June 10, 2002
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PROGRAMMING
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Bedol's Back With a College Sports Net
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Brian Bedol thinks cable is ready for another sports network. Bedol, who created the Classic Sports Network...
BY JON LAFAYETTE
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BET Seeks More Ways to Work With Viacom Family
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To commemorate its first anniversary as part of Viacom, executives from Black Entertainment Television...
by shirley brady
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briefs
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CNBC SETS PRIME-TIME SLATE The News With Brian Williams will begin running exclusively weeknights on CNBC...
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Cuban Baseball Playoffs Reach U.S. Shores Via VOD
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U.S. baseball fans will get to watch four Cuban National League playoff games starting June 17 via TVN...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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People
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People
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aurora networks Judy Donovan to VP-sales. Previously she was group VP-broadband, North America, for ADC...
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General
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Better Times Likely To Emerge for Cable
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Mark it down: this almost-summer of 2002 befits the second year of any first presidential term. It steams...
by paul kagan
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Cable Executives Take Their Case to Wall Street
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In his opening remarks at the Deutsche Bank Securities media conference last week, Mediacom Communications'...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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Cable Hopes to See Green After Broadcast Cashes In
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After watching hopefully as broadcast networks enjoyed a surprisingly strong upfront, raking in $8 billion...
BY JON LAFAYETTE
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Diller's USA Pulls Back Offers
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Barry Diller may want it all, but, true to form, he won't overpay to get it. Just two days after his USA...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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INTERTAINER GETS $9.4M
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Intertainer got a much-needed $9.4 million investment from Italian-based Internet television company Freedomland...
Andrea Figler
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KAPLAN MEMORIAL TENNIS TOURNEY HITS BOSTON
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A tennis tournament coinciding with the CTAM Summit will pay tribute to the late cable pioneer Seymour...
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Late Breaking News
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Fox Ups Vinciquerra Fox Television Network president Tony Vinciquerra is being named CEO of the Fox Networks...
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LOCAL OPERATIONS FEELING THE PAIN
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The effects of financial turmoil at Adelphia Communications is trickling down to its local operations....
BY K. C. NEEL AND ANDREA FIGLER
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Patent Battles Put Dent in SeaChange's Upbeat Quarter
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The prospect of a drawn-out clash over intellectual property has overshadowed SeaChange International's...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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Ratings
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TOP 20 BASIC CABLE AD-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS WEEK OF...
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Scenario Darkens for Adelphia's Investors
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Even with what has become a near-daily stream of bad news pouring out of Adelphia Communications, Friday's...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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Some Nets Could Get Paid in Full If Adelphia Files for Bankruptcy
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Adelphia Communications is thought to owe at least $250 million to various networks, but some programmers...
BY STACI D. KRAMER
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The Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer Cable
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For many, summertime means hot days spent beneath a big umbrella at the beach, a novel in hand to pass...
BY JON LAFAYETTE
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Victory Over Satellite Is Battle Cry at Cable-Tec
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From a purely symbolic perspective, San Antonio, Texas, was perhaps the perfect venue for this year's SCTE...
BY ANTHONY CRUPI
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Wedding Outlasts Expectations
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Time Warner Cable's system in Raleigh, N.C., plans to extend by another week the run of its unique piece...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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