February 5, 2001
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PROGRAMMING
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Cable Ratings Jump in January
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Basic cable started 2001 with a bang, recording an 8% increase in its primetime ratings average during the month of January.The medium posted a 28.4...
MIKE REYNOLDS
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Cover Story
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Rough Seas For Excite
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In May 1999, three years into his stint as CEO of Internet search engine Excite, George Bell basked in the warm glow of interviewer Charlie Rose's softball...
MAVIS SCANLON
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The Big Picture
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Cable's Comeback
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Industry no longer on defensive vs. DBS DBS has a huge lead in the Next Big Thing: storage.Steve Effros has always acted like he carries around his own...
ANDY GROSSMAN
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Broadband Content
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NBA Net Play Could Press TV
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Call it a three-point shot across the bow of broadcasters and cable networks.The National Basketball Association has signed an agreement with RealNetworks...
RICHARD COLE
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Interactive TV
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Nick Game Bubbles
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Nickelodeon and Nick. com have created their first interactive TV/online game that will allow kids to play on their computers as they watch Nickelodeon...
K.C. NEEL
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Broadband
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CableLabs[R] Begins Set-top `FOCIS'
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Interactive services developed within the OpenCable[TM] specification are at the heart of a new CableLabs[R] initiative called FOCIS[R], the Forum for...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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HIGH-FIBER CHALLENGE
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Are operators rolling out fast enough to win the race?Cable companies have to change. Not "expand." Not "rise to competitive challenges." Change. Fundamentally...
BRIAN SANTO
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Business
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Cable Drives AOL Finances
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Chalk up another one for cable.Systems owned by AOL Time Warner helped fuel fourth-quarter revenue and EBITDA increases, and the unit is expected to...
MAVIS SCANLON
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Marketplace
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IPO Watch
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These IPOs are scheduled to price in the next four weeks. 1. Xenogen, 7M shares offered, $10 high/$8 low offer price.2. Exact Sciences, 4M shares offered,...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Market Comment
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Blue-chip stocks rallied after another Fed interest rate cut, but not as strongly as expected.The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 96.27 points to...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Marketing & Advertising
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Ad Rebound Seen
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Recession be damned."Media Recession 2001: Real or Self-Fulfilling?" - a new study released last week by Myers Reports - is bullish on Madison Avenue's...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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VH1 Shows Take Wing
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Call it branding in the air.Providing an array of programming for a pair of distinct in-cabin packages, VH1 is being showcased before United Airlines'...
MIKE REYNOLDS
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Between the Lines
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Family Reunion
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Arguing About the News It wasn't an especially warm reunion when CNN Newsgathering president Eason Jordan met network co-founder Reese Schonfeld and...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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There's No Place Like Home
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HGTV Prize The real estate market has been hot for a while, but interest in a new custom-designed home in coastal Maine is expected to prompt more than...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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General
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Broadband Bill Could Benefit Corning Fiber
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A new Senate bill boosting broadband could have a corporate sponsor, and it's not a major MSO.Corning - yes, the glass people - is apparently behind...
DAVID CONNELL
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CABLE'S COOL TO HOT GAMES
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MSOs take it slow even though games like EverQuest attract players and generate revenueIt doesn't sound possible. At least 300,000 people pony up $25...
RICHARD COLE
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Campaign Reform Would Help Cable
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Earning McCain's support When Senate Commerce Committee Chairman and campaign finance reform guru John McCain, R-Ariz., learned of former President Bill...
DAVID CONNELL
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Change Comes To FCC
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Change is coming fast to the Federal Communications Commission.New chairman Michael Powell is taking steps to reorganize the agency, and, with the resignation...
DAVID CONNELL
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Daly Joins Cable World
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Jody Daly, a veteran of the cable television and media businesses, was named publisher of Cable World by Media Central, the partnership between Primedia...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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FCC Ruling Could Give MSOs Leverage
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There is very little for broadcasters to like in the digital TV must carry rules issued by the Federal Communications Commission Jan. 18.The decision...
LARRY GERBRANDT
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HBO Bid Bests Starz
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In a move that at once bolsters its own theatrical lineup while removing a key member from a rival's roster, HBO outbid Starz Encore on an eight-year...
MIKE REYNOLDS
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Necks On The Block At AT&T
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It's showtime for AT&T Broadband.In the wake of somewhat dismal fourth-quarter results, the company must shore up its balance sheet, while continuing...
K.C. NEEL
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Piece of Rainbow Gives MGM Options
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In the end, Cablevision Systems' decision on how to unlock the value from its Rainbow Media Holdings subsidiary came from an old negotiating partner...
MAVIS SCANLON
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Stunt Singes MTV
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A teen-ager hurt trying to imitate a dangerous stunt from MTV's Jackass has drawn a new round of fire from media critics and government officials to...
MIKE REYNOLDS
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