September 4, 2000
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PROGRAMMING
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DIY Builds A Better Network
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With six new series and five different workshops under way, DIY plans to give American homes a programming face-lift with 130 hours of fresh content....
TIM CLARK
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Sundance Channel Turns Japanese
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In an effort to retain and refresh its diverse subscriber base, Sundance Channel will showcase Japanese cinema with "Window on Japan," an October film...
Tim Clark
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The Big Picture
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Cable's Daily Double: Millions at stake in bi-coastal feuds
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Two pieces of legislation - one in California, the other before Congress - could mean hundreds of millions of dollars to cable operators in states where...
ANDY GROSSMAN
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Broadband Content
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Emperative's New Boulder Lab
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Emperative hopes to bring order to the chaos of provisioning advance broad-band networks.The broadband provisioning software provider is opening a Boulder,...
JIM BARTHOLD
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Broadband
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New Tool Predicts Traffic
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With penetration rates for high-speed cable modem service soaring into double-digits and more packet-based services on the near horizon, the need to...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Business
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AT&T Takes Excite Helm - and a Loss
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AT&T finally got to take firm control of Excite last week after months of haggling with partners over their exit strategies. The bad news is that...
K.C. Neel
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Marketplace
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At A Glance
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Paul Allen's Charter Communications is a holding company. Its principal asset is a 40% equity interest in cable company Charter Communications, which...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Market Comment
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TECH STOCKS DIP - Technology shares were mostly lower Aug. 30. Investors sold some of the sector's top performers in recent weeks, including semiconductor...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Between the Lines
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On Screen: Hey, Ralphie Boy
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All this for a man who "drives a bus." TV Land honored Ralph Kramden, Jackie Gleason's irascible, yet huggable, character from The Honeymooners, Aug....
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Ratings Race: Kiddie Nets Square Off
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Cartoon Network snared first place in primetime for the second consecutive week, earning a 2.0 household rating (Aug. 21-27). "Big Pick Weekend," the...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Safety First: Palace Pugilism
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Break out the earmuffs and the codpiece. Ear-chomper Mike Tyson is venturing back into the pay-per-view arena Oct. 20 in a 10-round battle against Andrew...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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General
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AT&T BUYS IDT STAKE
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AT&T is buying a 5% stake in IDT. The purchase comes less than a month after the Internet-telephone service provider sold a stake in Net2Phone to AT&T,...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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AT&T GOES LATIN
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AT&T Latin America began trading last week on the Nasdaq under the symbol ATTL. AT&T Latin America's public listing results from its merger with First-Com,...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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AT&T Takes `Puppy Dog' Approach
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In an effort to goose local phone sales, AT&T Broadband is offering customers in 10 markets free local phone installation and free service until Jan....
K.C. NEEL
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BLUE RIDGE LAUNCHES DIGITAL
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Blue Ridge Communications, which counts about 160,000 customers in Pennsylvania, is launching a digital tier in its rebuilt systems in Stroudsburg, Lehighton...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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CABLE'S KODAK MOMENT
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Eastman Kodak will sell pictures over cable TV as the photography company broadens its sales of digital products and services. The Kodak Channel will...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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CISCO FORMS CONTENT ALLIANCE
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Cisco Systems is forming a content alliance to accelerate development of content delivery services. A spokesman for Cisco says the group aims to create...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Com21 Taps Market for Business Modems
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Com21 has a cable modem that might be ahead of its time. The Office Cable Modem (OCM) features enhanced security and a four-port Ethernet hub and is...
JIM BARTHOLD
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COMCAST ADDS FLIX
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While Comcast executives have been busy cutting a deal with NBC to carry the upcoming Olympic Games from Sydney, Australia, they still managed to find...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Comcast to Unleash CN8
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Last year, Comcast hoped CN8, their 24-hour cable network, would reach a national level. This year, CN8 increased exposure by delivering 20 hours of...
TIM CLARK
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Comcast, NBC Talks Near Fruition
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With the Summer Olympics from Sydney, Australia, less than two weeks away, Comcast and NBC are nearing a deal that would finally round out the Peacock's...
MIKE REYNOLDS
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Convergence Faces NIMBY
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The NIMBY has always bothered the telecommunications industry.A NIMBY says "Not In My Back Yard" when a service provider tries to install network electronics....
JIM BARTHOLD
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COX PROMOTES MURRAY
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Cox Interactive Media has promoted Ed Murray to director-network content. Murray will be responsible for the development and execution of content across...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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DIRECTV GETS HIGH
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Music's top talent will travel to the world's most ancient locations, where their acoustic performances will comprise "Music in High Places," a 12-series...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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DISCOVERY CLEANS HOUSE
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Discovery Channel received four Primetime Emmys Aug. 26. Walking with Dinosaurs won for Outstanding Animated Program, Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries,...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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East Coast Cable Show Grows Up
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At a time when cable show attendance is declining, East Coast Cable 2000 claims they're bigger and better than ever.Now in its 20th year, the convention...
RANI LONG
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EXCITE PLAYS GAMES
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In an effort to build its presence as a supplier of interactive entertainment, Excite last week said it'll acquire online games service Pogo.com....
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Hookey Leaves Classroom
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After nearly 11 years of helping Cable in the Classroom grow, Megan Stevens Hookey is resigning her position as managing director of the nonprofit.Hookey...
RANI LONG
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INSIGHT, AT&T SWAP SYSTEMS
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Insight Communications and AT&T Broadband are contributing their Illinois operations, which count 537,000 customers, to a new 50/50 partnership - Insight...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Kaplan Out as CNN President
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Rick Kaplan's tumultuous tenure as CNN president-U.S. came to an end last week as the beleagured news network realigned its executive suite.The 20-year-old...
MIKE REYNOLDS
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LIBERATE DEAL
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Shares of Liberate Technology climbed 16% Aug. 30 after BellSouth Entertainment said it will use the company's "TV Platform" software to deliver interactive...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Lions! (and Tigers and Bears)
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Starz Encore is partnering with local cable operators and yes, zoos, to drive tune-in for the Sept. 9 premiere of To Walk With Lions, a sequel to the...
RANI LONG
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MTVN, The Box Talks Continue
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Discussions about how to position and program a planned service that would merge components of MTV2 and The Box Music Network are expected to wrap soon.Sources...
MIKE REYNOLDS
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Networking With a Twist
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Aaron Starr has a way for cable operators to make a little extra bread.Starr is president of North American Cable Equipment, a small West Chester, Pa.-based...
JIM BARTHOLD
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PINS BUT NO NEEDLES
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QVC, the "Official U.S. Olympic Team Shopping Channel," is teaming with Coca-Cola as the exclusive U.S. retailer of Coke's collectible Olympic "Pin of...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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POV ON PPV
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The latest CTAM Pulse research survey reveals customers would purchase Pay-Per-View movies more often if they had more choices and better control. About...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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REPLAY'S BIG SCREEN DEAL
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ReplayTV has entered into a deal with Universal Pictures to deliver movie trailers and home video previews to its customers. Universal Pictures will...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Rogers Gets on Sports Bandwagon
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Rogers Communications is poised to join a growing number of MSOs that are buying up sports teams in an effort to control the spiraling sports rights...
K.C. NEEL
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Setting the Standard: Cable has become the broadcast model for original programming
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What's your favorite program on cable? ESPN's SportsCenter? CNBC's Squawk Box? Food Network's Emeril Live? All good shows that appeal to particular audience...
MIKE REYNOLDS
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Starz Trying New Sub Acquisition Plan
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Starz Encore Group is adding its own twist to the established pay-per-view sign-up model.Instead of signing up for a single program on a single showing,...
JIM BARTHOLD
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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
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The History Channel is exploiting Sunday night, the network's most popular night, to unleash four kamikaze-like programming stripes: Suicide Missions,...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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THEIR NAME IN LIGHTS
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About 30 tons of steel, aluminum and glass will serve Showtime Networks well. These materials were used to create a huge display on New York City's 42nd...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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TVData Expands Reach
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TVData Technologies is buying Knight Ridder's Cable Connection magazine.Knight Ridder publishes more than 40 monthly versions of its Cable Connection...
K.C. NEEL
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TW Catches Road Runner
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Time Warner Cable is offering its Columbus, Ohio, customers high-speed wireless and wireline home networking services as part of a 90-day trial with...
K.C. NEEL
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Will AT&T Shed TWE?
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AT&T may be moving closer to dissolving its interest in Time Warner Entertainment, according to a recent FCC filing from America Online and Time Warner."Pursuant...
DAVID CONNELL
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