May 10, 1999
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PROGRAMMING
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Cable Ratings Still Blowing Out Broadcast TV
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April may be the cruelest month for T.S. Eliot and others, but not for basic cable when it comes to the Nielsens.The industry registered an 11% rise...
Mike Reynolds
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Florida Gardens Get Beamed Up on Sunshine Network
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Viewers of Sunshine Network will soon have a chance to watch the deft touch of Robert Vincent Sims around fields in Florida.No, Sims is not the newest...
Mike Reynolds
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Food Network Spices Up Its New Offerings
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At Food Network's upfront presentation, the emphasis was clearly on fun, not to mention, er, widening the channel's viewership.While attendees at the...
Mike Reynolds
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More USA Original Series Set to Blossom in 2000
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Continuing to ramp up its investments in fresh fare, USA Network will add a third night of original series programming to its lineup in the first quarter...
Mike Reynolds
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The Big Picture
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ELEGANT SOLUTIONS: What's Microsoft's payoff?
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Last week I wrote that the AT&T-MediaOne-Comcast fight would be the battle of all battles in the cable industry. I couldn't have been more wrong.Perhaps...
Matt Stump
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Business
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Smaller Operators Jump in Feeding Frenzy: News Corp. posts solid numbers despite Titanic falloff; USA Networks results
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In the shadows of the giant telecommunications battle for territory last week, a handful of deals were closed or cut by smaller operators who have been...
Joshua Cho
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Marketplace
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Market Comment
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LOSING IS WINNING: Shares of Comcast Corp.'s Class A and Special shares rose last week after the MSO announced it was stepping back from the bidding...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Marketing & Advertising
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Fox Kids Latin America Kicks Off Promo
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In a goodwill gesture intended to spur sportsmanship and brand recognition, Fox Kids Latin America began the first in a series of pan-regional-soccer...
Mary Reinholz
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People
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People
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HBO: Doris Casap has been named VP-film programming; she had been director-film programming. Casap has been a member of the film programming staff for...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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General
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8x8 Shifts Gears from IP to Focus on VoIP
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8x8 Inc. is shifting its focus from long-range Internet Protocol (IP) video telephony over broadband networks to near-term IP voice telephony.As part...
Jim Barthold
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Armstrong Cable's Master Dealmaker
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AT&T Corp. chairman C. Michael Armstrong solidified his position as king of the telecommunications world last week with a series of bold transactions...
K.C. Neel
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BAS Introduces Integrated IP Access Switch
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Broadband Access Systems Inc. has introduced what it calls the "industry's only carrier-class, standards-based, integrated Internet Protocol (IP) access...
Jim Barthold
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Bresnan to Roll Out WorldGate to 100,000 Homes
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Bresnan Communications Co. Ltd. has signed a multi-year agreement to launch WorldGate Communications Inc.'s Internet-over-TV service to more than 100,000...
Jim Barthold
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Cash Infusion Continues for MMDS Companies
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Sprint Corp. last week added two more MMDS wireless providers, Videotron USA and Transworld Telecommunications Inc., to burgeoning holdings that already...
Jim Barthold
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Cox Interactive Offers Web Ad Creation Services
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Cox Interactive Media is offering to help advertisers navigate the cyberspace stream for customers with the formation of CIMStudio, a one-stop Web ad...
Karen Brown
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CTAM's July Summit Finds Heart in San Francisco
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The 15th annual conference of the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) will be in San Francisco from July 18-20 with a focus on...
Mary Reinholz
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DirecTV to Offer Local Broadcast Signals by Year's-End
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In a big strategic shift, DirecTV Inc. laid out plans last week to offer local broadcast stations to subscribers in New York, Los Angeles and up to 20...
Alan Breznick
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Disney, History and TCM Top Annual Beta Survey
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The Disney Channel took top honors in Beta Research Corp'.s 1999 survey of most popular networks among non-cable subscribers.The Syosset, N.Y., pollster's...
Karen Brown
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Fox News Online Signs Deal with
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In a bold move to take the lead in broadband programming, News Corp.'s new media unit has swung a deal to make Fox News Online the premiere news provider...
Alan Breznick
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Fundy Acquisition Expands Shaw's Canadian Reach
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Buying Fundy Communications Inc. does more than just add 192,000 subscribers to Shaw Communications Inc.'s subscriber base, it expands the Canadian MSO's...
Jim Barthold
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HEADED FOR EXTINCTION?: Broadcasters are persistent, but traveling the way of dinosaurs
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One of Gary Larson's funnier Far Side cartoons showed a group of dinosaurs sucking on cancer sticks, with the explanation "Why Dinosaurs Became Extinct."My...
Jim Barthold
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Mediacom Gobbles Up Triax Midwest; IPO in Offing
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The cable industry could see another initial public offering soon if Mediacom LLC decides to sell some equity in the wake of its $740-million acquisition...
K.C. Neel
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Microsoft Increases Set-Top Position with AT&T Deal
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By investing $5 billion for a 3% stake in AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp. may not be gaining as much as it wanted. But, as with its earlier $1 billion investment...
Alan Breznick
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National Geographic Teams with Fox, NBC: Columbia TriStar Group joins new channel brigade with soap opera fare
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In cableland, the programming competition just keeps on coming.A new joint venture aligning Fox Entertainment Group with existing partners NBC and National...
Michael Reynolds
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Philips to Showcase Full System Capabilities: Netherlands' equipment maker jumps into the DOCSIS cable modem business
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Philips Broadband Networks Inc. will use this month's Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) Cable Tec Expo in Orlando as a "coming out"...
Jim Barthold
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RBOC Bashing Reigns at Kagan Confab
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Cable's broadband future was the topic last week at Kagan Seminars Inc.'s conference bearing that same name, and the timing couldn't have been better....
Joshua Cho
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Sunday Night Bout: ESPN, MLB Court Bound
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The battle between ESPN and Major League Baseball is heading to the ultimate umpire: a U.S. court of law.ESPN sued MLB in federal court seeking injunctive...
Mike Reynolds
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Tri-State Media Gets Viewers' Opinions: Delaware Valley interactive news channel opens doors to subscribers, Internet
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Cable viewers and Internet subscribers in the Delaware Valley can literally talk back to the TV news thanks to a new media network with a unique Internet...
Karen Brown
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TW Points to Duplicity on Antenna Argument: NAB says local signal antennas will work for DBS but not digital cable
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Broadcasters can't have it both ways when it comes to digital must carry (DMC) and the Satellite Home Viewer Act (SHVA), according to cable operators...
Eric Glick
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Virginia Lawmakers Introduce New ISP Legislation
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In a move that's bound to anger cable operators, two federal lawmakers introduced legislation last week that'll force MSOs offering high speed modem...
Eric Glick
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Woodstock Wrestles WWF for July 25 PPV Date
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When it comes to pay-per-view, it's not all peace, love and Woodstock '99.PPV distributor Viewer's Choice and promoter Woodstock '99 LLC have reached...
Michael Reynolds
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