May 26, 2003
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NEWS
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CABLE ABLE TO CASH IN
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It was fast and frenzied, but by Friday advertisers had committed to spending at least $9 billion for the 2003-'04 broadcast prime-time season ?...
BY SHIRLEY BRADY
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PROGRAMMING
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BRIEFS
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SOAPNET ADDS NEWS SUDS SoapNet, ABC Cable's soap opera network, acquired its first non-ABC soap for its programming lineup. Another World, which aired...
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Rainbow Tees Off With VOD How-To's
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On the heels of Rainbow Media's introduction of Uncensored on Demand, packaged by the Independent Film Channel, Rainbow Sports Networks has gotten into...
BY SHIRLEY BRADY
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MEET THE SYSTEM
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When Blue Ice Piled High on Kentucky
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The staff of Insight Communications in Lexington, Ky., went through the proverbial trial by fire when a treacherous ice storm hit in February. For five...
BY JON LAFAYETTE
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General
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BRIEFS
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CABLEVISION ADDS ITS NETS TO VUE POT Cablevision Systems could emerge as a larger media player with better access to movie content for its cable channels...
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CABLE CONNECTIONS
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CABLE AUDIT ASSOCIATES Advertising and media veteran Tom Sassos to chairman. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS Jim Heneghan to SVP-Charter Media, from VP-Charter...
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CM REVENUE HOLDS STEADY
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Cable operators, led by Comcast, are searching for ways to maintain growth in new high-speed data subscriptions without resorting to the kinds of across-the-board...
BY IAN OLGEIRSON, KAGAN
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FCC Vote Debate Rages On
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As the Federal Communications Commission's June 2 vote on media ownership draws closer, it would not be wrong to say the atmosphere is charged. In a...
BY ALICIA MUNDY
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How High Is Up?
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It's just past Memorial Day and already the weather is looking better for the cable TV industry. It's a far cry from two years ago, when economic clouds...
BY JOE MANDESE
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John Malone says the word that's music to investors' ears: spin-off.
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Snoopy was right. It's a dark and stormy night out there. First terrorism, then war, then homeland security, with its ever-changing colors, then more...
BY PAUL KAGAN
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Late Breaking News
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Buyer's Market for Cable Nets More than a dozen cable networks could change hands in the next year or so as media companies try to rationalize their...
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Magazine for Comcast's Digital, HSD Subs in Works
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Comcast Cable has a magazine in the works. Cable World has learned that the Philadelphia-based MSO has begun production on Digitalife, a glossy geared...
BY ANTHONY CRUPI
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OPEN SEASON FOR SPORTS TIERS
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The justification for sports tiering is rapidly becoming a matter of simple economics. While we expect MSOs to raise rates an average of 5.4% this year...
BY IAN OLGEIRSON, KAGAN
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Operators Get Their Kicks In While ESPN Defends Hikes
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The battle between ESPN and cable operators is beginning to look a little like the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, with the two sides squaring off over...
BY K. C. NEEL
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Ratings
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Top 40 Basic Cable Ad-Supported ProgramsWeek of May 12-18, 2003 ...
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TIME WARNER ROLLS VoIP IN MAINE
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Time Warner Cable has launched Voice over IP (VoIP) service to its high-speed data customers in Portland, Me. Dubbed Digital Phone, the new offering...
BY ANTHONY CRUPI
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Tougher Stance on Pricing Urged at CAB Conference
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Do whatever it takes to stop media buyers from undervaluing cable ad spots: That was the message at the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau's tenth annual...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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