Time Warner Cable was the big winner in CableWORLD’s affiliate survey [Feb 21 issue], earning top honors from programmers for its support of affiliate events, its approach to local ad sales and public affairs initiatives. Comcast was judged furthest along with VOD and HD. The email survey of programmers who subscribe to CableWORLD also picked Cox as the easiest MSO to work with; Cablevision was named the most difficult. Interestingly, 71% described current relations with operators as "about the same." Three months earlier, only 47% of operators characterized their relationship with programmers as "about the same."

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AT&T SVP, Network CTO Yigal Elbaz was asked at an investor conference whether the carrier saw Starlink and its direct-to-cellular satellite connectivity capabilities as a competitor to AT&T’s

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