April 21, 2003
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PROGRAMMING
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BRIEFS
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TNN TO BECOME SPIKE TV TNN: The National Network will be re-named Spike TV, effective June 16. The switch will be backed by a multimillion dollar awareness...
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Family Sharpens Its Focus on Teenagers
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After Angela Shapiro arrived at ABC Family Channel a year ago, she discovered something interesting about the network's audience. It had a good number...
BY JON LAFAYETTE
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DIGITAL PIPELINE
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BRIEFS
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TIME WARNER BEGINS TESTING PACE HD SET-TOP Pace Micro Technology last week said Time Warner Cable is the first MSO to field test its new DC-550 hi-def...
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From Op to Traffic Cop
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Of all the new economy buzzwords that cropped up during the grievously short ?long boom? ? and how's that ?clicks-and-mortar?...
BY ANTHONY CRUPI
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SPAM SANDWICH
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Unwanted e-mail is unfortunately turning into one of the Internet's main growth industries. Spam jumped an average of 7% a month last year for a total...
BY JONATHAN BLUM, KAGAN
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Wham, Bam, No Thank You, Spam
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Things on my to-do list today, as dictated by the various spam subject lines in my in box: Lose ten pounds in seven days. Order prescription...
BY ANTHONY CRUPI
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MEET THE SYSTEM
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Full-Speed Ahead In Iowa's Capital
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Mediacom solidified its hold on the farm belt's cable systems, especially in Iowa, in 2001 with a big acquisition from AT&T Broadband. Becoming the major...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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General
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?Good taste? prevailed in the news networks' war coverage. Was truth a casualty?
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We all saw the statue falling, jubilant Iraqis trouncing it, an epoch-making moment for Iraq. Or was it? Few have seen the wide shot, never broadcast...
BY MATTHEW GRIMM
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ADULT SUBSCRIPTION NETS ARE NO EASY SELL
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Playboy Television Network's president wants the cable industry to view his network as a premium channel just like Home Box Office and Showtime Networks,...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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BRIEFS
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ZAHN MOVES BACK INTO PRIME TIME Paula Zahn will move to prime time on CNN, anchoring a new two-hour show that will replace Connie Chung's program and...
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Buckeye CableSystem Gets Personal With Guide Ads
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When it comes to advertising, you can't get much more local than a garage sale or a wedding announcement, or by putting your home or used car on the...
andrea figler
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CABLE CONNECTIONS
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ABC FAMILY Julie Piepenkotter to SVP-research, from VP-research for Buena Vista Television. ARTEL VIDEO SYSTEMS Jane Christ to VP-worldwide sales, from...
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Comcast and Scripps Team In Local VOD Content Test
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Tastykake, Termini Pastries and Esposito's Butcher Shop. These much-loved Philadelphia institutions are now part of an innovative local content partnership...
BYSHIRLEY BRADY
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COMCAST METRO RICHMOND TIPS HAT TO LAW ENFORCERS
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Going above and beyond the call of duty is all in a day's work for the Virginia law enforcement and government officials who can now add the distinction...
Shirley Brady
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DBS Operators Charge Cable With Pushing Tax Levies
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Cash-strapped state legislatures are turning their eyes to the sky ? as in satellites ? in an effort to boost tax revenue. And, at least...
BY K. C. NEEL
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DirecTV to Intensify Push Into Cable's Weak Markets
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Charter Communications, distracted by long-term funding requirements, varied shareholder lawsuits and accounting investigations, now has to fend off...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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Eco-Challenge, USA Take Separate Paths
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USA Network's Eco-Challenge franchise is coming to an end with next month's broadcast of Eco-Challenge Fiji, airing May 5 to 7 with a two-hour finale...
BY SHIRLEY BRADY
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ESPN DRAFTS INTERNET
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In the largest-scale use yet of Internet Protocol for video transmission, ESPN will employ IP to handle the backhaul of coverage from National Football...
BY EVAN ROSEN
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HITTIN' THE LOW BIT RATE HIGHWAY
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Programmers testing low-cost technologies would be wise to consider non-real- time video file transfer. Improved networks and compression have made IP...
BY JONATHAN BLUM, KAGAN
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IT'S A PAY PAY PAY PAY PAY PAY WORLD
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Premium television is not a bad place to be in the cable industry. Overall unit growth is up by a solid 9% for 2002 with some services, such as Sundance,...
BY JONATHAN BLUM, KAGAN
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Late Breaking News
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Hispanic Tier Ruffles Feathers As part of a companywide effort to reconfigure digital packages, Charter Communications is rejiggering its digital package...
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Multiplex mentality
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At some point, video-on-demand may force premium networks and their cable operator clients to rethink whether the world really needs eight flavors of...
BY JON LAFAYETTE
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Ratings
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Top 40 Basic Cable Ad-Supported ProgramsWeek of April 7-13, 2003 ...
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Talent takes the stage
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Back in the early '90s, Alan Poul was lucky to get the Public Broadcasting Service to air Tales of the City, a series about a sexually diverse and drug-friendly...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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TIME FOR EQUAL TAXATION?
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The time may be right for DBS franchise fees. MSOs have long paid about 6% of total revenue in franchise fees, but consolidation and encroachment by...
BY JONATHAN BLUM, KAGAN
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