May 12, 2003
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PROGRAMMING
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BRIEFS
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EMERIL STAYS ON FOOD MENU Food Network and chef Emeril Lagasse have signed a five-year, multimillion dollar deal for 90 new episodes per year of the...
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HISTORY LESSON
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While cable prides itself on being on the cutting edge of TV, sometimes it's good old-fashioned hits that win the day. The History Channel will be looking...
BY JONATHAN BLUM, KAGAN
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History Talkin' 'Bout A New Generation
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Roger Daltrey is probably too old for MTV. Maybe even for VH1. But does that mean he belongs on the History Channel? The Who's lead singer will be the...
BY JON LAFAYETTE
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DIGITAL PIPELINE
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BRIEFS
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ADVENT, WIRELESS BYPASS PAIR OFF IN BROADBAND BID Advent Networks and Wireless Bypass have teamed up to help cable ops provide wireless broadband service...
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Motorola Unveils HD/DVR Boxes
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Motorola has drawn back the curtain on its DCT-6000 digital set-top series, a line of thick-client boxes that includes the first unit to integrate both...
BY ANTHONY CRUPI
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ROLLIN' MOTOROLA
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Considering how tight the high-end set-top market is going to get, Motorola's move to get into the high-end market early makes sense. We estimate that...
BY JONATHAN BLUM, KAGAN
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MEET THE SYSTEM
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On L.A.'s South Side, People Get Around
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More top ten cable operators coexist in Los Angeles than in any city in America. In fact, five cable operators control all the franchises here. Adelphia...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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COLUMNS
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ALPHABET SOUP
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Comcast's NBC news? Cox's sixth ESPN HD market? TWC Ohio does DVR? Insight VOD plays in Peoria? Microsoft's IPG?
BY SHIRLEY BRADY
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General
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Appeals Court Once Again Takes Up Broadband Issue
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Three years after ruling that cable broadband is a hybrid telecom/information service ? and despite an FCC ruling that it's an information service...
BY K. C. NEEL
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BRIEFS
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COMCAST CAMPAIGNS FOR HISPANIC VIEWERS Comcast launched its first national Hispanic ad campaign, created in partnership with Los Angeles-based agency...
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CABLE CONNECTIONS
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AOL Richard Taylor to SVP-brand promotion, from branding and positioning positions at Burger King. CN8 Barry Nolan to host of CN8-Nitebeat, from senior...
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CABLE EYES TIERS
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Jim Robbins, president and CEO of Cox Communications, came to Washington last Tuesday to tell his company's side of the cable story. He came away with...
BY ALICIA MUNDY
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Cable Giants Allied With the Corduroy Crew?
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In one of the most amazing hearings on the media industry and ever-increasing cable rates, four titans of cable television joined ranks with one of their...
BY ALICIA MUNDY
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Corrections
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In a May 5 story about SeaChange's mobile ad insertion showroom, it was reported that analyst Murray Arenson was employed by Morgan Keenan. In fact,...
Bill Gloede
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HDTV is the horse to bet on in the race for better ARPU.
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Few businesses have enjoyed the rapid growth and sustained acceptance of cable. The cable industry grew from a handful of subscribers in 1948 to over...
BY TIM DODGE
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IFC Takes ?Uncensored? Path to SVOD
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Unlike Trio's ?uncensored? block of programming last June that blurred the naughty bits in Last Tango in Paris, the folks at IFC are offering...
BY SHIRLEY BRADY
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Late Breaking News
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TVG Picks Up Distribution Pace Gemstar-TV Guide International's horse-racing and interactive waging network network, TVG, boosted its distribution to...
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MSOs Report Record-Breaking Quarter for High-Speed Additions
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Despite a looming threat from telcos looking to beef up broadband subscriber rolls, high-speed Internet service was once again a bright spot for the...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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Murdoch Plays to the Right Congressional Audience
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Give Rupert Murdoch credit ? he knows how to get home court advantage. Having given ?scheduling problems? as the reason he could not...
BY ALICIA MUNDY
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Ratings
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| Top 40 Basic Cable Ad-Supported ProgramsWeek of April 28-May 4, 2003 |
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Time Warner Maine Testing Interactive Game Channel
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Time Warner Cable is dipping its toe into an advanced service it hopes will create a lot of buzz for digital cable. The MSO launched a trial of Buzztime's...
BY SHIRLEY BRADY
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Top Guns
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) Cable-Tec Expo. And while most attendees will be craning...
BY ANTHONY CRUPI
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