January 14, 2002
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PROGRAMMING
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briefs
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HBO GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO GREAT MINISERIES Alexander the Great may have wept because there were no more...
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CNN/SI Gets Slam-Dunked
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AOL Time Warner's decision to pull the plug on 5-year-old CNN/SI appears to move operators one step closer...
BY STACI D. KRAMER
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MTV, Showtime Planning Channel for Gay Viewers
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MTV Networks and Showtime announced last week that they are planning to launch a network for gay viewers,...
by christopher schultz
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Outdoor Channel Gets Comcast Hunting License
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The Outdoor Channel, the self-described ?huntin' and fishin'? network, last week signed an...
BY WILL LEE
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Sundance Plans New Documentary Channel
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Robert Redford will announce this week at the Sundance Film Festival that the Sundance Channel he founded...
BY WILL LEE
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Business
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AOL Time Warner Admits Forecasts Were Too Rosy
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As 2001 drew to a close it became clear that the long-term financial targets AOL Time Warner set in early...
by mavis scanlon
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brief
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CHARTER RAISES $900M In the first big cable-related debt offering of the year, Charter Communications said...
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Marketplace
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companies in the news
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TIVO (NASDAQ: TIVO) TiVo introduced a digital video recorder along with several new service deals that...
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DOW JONES VS. CABLE MSO WATCH
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GAINERS/LOSERS ? MSOs AND PROGRAMMERS
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People
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People
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am-beo Eoin Leahy to CTO from general manager of the Telecom Management Systems business unit for Ericsson....
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General
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?SEXY? ZAHN PROMO FLAP
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CNN's new morning show got off to a controversial start as the network pulled a promotional spot that called...
ANDREA FIGLER
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?Super? Set-Top All the Rage At Home Electronics Show
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The ?super? set-top was the talk of last week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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Drops Cablevision Customers
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Excite discontinued high-speed-data service last week for the few remaining Cablevision Systems subscribers...
BY K. C. NEEL
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Battling Satellite With Homespun Programming
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Paul Morton received a bathrobe from a local Rotary Club recently, but he won't be wearing it after showering....
BY WILL LEE
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Cable Modems Move Fast Despite Mess
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The first look at cable-modem growth in the fourth quarter suggests only minimal disruption in install...
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Charter's Revenue Worry
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Charter Communications took another beating in the market amid concerns about slowing revenue growth. Meanwhile,...
BY STACI D. KRAMER
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COX, COMCAST
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Cox Communications and Comcast Corp. have signed deals with Austin, Texas-based Broadband Corp....
K. C. Neel
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Device Manages Advanced Data Services
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Cable operators providing high-speed Internet access are trying to increase revenue by offering new applications...
by richard cole
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Ergen Says: No Merger, No Satellite Broadband
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Forget about satellite as a two-way broadband-service competitor to cable if government regulators reject...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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Gates Presents Vision of Microsoft-Powered Household
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At a presentation the evening before last week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft chairman...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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Local Origination Content Gets Sheen in Wisconsin
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Local origination channels, home of the most local of local cable advertising ? photos of homes with...
by christopher schultz
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markets
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mso roundup
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NEW AGREEMENT FOR AT&T Regulators in Sunrise, Fla., agreed to OK a new franchise for AT&T Broadband after...
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New Castle Local Boy Makes Good
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Around 7:30 on a typical weekday morning in New Castle, Penn., Adelphia Communications' New Castle general...
by staci d. kramer
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Ratings
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TOP 20 BASIC CABLE AD-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS WEEK OF...
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Standard May Open Field For New Set-Top Players
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Cable Television Laboratories has finally released its interactive television standards, and cable operators...
by richard cole
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Time Warner's Leddy Named CTAM Chair
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The Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) last week announced that Kevin Leddy, SVP-new...
BY CHRISTOPHER SCHUlTZ
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Top Engineer Calls For Unified Network
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Cable operators have introduced a host of new services in the last decade, from digital video to data to...
BY RICHARD COLE
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