August 21, 2000
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PROGRAMMING
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BET is Moving On Up
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By relocating its music operation to Harlem, BET plans to corral hot music performers to power its already-established music base. The network also doubled...
Tim Clark
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BET is Moving On Up
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By relocating its music operation to Harlem, BET plans to corral hot music performers to power its already-established music base. The network also doubled...
Tim Clark
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MTV Pumps Up Programming
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In the wake of one of the most-watched years in MTV's 17-year history, Brian Graden, president-programming, wants to pump up the programming volume.With...
Tim Clark
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MTV Pumps Up Programming
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In the wake of one of the most-watched years in MTV's 17-year history, Brian Graden, president-programming, wants to pump up the programming volume.With...
Tim Clark
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Cover Story
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MEDIA MONSTERS
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Has merger mania created a few monsters?Merger madness has turned a handful of media and entertainment companies into monster conglomerates. That can...
K.C. Neel
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The Big Picture
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Is ITV a 'Red Herring?': Holy Mackerel! A backlash develops.
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Interactive television has taken some lumps recently, but some of these reports are real fish stories. Is there cause for concern that the hype is outpacing...
Andy Grossman
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Is ITV a `Red Herring?': Holy Mackerel! A backlash develops.
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Interactive television has taken some lumps recently, but some of these reports are real fish stories. Is there cause for concern that the hype is outpacing...
Andy Grossman
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Broadband Content
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RealNetworks Goes Subscriber
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RealNetworks hopes its new business model will mirror the growth of cable systems in the past couple of decades.The company is launching a subscription...
K.C. Neel
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RealNetworks Goes Subscriber
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RealNetworks hopes its new business model will mirror the growth of cable systems in the past couple of decades.The company is launching a subscription...
K.C. Neel
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TV/Web Multi-tasking is Hot
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Multi-tasking is in. Internet usage while watching TV is skyrocketing, according to a new study commissioned by Showtime Networks.Roughly 25 million...
K.C. Neel
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TV/Web Multi-tasking is Hot
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Multi-tasking is in. Internet usage while watching TV is skyrocketing, according to a new study commissioned by Showtime Networks.Roughly 25 million...
K.C. Neel
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Broadband
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A New CEO Brings Teledesic Down to Earth
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Until he blew his knees out, Greg Clarke played rugby. It's a good thing. Those bone-cracking moves he perfected on the rugby field will come in handy...
Amy C. Cosper
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A New CEO Brings Teledesic Down to Earth
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Until he blew his knees out, Greg Clarke played rugby. It's a good thing. Those bone-cracking moves he perfected on the rugby field will come in handy...
Amy C. Cosper
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Eyeing Glass
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Darryl Ponder, former VP/GM of ADC Telecommunications' cable systems division, has moved in as CEO of Optical Solutions, a company that's "out there"...
Jim Barthold
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For Chibardun, DSL Signals Digital Video
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Rick Vergin is a cable operator who uses a telephone network to deliver digital video entertainment. If this was a war, it would be difficult to put...
Jim Barthold
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For Chibardun, DSL Signals Digital Video
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Rick Vergin is a cable operator who uses a telephone network to deliver digital video entertainment. If this was a war, it would be difficult to put...
Jim Barthold
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Ingenuity Applauded
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Each year the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) presents the Field Operations Award to system employees or contractors for their original...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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LMDS: It's Strictly Business
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Despite some well-publicized past attempts, Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS) won't invade the fixed broadband wireless video space anytime...
Jim Barthold
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LMDS: It's Strictly Business
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Despite some well-publicized past attempts, Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS) won't invade the fixed broadband wireless video space anytime...
JIM BARTHOLD
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MMDS Ready for Yet Another Play
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Wireless technology is ready to make its broadband communications move.Stop laughing. This time the industry is serious and has some big names and big...
JIM BARTHOLD
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MMDS: Ready for Yet Another Play
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Wireless technology is ready to make its broadband communications move.Stop laughing. This time the industry is serious and has some big names and big...
Jim Barthold
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Sprint Using Cable Trick to Build Bandwidth
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Sprint's broadband wireless group has been following an old cable path as it offers high-speed data services via Multichannel Multipoint Distribution...
Jim Barthold
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Sprint Using Cable Trick to Build Bandwidth
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Sprint's broadband wireless group has been following an old cable path as it offers high-speed data services via Multichannel Multipoint Distribution...
JIM BARTHOLD
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VeriSign Battles Cloning
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The cable industry has an ongoing piracy problem. For evidence, just leaf through the magazines at your barber or hairdresser or check out the multiple...
Jim Barthold
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Video over DSL Back At It Again
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Video-over-Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) is the broadband equivalent of Rasputin. Its opponents have fed it poison, shot it, clubbed it and tried to...
Jim Barthold
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Video over DSL Back At It Again
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Video-over-Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) is the broadband equivalent of Rasputin. Its opponents have fed it poison, shot it, clubbed it and tried to...
Jim Barthold
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Business
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Analysts Bearish on Digital TV
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Wall Street analysts at the Kagan Digital Household 2000 Summit in New York weren't very bullish about the expediency with which consumers will digitize...
Tim Clark
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Analysts Bearish on Digital TV
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Wall Street analysts at the Kagan Digital Household 2000 Summit in New York weren't very bullish about the expediency with which consumers will digitize...
Tim Clark
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Marketplace
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IPO Watch
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These are the top tech companies offering IPOs this week. 1. Avistar Communications Corp., 3.6M shares offered; $15 high/$13 low offer prices.2. WJ Communications...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Market Comment
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SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA DECLINES - Scientific-Atlanta shares suffered a two-day sell-off in response to news that the nation's No. 2 digital cable TV set-top...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Marketing & Advertising
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ZDTV Re-brands Itself as 'techtv'
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In an effort to brand their company as a leading source of technology information for consumers, the executives of ZDTV have announced a new brand identity...
Rani Long
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Between the Lines
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A Bunch of Bull
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How would you manage a $50,000 portfolio? TNT and CNNfn .com will give Web users a chance to find out in a new cross promotion aimed at building buzz...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Dog Days at Comiskey
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Giving new meaning to baseball's dog days of summer, Animal Planet last week planned a "Dog Day Afternoon" at Comiskey Park in Chicago.The American League...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Dog Parade: Dog Days at Comiskey
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Giving new meaning to baseball's dog days of summer, Animal Planet last week planned a "Dog Day Afternoon" at Comiskey Park in Chicago.The American League...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Dora's Amazing Debut
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Prior to Dora The Explorer's successful debut Aug. 14, Blue's Clues was the highest-rated Nick Jr. premiere. Apparently audiences couldn't get enough...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Hola Amigos: Dora's Amazing Debut
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Prior to Dora The Explorer's successful debut Aug. 14, Blue's Clues was the highest-rated Nick Jr. premiere. Apparently audiences couldn't get enough...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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On Screen: A Bunch of Bull
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How would you manage a $50,000 portfolio? TNT and CNNfn .com will give Web users a chance to find out in a new cross promotion aimed at building buzz...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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On Screen: TVKO Gets Heavyweight Rights
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Following a marathon negotiating session with promoters, TVKO has captured the rights to the Nov. 11 heavyweight title fight between Lennox Lewis and...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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TVKO Gets Heavyweight Rights
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Following a marathon negotiating session with promoters, TVKO has captured the rights to the Nov. 11 heavyweight title fight between Lennox Lewis and...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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General
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AT&T Revamps Digital Tiers
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Rejiggering digital tiers is de rigueur these days, and AT&T Broadband, the granddaddy of digital deployment, is the latest MSO to revamp its digital...
K.C. Neel
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AT&T Revamps Digital Tiers
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Rejiggering digital tiers is de rigueur these days, and AT&T Broadband, the granddaddy of digital deployment, is the latest MSO to revamp its digital...
K.C. Neel
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AT&T's ITV Plans Stall
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AT&T Broadband won't launch interactive television (ITV) this year.While continuing its "advanced box" strategy by ordering 1 million digital set-tops...
Jim Barthold
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AT&T's ITV Plans Stall
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AT&T Broadband won't launch interactive television (ITV) this year. While continuing its "advanced box" strategy by ordering 1 million digital set-tops...
Jim Barthold
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Cablevision, Excite Settle Suit
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Cablevision Systems and Excite agreed to settle their lawsuit out of court last week, paving the way for AT&T to take control of the Internet access...
K.C. Neel
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Cablevision, Excite Settle Suit
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Cablevision Systems and Excite agreed to settle their lawsuit out of court last week, paving the way for AT&T to take control of the Internet access...
K.C. Neel
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Chris-Craft Acquisition Could Kill UPN
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United Paramount Network might be dead now that News Corp. has trumped Viacom's effort to buy Chris-Craft Industries' 10 broadcast stations.News Corp....
K.C. Neel
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Chris-Craft Acquisition Could Kill UPN
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United Paramount Network might be dead now that News Corp. has trumped Viacom's effort to buy Chris-Craft Industries' 10 broadcast stations.News Corp....
K.C. Neel
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Dial Home, Cable
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AT&T Broadband will launch Motorola's hybrid Voice-over-IP technology in two markets this year and will purchase Motorola's VoIP customer premise equipment,...
Jim Barthold
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Dial Home, Cable
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AT&T Broadband will launch Motorola's hybrid Voice-over-IP technology in two markets this year and will purchase Motorola's VoIP customer premise equipment,...
Jim Barthold
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Eyeing Glass
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Darryl Ponder, former VP/GM of ADC Telecommunications' cable systems division, has moved in as CEO of Optical Solutions, a company that's "out there"...
Jim Barthold
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FCC Grants 10 MSOs POD Relief
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The FCC has temporarily waived point-of-deployment (POD) module compliance for 10 cable operators representing 133 systems.The waivers, which range from...
Jim Barthold
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FCC Grants 10 MSOs POD Relief
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The FCC has temporarily waived point-of-deployment (POD) module compliance for 10 cable operators representing 133 systems.The waivers, which range from...
Jim Barthold
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Has the Digi-Net Shakeout Started?
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In the wake of Fox Family Channel's decision to pull the plug on its Boyz and Girlz channels, programmers might wonder what it will take to launch a...
Mike Reynolds
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Has the Digi-Net Shakeout Started?
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In the wake of Fox Family Channel's decision to pull the plug on its Boyz and Girlz channels, programmers might wonder what it will take to launch a...
Mike Reynolds
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Hearst Talks Drag On
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Hearst-Argyle TV finally cut a long-term retransmission consent deal with Time Warner Cable, but talks between the broadcaster and Comcast and Cable...
K.C. Neel
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Hearst Talks Drag On
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Hearst-Argyle TV finally cut a long-term retransmission consent deal with Time Warner Cable, but talks between the broadcaster and Comcast and Cable...
K.C. Neel
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Industry Abuzz Over Buyout Rumors
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The nation's two largest MSOs could be on the verge of having new owners.Some insiders at Time Warner believe the honchos at America Online would like...
K.C. Neel
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Industry Abuzz Over Buyout Rumors
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The nation's two largest MSOs could be on the verge of having new owners.Some insiders at Time Warner believe the honchos at America Online would like...
K.C. Neel
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MEDIA MONSTERS
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Has merger mania created a few monsters?Merger madness has turned a handful of media and entertainment companies into monster conglomerates. That can...
K.C. NEEL
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MediaOne Dealt Out
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By ordering Philips Electronics' digital set-tops that are compatible with Motorola's digital encryption system (DES) conditional access, AT&T Broadband...
Jim Barthold
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MediaOne Dealt Out
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By ordering Philips Electronics' digital set-tops that are compatible with Motorola's digital encryption system (DES) conditional access, AT&T Broadband...
Jim Barthold
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Olympic Streaming
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After decrying streaming media as a threat to the exclusive rights of broadcasters around the globe, the International Olympic Committee has OK'd streaming...
Mike Reynolds
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Olympic Streaming
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After decrying streaming media as a threat to the exclusive rights of broadcasters around the globe, the International Olympic Committee has OK'd streaming...
Mike Reynolds
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The Tax Man Cometh
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Dwight Crawford, former Black Entertainment Television financial officer, has filed a $21 million lawsuit against BET chairman Robert L. Johnson and...
Tim Clark
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The Tax Man Cometh
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Dwight Crawford, former Black Entertainment Television financial officer, has filed a $21 million lawsuit against BET chairman Robert L. Johnson and...
Tim Clark
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VeriSign Battles Cloning
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The cable industry has an ongoing piracy problem. For evidence, just leaf through the magazines at your barber or hairdresser or check out the multiple...
Jim Barthold
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Will VOD Kill Blockbuster?
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Until VOD becomes a thriving reality, speculation will abound as to whether the home video delivery format will drive Blockbuster and friends to a premature...
Tim Clark
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Will VOD Kill Blockbuster?
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Until VOD becomes a thriving reality, speculation will abound as to whether the home video delivery format will drive Blockbuster and friends to a premature...
Tim Clark
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WIREDIN
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Settled: Cablevision and Excite settle out of court. AT&T can now increase its stake in Excite.Accused: A former BET exec claims he was wrongfully...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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ZDTV Re-brands Itself as `techtv'
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In an effort to brand their company as a leading source of technology information for consumers, the executives of ZDTV have announced a new brand identity...
Rani Long
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