December 3, 2001
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PROGRAMMING
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AT&T, Time Warner to Carry Fox Sports Digital Nets
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Though programmers were few and far between at the Western Show in Anaheim, Calif., last week, Fox Cable...
BY JON LAFAYETTE
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Comcast Spends $150M For Interactive Game Net
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Comcast Corp., the nation's third-largest cable operator, will spend $150 million to start a cable network...
BY STACI D. KRAMER
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Country Networks Step Into TNN's Old Boots
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The signal event of last month's Country Music Association Awards was the improbable crowning of the song...
by will lee
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Broadband
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AOL TW Focused on Offering More Services, Says Pittman
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Robert Pittman, the co-COO of AOL Time Warner, has a singular message: The future of AOL Time Warner ?...
BY MAVIS SCANLON
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Business
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Rigas Worried About More Than Just Satellite
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It's not the recession or even competition from direct broadcast satellite that most worries cable veteran...
by mavis scanlon
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SEACHANGE EXPECTS VOD SURGE
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Video-on-demand (VOD) equipment supplier SeaChange International reported third-quarter VOD revenue of...
by mavis scanlon
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Marketplace
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companies in the news
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AOL TIME WARNER (NYSE: AOL) AOL TW's AOL unit reached 32 million subscribers, but its growth pace was slightly...
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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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People
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acterna Dave Holly to general manager of cable networks division from VP-strategic marketing and communications....
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General
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brief
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L.A. GETS 400 REASONS TO SIGN UP This week Time Warner Cable Los Angeles will launch a holiday campaign...
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briefs
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HARMONIC INTRODUCES RETURN-PATH TRANSMITTER Harmonic introduced a new tunable laser return-path transmitter...
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Cable Hall of Fame Inducts ?Magnificent Seven?
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A pioneer who helped pass the first piece of cable legislation, a scientist who meshed the potential of...
BY STACI D. KRAMER
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Cable Viewers Turn From War to Action
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An unexpected boost from Mel Gibson and Steven Seagal helped TBS claim the cable ratings crown for November,...
BY WILL LEE
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correction
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In the caption for SuperCroc on the Networking page of the Nov. 12 issue, Laureen Ong and Dr. Paul Sereno's...
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DECISION TIME NEARS AS AT&T FIELDS BIDS
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AT&T this week should have in hand bids to buy AT&T Broadband from Cox Communications, AOL Time Warner...
MAVIS SCANLON
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Equipment Makers Focus On Small Cable Operators
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Maybe it was the proximity to Disneyland, but equipment suppliers at the Western Cable Show last week in...
by richard cole
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EXECS HOPE SVOD PASSES TESTS
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Will subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) make consumers toss away their video rental cards? Or will the...
BY STACI D. KRAMER
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FCC WANTS TO DEFINE BROADBAND
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is preparing to launch a comprehensive review of broadband...
Erik Wemple
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Game Over for Confabs?
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Alluding to rampant consolidation in the media business, Ted Turner told cable executives last week that...
BY K. C. NEEL
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Interactive Television Is a Slow Train Coming
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Although interactive television services have been slow to roll out so far, speakers at the opening panel...
BY K. C. NEEL
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Items on Regulatory Agenda Could Mean New Cable Rules
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In a series of candid remarks last week at the Western Show in Anaheim, Calif., Federal Communications...
BY ERIK WEMPLE
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Judge Puts Excite At Brink
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A federal bankruptcy judge on Friday gave Excite the right to terminate its contracts to provide high-speed...
BY K. C. NEEL AND ANDREA FIGLER
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markets
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Memo to Cable News: Enjoy the 15 Minutes
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According to figures put forth last week at a forum in New York sponsored by Initiative Media, cable has...
by christopher schultz
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NETWORKS POST SUBSCRIBER GAINS
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Court TV, TechTV and Game Show Network last week said they had achieved significant gains in distribution...
WILL LEE
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OPERATORS EYE OPTIONS FOR PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDERS
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A sure sign that the cable industry's attitude toward personal video recorders (PVRs) has changed came...
BY ANDREA FIGLER
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Operators Sell Local Ads On ESPN Clubhouse Sites
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AT&T Broadband and Comcast have signed up for a new program that allows operators to sell local advertising...
by staci d. kramer
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PHONE GEAR SUPPLIERS ARRIS AND CADANT MERGE
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Consolidation on the network-equipment side of the cable industry continued last week when Arris agreed...
Jon Lafayette
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Ratings
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TOP 20 BASIC CABLE AD-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS WEEK OF...
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SMALL AUDIENCE INTERACTS WITH BANDIES AWARDS SHOW
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The second-annual Bandies Awards program ? which pronounced Insight Communications the industry leader...
BY ERIK WEMPLE
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The Road to the Broadband World
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Looking back over his 15 years as head of Cox Communications' cable operation in Hampton Roads, Va., Franklin...
by erik wemple
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TURNER HAWKS PROMOTIONS
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Turner Network Sales announced last week its first-quarter 2002 promotions. One new initiative, TBS Superstation's...
by christopher schultz
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Turner Relives Glory Days, Warns of Consolidation
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Ted Turner, still lamenting what he described as his ?firing? from AOL Time Warner more than...
BY SCOTT COLLINS
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