November 12, 2001
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PROGRAMMING
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briefs
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MTV's REAL WORLD HITS THE STRIP Providing its signature reality series with a new venue as far removed...
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CNNfn Makeover Marking Time
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Once a high priority at AOL Time Warner, the transformation of CNNfn into CNN Money has been put off until...
by staci d. kramer
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Interactive TV
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Microsoft Plugs In
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In a deal that potentially moves Microsoft Corp. from the bottom to the top of the interactive television...
BY RICHARD COLE
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Broadband
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INTERACTIVE TV/MIDDLEWARE
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ACTV ADDRESS: 225 Park Ave., 18th Fl., New York, NY 10003TEL: FAX: WEB:
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Business
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SUB BOOM BOOSTS CABLEVISION Goldman Sachs expects Cablevision to report better-than-expected third-quarter...
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Mediacom Increases Operating Margins
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Mediacom, which doubled in size earlier this year when it bought systems from AT&T Broadband, boosted the...
by mavis scanlon
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Marketplace
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companies in the news
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COX COMMUNICATIONS (NYSE: COX) Cox launched its first open-access trial in El Dorado, Ark., using high-speed...
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DOW JONES VS. CABLE MSO WATCH
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GAINERS/LOSERS-MSOs AND PROGRAMMERS
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People
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People
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a&e television networks William Jennings to VP-Internet sales from VP-advertising and sponsorships for...
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General
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Adelphia Spins Off Telecom Unit
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Adelphia Communications moved to cut its ties with its struggling telecommunications subsidiary, Adelphia...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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AT&T Records Deal With TiVo
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AT&T Broadband and TiVo Inc. are hooking up to offer cable customers in selected cities a TiVo personal...
BY K. C. NEEL
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STARZ HIRES AD AGENCY Starz Encore Group hired TBWA/Chiat/Day San Francisco as its national advertising...
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brief
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AT&T ATLANTA PICKS CAM AD SALES SOFTWARE AT&T Broadband's Cable Advertising of Metro Atlanta selected CAM...
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Cable Closes in on Phone Services
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The cable industry is ready to perform technical tests on the equipment that will allow it to move into...
BY JON LAFAYETTE
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Cable Subscribers Lured With Free Dishes
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A new satellite-dish giveaway program in New York City is targeting Time Warner Cable and Cablevision Systems...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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Cities Gear Up for Fee Fight
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Cities around the country are gearing up to challenge a recent FCC ruling that enables cable operators...
BY K. C. NEEL
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correction
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A story in the Oct. 29 issue misstated the number of basic subscribers for AT&T Broadband. As of Sept....
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ECHOSTAR SETTLES FINANCING
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Credit Suisse First Boston last week committed $2.75 billion in financing to EchoStar Communications, giving...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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How Comcast Wins With CN8
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Less than an hour before midnight on Election Night 1997, the two candidates for New Jersey's governorship...
BY WILL LEE
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Insight Reports Jump in Digital Customers
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Demand for digital cable is pushing up new service growth at Insight Communications, which announced its...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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Jordan Pumps Up TBS
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Michael Jordan couldn't win the National Basketball Association season opener for the Washington Wizards,...
BY STACI D. KRAMER
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Marketing Talk Draws a Crowd
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It was something of a coming-out party for cable conference-goers at the CTAM Broadband Opportunity Conference...
by christopher schultz
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markets
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Merger Could Add Subs for Moviewatch
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One emerging cable network could benefit from EchoStar Communications' proposed acquisition of direct broadcast...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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Middleware Thinks Thin
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Making interactive television software work in set-top boxes with less memory has been a challenge for...
BY BRIAN SANTO
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MSO roundup
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COX, ALLBRITTON SETTLE Cox Communications and Allbritton Communications kissed and made up last week after...
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NFL Could Be the Ticket for Cable
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You know it's a great football season when the Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers...
by paul kagan
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Peacemaker Overlooks Puget Sound
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In the mid-1990s, the city council of Tacoma, Wash., was so angry over Tele-Communications Inc.'s poor...
by mavis scanlon
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Ratings
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TOP 20 BASIC CABLE AD-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS WEEK OF...
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RCN REDUCES LOSSES; STOCK DROPS
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RCN Corp. announced a loss of $111.6 million, or $1.15 per share, in the quarter ending Sept. 30, still...
Will Lee
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SEX BREAKS THROUGH EMMY BARRIER FOR CABLE
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HBO's Sex and the City last week became the first nonbroadcast show ever to win the outstanding comedy...
BY WILL LEE
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Stumping for a Fair Share Of Political Advertising
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Michael Bloomberg dug into his deep pockets and won the New York City mayoral race last week. Bloomberg...
by christopher schultz
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Switching System Aimed at Cable
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Cable operators entering the telephony business are looking for a new generation of switching equipment...
by jon lafayette
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TBS's Friends Goes Interactive
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TBS Superstation this week will launch a test of interactive television linked to the hit show Friends....
BY STACI D. KRAMER
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TOP DEMOCRATS EYE EMPTY FCC SEAT
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These days the FCC is working shorthanded because only four of its five commissioners have been appointed...
BY ERIK WEMPLE
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