September 3, 2001
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PROGRAMMING
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briefs
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ESPN2 FASTEST TO 80 MILLION ESPN's little brother, ESPN2, has surpassed the 80 million-homes mark. The...
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Kent Leaves CNN
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CNN's executive ranks continue to churn although Philip I. Kent, president and COO of the CNN News Group,...
BY STACI D. KRAMER
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New Gay Channel Finds Controversy Up North
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A new network catering entirely to gay and lesbian audiences will be launching this week ? but only...
By Will Lee
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New Network Making a Racket
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Now we know what's been occupying Frank Biondi's time since his high-profile exit from Universal Studios...
BY WILL LEE
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Business
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briefs
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PAUL ALLEN SELLING SOME USA SHARES Microsoft co-founder and USA Networks board member Paul Allen (also...
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Excite Finds Cash Abroad
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Excite's sale of its minority stake in a Dutch Internet access joint venture gives the slightest of...
by mavis scanlon
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SeaChange Rides Wave Of VOD Momentum
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TWO ANALYSTS CUT EARNINGS ESTIMATES FOR NEXT YEAR. Stronger-than-expected video-on-demand...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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Marketplace
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companies in the news
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CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS (NASDAQ: CHTR) Charter deployed video-on-demand service in four new markets. Charter...
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DOW JONES VS. CABLE MSO WATCH
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INSIDER SPOTLIGHT
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People
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at&t labs Hossein Eslambolchi to CTO and president from SVP-packet and optical networks. comcast cable...
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General
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A THUMBS-DOWN FOR ITV
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Despite forecasts that interactive TV will be the next big thing, only a few consumers say they are even...
By Carol Krol, Media Buyer's Daily
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Boston Wants AT&T Re-Regulated
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The city of Boston wants the FCC to overturn its decision to deregulate AT&T Broadband. But AT&T says competition...
BY K. C. NEEL
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brief
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CNN/SI TOUTS LIVE EVENTS CNN/Sports Illustrated, long a repository exclusively for sportscasters in a dark...
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Bringing It All Home
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Time Warner Cable has taken another step toward integrating its advertising sales force within the AOL...
BY CHRISTOPHER SCHULTZ
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Broadcasters Don't Get Picture Of Video-on-Demand
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Since July, some HBO customers in Columbia, S.C., have gotten a little more of a premium from the cable...
BY WARREN COHEN, INSIDE.COM
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Cable Losing Its Captive Audience
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Cable operators offer generous discounts to correctional facilities and their underemployed...
BY ERIK WEMPLE
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Charter Ready to Upload BroadJump
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Solidifying its leadership in the increasingly important cable modem self-installation business, 3-year-old...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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correction
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In the first paragraph of last week's story on a deal between Liberate Technologies and AT&T Broadband,...
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In Demand Gets Sony Films for VOD
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Sony's Columbia TriStar ? a studio that resisted cable video-on-demand distribution for years ?...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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markets
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Modem Ad Suit Latest Shot in Charter-Southwestern Bell Battle
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Charter Communications's federal suit last week accusing SBC subsidiary Southwestern Bell Telephone of...
BY STACI D. KRAMER
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New Qwest for Doug Seserman
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Doug Seserman is back ? well, kind of. Seserman, who left AT&T Broadband last spring as the company's...
BY K. C. NEEL
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One Woman's Personal History
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Carol Rosebrough knows a thing or two about survival. A few years back, the system in Williamsport, Penn.,...
by shirley brady
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Ratings
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TOP 20 BASIC CABLE AD-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS WEEK OF...
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Realtor Addresses Cable's Curb Appeal
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Angela Downes has a dial-up formula for success. Downes, an agent for Ebby Halliday Realtors in Dallas,...
By CHRISTOPHER SCHULTZ
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Report Whacks AOL TW Stock
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Shares of AOL Time Warner, slumping along with other media stocks, were hit especially hard Thursday after...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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SUNDAY'S MADONNA'S NIGHT
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Though Sex and the City and Six Feet Under are done for the summer and the World War II series Band of...
TOM BIERBAUM
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Terayon Sets Up Solutions Group
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Terayon Communication Systems formed a Network Solutions Group charged with helping operators with the...
by k. c. neel
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Top Cable Channels Take a Hit in August
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August was a tough month for the top basic cable channels, with six of the top seven services suffering...
BY TOM BIERBAUM, INSIDE.COM
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Virtual Product Shots Heading for Prime Time
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Don't remember Det. Briscoe drinking a Coke the first time you saw that episode of Law and Order? Well,...
by shirley brady
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