March 18, 2002
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PROGRAMMING
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Bravo's Original Series Aimed at The Smart Set
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Outside attention may be zeroing in on the addition of The Larry Sanders Show to next season's lineup,...
BY JON LAFAYETTE
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VH1, MGM TEAM UP FOR MOVIES VH1 announced last week that it would enter into a partnership with MGM Television,...
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FX Locks Up Record Ratings With The Shield
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With controversy, cost and expectation running at a particularly fevered pitch, FX's original cop drama...
BY WILL LEE
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Hallmark Lights Kliegs For 24 Original Films
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With the sloganeering confidence of a candidate on the campaign trail, the Hallmark Channel raised the...
by will lee
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Nick Strikes Up Band, Waits to Strike Deals
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Kids leader Nickelodeon is setting its sights on boys and settling deeper into the Saturday morning broadcast...
BY JON LAFAYETTE
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Showtime Tops Emmy List
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Showtime was nominated for 17 daytime Emmy awards, marking the fourth straight year the premium channel...
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The Starting Lineup
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If you've ever wondered what sort of programming a high-octane team of cable veterans could cobble together...
BY CHRISTOPHER SCHULTZ
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Business
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Set-Top Challenger Faces Troubles on Home Front
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Pace Micro Technologies, one of three set-top-box manufacturers angling to snatch market share away from...
by mavis scanlon
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Marketplace
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companies in the news
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AOL TIME WARNER (NYSE: AOL) The America Online unit reported that its worldwide customer base is now more...
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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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alcatel Niel Ransom to chief technology officer. arris Mitch Matteau to VP-European engineering and operations....
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General
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BigBand Adds Gilbert As Cable Plays New Tunes
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As BigBand Networks gears up to serve the next generation of digital services for multiple system operators,...
by richard cole
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BRESNAN SELLS STAKE IN CHARTER FOR $384.8M
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Bill Bresnan, the cable veteran who sold his systems to Charter Communications in early 2000, has now sold...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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VIACOM PROMOTES MOVIE ACROSS THE UNIVERSE Viacom is stopping the clock on 13 networks and numerous websites...
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briefs
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GIST DEVELOPS ON-SCREEN TV MAGAZINE FOR DIGEO Gist Communications, a developer of interactive TV program...
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CABLE AD VALUE ERODES RELATIVE TO BROADCAST
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The 2001 advertising recession has been harder on some media than others. It's also greatly impacted the...
Joe Mandese, special from Media Buyer's Daily
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Comcast's HDTV Plan Should Please Politicos
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Comcast, in what is being viewed by some in Washington as a shrewd move, this year will begin offering...
BY ANDREA FIGLER AND CHRISTOPHER SCHULTZ
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Conference in China Draws U.S. Cable TV Suppliers
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A major U.S. middleware company and a leading set-top-box maker are stepping up their presence in China,...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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Correction
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On page 22 of the March 11 issue, it was incorrectly reported that Monroe Cablevision has five miles of...
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Cox Offers Home Security In Las Vegas
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Cable TV has begun watching its subscribers. Last week Security Broadband launched its SafeVillage home...
BY JON LAFAYETTE
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Data Says Cable Should Watch The Hold Button
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Cable subscribers' customer service expectations are rising rapidly, and operators must keep pace, especially...
BY RICHARD COLE
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Deadend at the Headend?
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Three years ago, Jim Vaughn saw the light. He was looking for place to park some of the $2 billion he netted...
BY K. C. NEEL
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FCC Rule on Cable Internet Service Could Be Headed for the Courts
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The Federal Communications Commission's long-awaited decision declaring high-speed cable Internet access...
BY RICHARD COLE
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Late Breaking News
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Sykes, McGrath Get New Posts Viacom named VH1 and CMT president John Sykes to run its Infinity Radio division....
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LIBERTY BUYS UP REST OF DIGITAL SUBSIDIARY
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Liberty Media completed its purchase of the stake in Liberty Digital that it does not already own. Liberty,...
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NDS Accused of Giving Pirates Canal Plus Code
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The bitter legal war that broke out last week between interactive television rivals Canal Plus and Rupert...
BY RICHARD COLE
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Networks Willing to Put Sites in Expense Column
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Amid the ruins of an Internet economy, for which marketing and advertising dollars are as scarce as Web...
by christopher schultz
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Ratings
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TOP 20 BASIC CABLE AD-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS WEEK OF...
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The Balancing Act of Life and Work
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Leo Brennan has run Cox Communications' Orange County, Calif., system for 12 years, and in that time, he...
by richard cole
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Wink Rewrites Contracts To Ease Cash Liabilities
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Moving to preserve cash after recently reporting a disappointing fourth quarter, interactive TV services...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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