November 20, 2000
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PROGRAMMING
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STEEP GROWTH
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FORECAST for Digital CABLE CONTINUED GROWTH DEPENDS ON SUCCESSFUL MARKETING TO MSOs AND SUBSCRIBERSDigital cable, when combined with newly invigorated...
JEAN GRILLO
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Cover Story
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Cashing In on Digital Services
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Faster rollouts by MSOs may change Wall Street's tune from `wait and see' to `count it now'The new services offered by cable operators - digital TV,...
MAVIS SCANLON
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The Big Picture
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Palookaville in PPV
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MSOs lose millions as boxing wanes There used to be a popular saying around election time, "As Maine goes, so does the nation." That bit of wisdom went...
ANDY GROSSMAN
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Broadband Content
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Ambitious VOD Plans Take SHAPE
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Cable operators are finally starting to roll out what in some quarters has been called the "killer app" of the broadband world - video-on-demand. But...
TIM CLARK
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Interactive TV
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Gorfine Marches UP VOD Hill
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The creator of Federal Hill Communications discusses the future of VOD, pay-per-view and personalized enertainmentIn response to the voracious demand...
TIM CLARK
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Broadband
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Cisco Launches New CMTS
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Cisco has launched a series of new cable modem termination system (CMTS) products for both large and small cable operators with an eye toward holding...
RICHARD COLE
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Nimble and Focused, Cisco Seeks to Expand Services
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Carson Chen chats with Cable World about the cable industry, communications and Cisco.CW: As such a large company (No. 2 on NASDAQ), exactly what is...
JIM BARTHOLD
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Pegasus Flies into Broadband Market
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Flying into the broadband delivery game, Pegasus Communications is forming a broadband unit that will offer satellite-based high-speed Internet access...
K.C. NEEL
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Shopping the Show from a Network Perspective
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'Twas a month before budgets and all through the show, the vendors had ops trapped with no place to goIt's been said that the Western Show, through timing...
JIM BARTHOLD
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Business
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Cable, Satellite Revenues Climb Higher
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Channel expansion, more programming, increased subscriber penetration and greater advertising revenues helped drive revenues for cable and satellite...
K.C. NEEL
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Between the Lines
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Big Game?
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Losers Score for Fox Fox Sports had to work hard to broadcast a football game between losing teams.It took several days of intense haggling for Fox Sports...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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Farewell
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Last Campaign for CNN's Shaw Come Election Day 2004, CNN's Bernard Shaw doesn't expect to be anywhere near an anchor desk.The CNN veteran announced plans...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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On Line
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Scary Numbers for AMC AMC's first foray into the interactive domain unleashed a monster smash of epic proportions over Halloween.The network's third...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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General
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Broadcasters Join Must-Carry Suit
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The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association, DirecTV and EchoStar Communications can expect to face a two-pronged defense from the government...
DAVID CONNELL
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clearband
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The advantage is clear.With ClearBand, extend your cable channels to your subscribers' PCs!Deliver digital programming over your broadband network not...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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DBS Growth Remains in Orbit
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Digital broadcast satellite providers will continue to lure a significant amount of customers away from cable companies this year and next, despite digital...
ANDREA FIGLER
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Digital CABLE GETS a Foot in the DOOR
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Free Trials Lead to New Digital Customers Marketing digital cable can be as easy as getting it into a customer's home.One division of Time Warner Cable...
RANI LONG
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Discovery in Dot-com Dumps
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As if anyone needed further proof, the retrenchment at Discovery.com highlights the demise of the trend of throwing money at Internet business models.Discovery...
MAVIS SCANLON
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Extra Innings on Tap for MSG
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Stall to greet latest Yankee pitch The New York Yankees have made a third pitch for their local and regional TV rights. The question is now whether Cablevision...
MIKE REYNOLDS
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Florida Turmoil Boosts Ratings
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Neither recounts, hand counts nor lawyers were needed to show that cable's news channels benefited from the unfinished business of the presidential election...
MIKE REYNOLDS
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Liberate Allies With nCube
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A new accord pairs Liberate Technologies' TV platform software with nCube's VOD system, a combination the companies say will enhance low powered digital...
TIM CLARK
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Liberty for Malone
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John Malone is closer to being free.AT&T said last week it plans to spin off Liberty Media Group, a move that would release Malone, Liberty's chairman,...
MAVIS SCANLON
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Lifetime Movie Net Picked to Click
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Channels focused on movies, health and profiles topped the charts as the emerging networks operators are most interested in adding to their systems by...
MIKE REYNOLDS
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Marketplace
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Gemstar-TV Guide International was recovering early Wednesday after warning Tuesday its product is developing more slowly than anticipated. The warning,...
CABLE WORLD STAFF
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New Line Rides Burly Bear
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New Line Cinema is bullish about Burly Bear Network.The studio inked an extensive advertising package covering media time on the college cable network,...
MIKE REYNOLDS
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No PPV Knockout in Lewis Fight
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PPV boxing continues to pack a flabby punch.TVKO says its scorecard had the recent Lennox Lewis/David Tua heavyweight championship bout as the top attraction...
MIKE REYNOLDS
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Seeing Starz, Selling Boxes
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Starz Encore Media executives have always believed their premium services are helpful tools in selling digital services, and a new sales campaign is...
K.C. NEEL
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Tauzin Cancels Vote Report Hearing
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House Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin, R-La., called off a hearing to examine the actions of broadcast and cable news networks...
DAVID CONNELL
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TW Moves On Open Access
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Time Warner appears to be stepping up its effort to put alternate ISPs on its systems despite signs the government won't be able to impose open access...
DAVID CONNELL
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Web Site Sells Offerings to Film Channel
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The line between TV and the Web just blurred a little more.Alwaysi, a Web site that collects and transmits video from independent filmmakers, is selling...
RICHARD COLE
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