October 16, 2000
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PROGRAMMING
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Networks Aim to Score Halloween Ratings
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If Halloween is the sweetest time of year for the kiddies, it's even sweeter for cable nets. October has become the prime month for some cable players...
Tim Clark
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Cover Story
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Clearband Turns PCs into TVs
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While corporate giants such as Microsoft and America Online work to make the television set more like a personal computer, Schaumburg, Ill.-based Clearband...
K.C. Neel
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CONTENT: CABLE'S COMPETITION KILLER
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Content may be king, but when it comes to high-speed Internet access today, technology is still the crown prince of broadband.At some point, many industry...
K.C. NEEL
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Broadband Content
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AT&T Considers New Plan
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In an effort to shrink its dependence on its dwindling consumer long-distance revenues, AT&T is considering charging Internet retailers a commission...
K.C. Neel
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Lycos Starts Online Music Sales
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Lycos' music Internet site has begun selling downloaded versions of music from various BMG Entertainment recording artists, such as Santana and Christina...
K.C. Neel
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Yahoo! Branches Out
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Yahoo! is broadening its offerings by adding voice-based services in a bid to increase traffic over its network of sites and bring in new ad revenues.Yahoo!...
K.C. Neel
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Interactive TV
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Concurrent's New VOD
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Concurrent Computer is developing a new video server that will eventually enable cable operators to offer video-on-demand services that will include...
K.C. Neel
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Study Reveals Market Differences
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Key differences between cable and satellite subscribers may affect the market growth for new interactive TV services, according to a new study from TechTrends.The...
K.C. Neel
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Business
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DirecTV: Digital Cable Adds to Growth
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Despite a slightly higher than normal churn rate during the third quarter - reaching 1.7% rather than the customary 1.5% - DirecTV says the rollout of...
David Connell
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Scripps Signs Content Deal
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As part of a new content and marketing deal with Excite, HGTV, Food Network and Do It Yourself Network will provide short-form videos and related...
Mike Reynolds
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Between the Lines
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`Sight' Unseen
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Upon opening the media kit for FX Networks original thriller The Sight, we're greeted with an unexpected sound byte of a young girl's voice: "Can you...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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PPV gets cozy with Alice, AMC
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Earlier this month, PPV gave viewers a KISS. Now, rock fans can get a glimpse of another of the genre's seminal costumed performers with an Alice Cooper...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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WCW Could Tag-Team With Competitor
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In an odd twist of fate, World Wrestling Federation Entertainment has become a real contender in the pursuit of buying the World Championship Wrestling...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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General
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AOL Merger Returns to the States
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Now that the European Commission has OK'd the merger between America Online and Time Warner, attention is turning to U.S. regulators, who are expected...
David Connell and K.C. Neel
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Bad Bongos For AOL/TW
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Things are not looking good for America Online and Time Warner now that the Federal Trade Commission is taking lead control of the merger review.The...
David Connell and K.C. Neel
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Best Retirement Means Job Change
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Veteran engineer Alex Best will retire as EVP-engineering of Cox Communications Dec. 31. That doesn't mean he'll vanish."I've agreed to consult with...
Jim Barthold
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Comcast's Quantum Leap
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When Jeff Gwynne talks about his technology, he uses words like "spigot" and "garden hose." But make no mistake, he's no farmer.Gwynne is the founder...
Jim Barthold
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Comcast, Disney Hammer Away at Retransmission Deal
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Facing an Oct. 15 deadline, Comcast and Walt Disney at presstime were continuing to negotiate for a retransmission-consent deal in the Philadelphia market.At...
Mike Reynolds
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CTAM High-Speed Internet Marketing CampaignWinners
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The Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) sponsored a competition for high-speed Internet marketing campaigns. Below are case...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Don't Shoot The Messenger
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Let's talk technology.I know that's a strange notion for this space so I'll sugarcoat it with a whiff of insider information from a time when the cable...
Jim Barthold
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Interactive TV Growth Spreads
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Interactive TV continued to spread its wings - and its presence - last week as Wink Communications launched in 1 million DirecTV satellite homes and...
Jim Barthold
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Kaplan's Power Jump
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Just when Chuck Kaplan seemed to be catching a hot wave with Philips Electronics, he's jumped back into the foaming waters as PowerTV's VP-marketing.Kaplan,...
Jim Barthold
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Kids Can Give Us the Clues to Convergence
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It's Saturday morning. Judy and John are in front of the TV waiting for their favorite character to appear. Each week they interact with the program,...
Helen Katz and Dave Zornow
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Reliant Buys Into Grande Cable Scheme
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Cable television is an acquired taste. You might spit it out the first time you try it, but, with a little high-speed data and telephony seasoning, it...
Jim Barthold
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S-A Fires Up Wireless
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The idea's been passed around more than a hockey puck on a power play. How about mixing fixed wireless into cable's wired networks, then targeting commercial...
Jim Barthold
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Soderquist Steps Into Com21
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As Com21's new president - and CEO-in-waiting - Craig Soderquist needs running shoes to keep up with his company's fast-paced growth.Soderquist took...
Jim Barthold
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Sprint Entices Wireless B-band Customers
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When it comes to hooking up customers for its broadband fixed wireless high-speed data services, Sprint has no low gear. The company is in installation...
Jim Barthold
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TBS and NASCAR Rev Up for Races
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First things first: I'm no motorhead. I was never the type who needed the fancy car in high school, nor thrilled with conversations about horsepower...
Mike Reynolds
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Time Warner Tactics Could Threaten Merger
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Time Warner may be overplaying its hand with heavy-handed negotiating tactics, and some analysts believe it could negatively affect the company's proposed...
K.C. Neel
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Turner Moves to Acquire NASCAR Web Rights
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Accelerating its pace with NASCAR, Turner Sports has driven a deal to acquire all the stock car circuit's Internet rights and will become the exclusive...
Mike Reynolds
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Wary Networks Eye
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Dot-com Shakeout Is fourth quarter dot-com cable advertising slump the start of a downward trend? Over the course of the past two years, dot-coms have...
Rani Long
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What Do People Want?
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Beware pontification on ITV Here is the question for today: Do you believe a) "The melding of the TV and the Internet is about to arrive; b) TVs should...
Andy Grossman
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