents and to cause all such entities to be 
organized or to be dissolved, liquidated or merged as they or any of them shall 
deem necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing 
resolutions; and that the execution and delivery of such agreements, 
instruments and documents, the organization, dissolution, liquidation or merger 
of such entities and the doing or performing of any such actions, shall be 
conclusive evidence that the same is authorized hereby.