January 21, 2002
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PROGRAMMING
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As News Salaries Rise, Who Foots the Bill?
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The heightened competition among cable news networks is paying off handsomely for established stars such...
BY JON LAFAYETTE
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CNBC Shakes Up Schedule Amid Biz News Blues
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CNBC's aggressive reworking of its programming lineup, which was announced during the recent Television...
by will lee
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New Network Lineups Reflect 9/11 Aftermath
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The Sept. 11 attacks resonated through much of the programming presented at last week's Television Critics...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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Sports News Reports Killed By Fox, Rainbow
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Ending their attempt to compete with ESPN's SportsCenter, Fox Sports Net and Rainbow Sports Networks last...
BY STACI D. KRAMER
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Business
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Without Takeovers, Cable Stocks May Stall
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After AT&T agreed to sell its cable unit to Comcast in late December, MSO stock rallied on merger and acquisition...
by mavis scanlon
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Marketplace
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companies in the news
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SONICBLUE (NASDAQ: SBLU) Sonicblue said it expects revenue of $78 to $80 million, about $20 million better...
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DOW JONES VS. CABLE MSO WATCH
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GAINERS/LOSERS-EQUIPMENT VENDORS
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People
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People
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adelphia communications Lee Perron to regional VP, Los Angeles, from VP-corporate affairs, Southern California....
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General
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Adelphia Raises $1.5 Billion Through Stock Offering
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Hitting the capital markets for the fourth time in a year, Adelphia Communications last week raised about...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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brief
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THURSTON JOINS COMCAST Comcast Cable last week named Charles W. Thurston president of advertising sales,...
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briefs
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MOTOROLA TO USE MAGIS WIRELESS LINK Motorola Broadband Communications signed a technical-services agreement...
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Building Bridges in Willsboro
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Local programming on cable doesn't get much more local than the Bridge Channel. It was launched on Cable...
by shirley brady
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Cable Loses Market Share, But Revenue Rises
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The FCC's latest assessment of competition in the multichannel TV market offers mixed news for the cable...
BY SHIRLEY BRADY
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CableLabs Set to Test 2.0
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Cable Television Laboratories last week said it has finished the specifications for an advanced generation...
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corrections
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In a story in the Jan. 14 issue, Cable World erroneously referred to Fox Cable Networks Group as a subsidiary...
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Court Upholds Limits on Pole Attachment Fees
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The cable industry won a major battle as the U.S. Supreme Court upheld limits on how much operators may...
BY JON LAFAYETTE
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DirecTV Revenue Beats Expectations
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Strong fourth-quarter subscriber growth at satellite provider DirecTV helped pump up the results of parent...
by mavis scanlon
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FINE LIVING SETS LAUNCH MARCH 17
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Fine Living, Scripps Networks' fourth cable network, announced last week that it would be officially launching...
Will Lee
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markets
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NCC GEARS UP TO ATTRACT MORE ADS
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In the middle of a tough advertising environment for most media, National Cable Communications (NCC) this...
BY CHRISTOPHER SCHULTZ
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OPEN TV INTERACTS WITH AT&T'S HITS
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AT&T Broadband's Headend in the Sky (HITS) subsidiary, which makes interactive programming available to...
BY RICHARD COLE
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Operator Requests For Rate Relief Jump
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Two top cable operators significantly increased their efforts to seek regulatory freedom from rate and...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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Ratings
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TOP 20 BASIC CABLE AD-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS WEEK OF...
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SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA EARNINGS DROP
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Despite posting a sharp drop in quarterly earnings compared with a year ago, Scientific-Atlanta's 26-cent-a-share...
Mavis Scanlon
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Set-Top Focus Turns To Home Networking
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The search for the Holy Grail is on again, in earnest. Just as medieval crusaders searched for the fountain...
by paul kagan
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Set-Top Sales Seen Poised for Takeoff
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A boom in the set-top-box market is predicted by a new Allied Business Intelligence study, which forecasts...
by richard cole
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Small Operators Face Choice: Upgrade or Sell
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A year ago, Douglas Soden had two options: find a buyer for his small, rural cable operations in northern...
BY K. C. NEEL
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Viacom Units Help BET Shift Into Higher Gear
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Last week Black Entertainment Television (BET) announced the BET Black Star Power Tour, a highly visible...
by christopher schultz
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