Tele-Communications Inc.
In 1956 the Hatch family having established control of Salt Lake City television station KUTV joined with two partners including "The Salt Lake Tribune" and publisher John F. Fitzpatrick again to establish Western Microwave Inc. in Elko, Nevada, a forerunner to Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI), which became one of the largest cable-television providers in the US. The partners also established the TeleMation Inc. company in Salt Lake City, to manufacture equipment for the cable television industry.