August 16, 1999
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PROGRAMMING
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TNT Set to Run with the Bulls for Fall Pilot Series
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TNT is bullish on series development.Preparing to dip its toe into the original series waters, the Turner Broadcasting System Inc., network has OK'd...
Mike Reynolds
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VH1 Breaks Format, Debuts Original Fare
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After making its mark with viewers through an array of information and documentary-type shows, VH1 is breaking from the formula that has sparked its...
Mike Reynolds
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The Big Picture
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GONZO STREAMING: Where do I watch Woodstock?
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An estimated 300,000 cable subscribers ordered the Woodstock '99 PPV event last month.According to DFC Intelligence, 650,000 videostreams from the woodstock99.com...
Matt Stump
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Business
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Profits Boom; Lucent Cuts $3.7 Billion Deal
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Cisco Systems Inc. said its profit rose 31% in the fiscal fourth quarter to $727 million, or 21 cents a share, well in line with analyst estimates. Revenue...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Marketplace
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Market Comment
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IPOS STUMBLE - Hotjobs.com, which planned to make $66.5 million from the firm's IPO last week wound up with only $24 million because of the collapse...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Marketing & Advertising
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Do Lower DBS Demos Mean Higher Churn Rates?
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Look out, cable. Satellite TV, once primarily the fancy of high earners, rural folks and technophiles, is swiftly becoming a mainstream, middle-class...
Alan Breznick
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MSOs, NCTA, Urban League Join to Boost Tech Access
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Reports released by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the United Nations indicate there is a widening "digital divide" between the technical haves...
Karen Brown
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People
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People
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AT&T: Amos Hostetter has been elected to the company's board of directors. He will become non-executive chairman of the company's broadband and Internet...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Between the Lines
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A Little Romance: Allen and Hall Making Music?
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Ok you broadband gossips, get this. Jerry Hall, recently dumped and divorced by Mick Jagger has traded in her broken heart for a younger, richer man....
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Online Fun: Digesting Celebrity Photo Ops
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Blech! Carnie Wilson, the portly chanteuse and daughter of Beach Boy Brian Wilson, seems to be on the cutting edge of the latest Hollywood trend: online...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Ringside: The Governor Sets His Priorities
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Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura bolted from an Aug. 8 national Governors' Association meeting in St. Louis to fly to Chicago for a televised World Wrestling...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Tomato Cans: Gort, Klaatu Barada Nikto!
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Remember such famous robots as Tobor, R2D2, Robby, Gort and, of course, the Lost in Space Robot?Now imagine them slugging it out in a winner takes all...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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General
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3Com Gets Scorched by AT&T Network Problems
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AT&T Corp.'s troubled San Francisco Bay area networks remained under the microscope last week as an Internet report said the MSO blamed 3Com Corp.'s...
Jim Barthold
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ADSL, Cable Modem Roll Outs Remain Sketchy
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In many ways, cable modem and Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) service are two rival trains rushing down parallel tracks in 1999.As with their...
Karen Brown
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BET.com to Partner with Heavy Weights
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Ramping up its efforts to aggregate African-Americans on the Web, BET Holdings Inc. is partnering with Microsoft Corp., News Corp., USA Networks and...
Mike Reynolds
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BNI, Time Warner Divide Revenue Sharing
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Broadband Networks Inc. (BNI) and Time Warner Cable's Houston division will split the revenues they get from providing schools with high-speed data and...
Jim Barthold
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Clasen Takes Chairman Reins at ICTV, Sets Strategy
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Interactive technology company ICTV has hired former Comcast Corp. and Rogers Cable Systems executive Robert Clasen to serve as chairman of the board...
Matt Stump
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Cox Gets $3 Million Boost to Help Pay for Acquisitions
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Cox Communications Inc. last week said that it reaped approximately $3 billion with a variety of debt and equity sales to help pay for a recent series...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Customer Retention Tough for Pa. Overbuilder
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Walter Ziemba, GM of Western Pennsylvania cable overbuilder Bentleyville Cable Co., has a problem. He's losing customers to incumbent Helicon Cable Communications...
Jim Barthold
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Distribution Key as Anicom Eyes Growth
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Anyone that's been around the cable business for any length of time knows the name Anixter. But many people may not know that the family that started...
K.C. Neel
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FCC Gathers Competition Data for Report
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It's that time of year again: the FCC is collecting data for its annual report to Congress on the state of competition in the video market.The comments...
Eric Glick
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FCC Schedules Market Share Rules Review for Sept.
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Officials at the FCC said they hope to issue their long-awaited horizontal ownership and attribution rules by Sept. 15 at the commission's next scheduled...
Eric Glick
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In the Home Stretch, MLB's Ratings Mixed
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Entering the home stretch of the 1999 season, Major League Baseball is generating mixed results for its national carriers.While Fox, in its various entities,...
Mike Reynolds
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Independent, Small Cable Operators Mean Business
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Conventional wisdom would suggest that the smaller cable operators are a thing of the past; dinosaurs in a world of mammals so to speak. But don't tell...
K.C. Neel
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MediaOne Strikes Deal to Strengthen E-Commerce
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MediaOne Group hopes to boost business for advertisers in its local markets through a deal announced last week with Netgateway Inc.The Long Beach, Calif.-based...
Karen Brown
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Overbuilder's Approach: Spend $$ Make $$
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Seren Innovations Inc. has a way to compete with incumbent cable television operators: Spend lots of money and watch the returns roll in.The wholly-owned...
Jim Barthold
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Promoters Cancel Woodstock '99 Uncensored
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While the final tabulations on Woodstock '99 buy rates continue, a compendium show featuring some of the performances, nudity and violence that were...
Mike Reynolds
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Retransmission Consent Deals Blow in the Wind
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It's unclear if the FCC's recent end on a ban that had prohibited major networks from owning more than one station per market may shift the landscape...
Eric Glick
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Satellite High-Speed Data Service Coming Fast
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Despite a late start and a few initial missteps, satellite TV providers are racing to catch up with cable operators and regional phone companies in bringing...
Alan Breznick
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Shareholder Files Suit Against Comcast
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Comcast Corp.'s plan to use consolation money from its failed bid on MediaOne Corp. to acquire a majority share of Jones Intercable hit a snag last week....
Karen Brown
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Sprint Settlement Dials the Wrong Number
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A legal settlement forged between Sprint and a local phone service competitor in the Las Vegas area has dialed a wrong number for Cox Communications...
Karen Brown
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Stock Drop Won't Halt AT&T-MediaOne Deal
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Cable stocks have been falling steadily for weeks now, but the slippage won't affect AT&T Corp.'s deal to buy MediaOne Group Inc., company executives...
K.C. Neel
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The Bottom Line: PVR Makers May Face Suit
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Worried that the new crop of personal recording services will torpedo their advertising and distribution revenue, a group of two dozen broadcast, cable...
Karen Brown
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Video, Audio Partnerships Play Together in Tune
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Video and audio streaming continues to play well in the Internet world with two recent content partnership deals in the works.Last week, cable modem...
Karen Brown
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Viewer's Choice Skating to Score Deal with NHL
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With the out-of-market pro basketball package ready to bounce into digital cable homes for the 1999-2000 season, Viewer's Choice is still shooting for...
Mike Reynolds
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White House Dodges Open Access Debate
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The debate over open access shows no apparent signs of letting up, nor does AT&T Corp. indicate it's willing to cede a precious inch of its so-called...
Eric Glick and K.C. Neel
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Wireless Stepchildren Becoming Empowered
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In much the same way AT&T Corp. and billionaire Paul Allen are invigorating cable, the wireless industry, formerly cable's neglected stepsibling, is...
Jim Barthold
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