June 9, 2003
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NEWS
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BRIEFS
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STREET GETS CLARITY FROM CABLEVISION Cablevision System's decision to spin off Rainbow DBS, its satellite venture, and its Clearview Cinema unit is the...
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Cable Networks Blow Into Chicago With Plenty of Action
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Michael Eisner and Michael Jackson, a bigger-than-life crucifix and the world's biggest bobblehead doll. These are just a few of the show-stopping sights...
BY SHIRLEY BRADY
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DBS Sees Daylight in HD Delays
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Dale Barrett wants his HDTV. And he wants it now. But, as a subscriber to Adelphia Communications, the Boeing software engineer may have to wait another...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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UHF LOOPHOLE GONE
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The FCC moved to lift the caps on media ownership as expected, but the commissioners also enacted a sunset for the Big Four networks of the rule that...
BY KATHY MCCOY, KAGAN
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Urban Myth via Comcast: Robots In the Sewers of San Francisco
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Comcast Corp.'s entrepreneurial spirit has reached new heights ? or, literally, lows ? in the upgrade of one of its recently acquired AT&T...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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WHAT'S ON HD TONIGHT?
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HD services are emerging as a pivotal battleground in the war between cable and satellite. MSOs tout the ability to support local HD signals including...
BY IAN OLGEIRSON, KAGAN
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PROGRAMMING
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BRIEFS
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TCA LIKES ?DAILY SHOW,? HBO The nominations are in for the annual TV Critics Association Awards, and cable leads the pack. HBO trumps all...
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Coming Up
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THE OSBOURNES TAKE A BOW Jack's back, along with Kelly, Sharon, Ozzy, the dogs, the cats, the nanny, the neighbors, the hangers-on and the celebs. The...
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TWC, ESPN Ride Together in Texas
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As K.C. Neel noted in this magazine two weeks ago, ESPN has become ?the cable industry's poster child for bad behavior when it comes to arrogance...
BY SHIRLEY BRADY
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DIGITAL PIPELINE
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BRIEFS
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N2 NOW COMPATIBLE WITH GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE IPG N2 Broadband announced last week that it had integrated its OpenStream VOD platform with Gemstar-TV Guide's...
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Dolby to Licensees: The FCC Is Listening
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Movie trailers, like the products they advertise, are by and large formulaic undertakings. A male voice ? usually that of voice-over king Hal Douglas...
BY ANTHONY CRUPI
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MEET THE SYSTEM
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Houston Yields a Digital Sub Gusher
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They grow 'em big in Texas, and Time Warner Cable's Houston division is no exception. Laid out in a straight line, the system's 16,600 miles of cable...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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General
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?Not An Easy Task?
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A year ago, it looked as if Adelphia Communications' impending bankruptcy might take the whole cable industry down with it. The company's disclosure...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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28 Greats Get the Nod
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The Cable TV Pioneers is inducting a record 28 cable executives to its ranks this year during an awards ceremony to be held at the Union League Club...
BY K. C. NEEL
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ADELPHIA HAS BEEN PLAYING UNDER PAR
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Adelphia's new executive team has demonstrated progress in untangling the MSO's Byzantine books, but the Denver-based group still has a long way to go...
BY IAN OLGEIRSON, KAGAN
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CABLE CONNECTIONS
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ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS Pennie Contos, Dan Deutsch and Nigel Ives to district VP. Gerry Anstine to regional VP-engineering and construction. Thomas E....
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Changes At the Top
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In February of 2002, shortly after AT&T agreed to sell its cable unit to Comcast for $72 billion, Comcast sparked quite a ruckus in corporate governance...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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Competitive Readiness Comes From A Companywide 24/7 State of Mind
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This is the first in a series of columns from the Cable Television Public Affairs Association. Here in Atlanta, employees of a certain beverage maker...
ELLEN FAST
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HEROES FROM ILLINOIS ON PARADE AT NATIONAL SHOW
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If you're attending the NCTA National Show in Chicago this week, watch for NCTA chairman Michael Willner touring the show floor on Tuesday afternoon...
Shirley Brady
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Image Problem
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What if an industry spent $70 billion upgrading its services and nobody noticed? It may not be quite that bad, but the cable industry most assuredly...
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It's a broadband world, and we got there by giving consumers what they want.
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National Show attendees this week will hear a lot about how cable is helping drive the ?digital revolution.? The industry will focus on progress...
BY ROBERT SACHS
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Let's Take a Close Look at Tiering
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To the Editor: You correctly quoted John Malone in your story (?Malone Takes Aim at ESPN,? May 19) when he said, ?We probably should've...
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PROCEED WITH CAUTION
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Within 48 hours of the Federal Communications Commission's vote last Monday to loosen broadcast media ownership rules, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had...
BY ALICIA MUNDY
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Question No. 1 in Chicago: Deploy What and Roll It Out How Quickly?
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When you walk the floors and hang in the hallways of McCormick Place this week, you won't have to listen closely to hear the Tower of TechnoBabel. It...
PAUL KAGAN
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Ratings
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| Top 40 Basic Cable Ad-Supported ProgramsWeek of May 26-June 1, 2003 |
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