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April 19-May 2, 2004
FEATURES
The Three-Year Window: A PPV Model for Hi-Def?
The cable consortium In Demand makes sense for PPV and VOD distribution and management, but does it make sense for a linear hi-def channel? Or, does distribution guarantee success? Cable operators have a rocky history of working together, but this "Big 3 + 1" has a point to prove.
By Shirley Brady
HDNet's Gain, INHD's Pain?
By Shirley Brady
Can Hi-Def Push Cable and Broadcasters to Make Nice?
Maybe...but it hasn't been easy so far. With digital must-carry confusion and multicasting in the mix, finding common cause remains elusive.
By Mavis Scanlon
Meet the Operator: Can Sports Really Drive HD Subscribers?
With a ready-for-HD cable plant and new teammates like Samsung, Comcast is timing its well-conceived HD marketing plays to the biggest sporting events of the year.
By Mavis Scanlon
HDTV National Services: What's on Cable (and Satellite)
By Shirley Brady
Are MSOs Getting Stingy With Their Marketing Avails?
As operators roll out services like cable modems and VoIP, their marketing avails are becoming more precious. Cable networks have their own HD and on-demand services to sell, only now they're having to pay for time they used to get for free.
By Jim Forkan
Meet the System: Staten Island
In a Staten Island State of Mind: Time Warner Cable Blurs the Line Between System and Community
By Simon Applebaum
CABLE CIRCUIT
VOD Rod Makes a Pit Stop in Central Park
By Mavis Scanlon
G4's Big Fat Geek Wedding
By Shirley Brady
HotJobs Posting Nets Large Pool of Would-Be Presidential Candidates
By Simon Applebaum
Tom Kerver Passes Away
By K.C. Neel
DEPARTMENTS
Nine Questions With Dan Curtis: Our Fathers 'Could Only Be Told on Cable'
By Simon Applebaum
A Day in the Life: Debbie Egner
Home on the Range?and Starz in the Spa?With Blackberry in Tow
By K.C. Neel
Alphabet Soup
'The Fan' Media Player Blows Away Comcast.net Users?and Design Pros
By Shirley Brady
Kagan's Column: Cable's Basket of Programming Eggs Beats Eggs a la Carte
By Paul Kagan
My Back Pages: How Vertical Can Cable Get?
By Paul S. Maxwell
Editor's Letter: The Cuban Killer
By John P. Ourand
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