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10/02/2007
Meeting Overload
NCTA svp, industry affairs Barbara York plans to discuss industry event consolidation with trade groups and associations on Oct 22 in NY, said a NCTA spokesman. Our own Paul Maxwell 1st wrote that NCTA’s board recently discussed the idea of compressing annual industry gatherings into more manageable event blocks (Cfax, 9/24). Meeting invitees include CTAM, […]
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09/27/2007
Carriage
DISH launched 4 RSNs in HD: Altitude Sports and Entertainment (Nuggets and Avalanche), Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (Wizards, Caps), Comcast SportsNet West (Kings) and Fox Sports OH (Cavs and Blue Jackets). — ReelzChannel has launched on Charter’s MN systems (Rochester, St Cloud and Duluth), and has been added to the MSO’s systems in MI and WI, […]
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09/17/2007
Set-Top SOS: Sunflower Broadband Needs Boxes Fast
Sunflower Broadband’s “Great Digital Set-top Box Giveaway” has left it asking the FCC for an emergency extension to continue deploying set-top boxes that don’t have CableCARDs for a little while longer. The FCC denied Sunflower’s request for a waiver for the July 1 set-top integration ban, but did give it and a few other operators […]
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09/13/2007
Business/Finance
Hallmark Channel confirmed that Crown CEO Henry Schleiff met with Turner execs last week but declined to elaborate. The net pulled its “For Sale” sign off in Apr ’06, but Schleiff has said he’s always willing to talk to potential buyers (Cfax, 2/27). The net awaits a decision by National Interfaith Cable Coalition on its […]
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09/11/2007
FCC Showdown
The FCC is set to take up an order Tues (9/11) that could force dual carriage on cable operators. Cable is hoping that its voluntary proposal to offer must-carry broadcast signals for 3 years (or some other set period) will trump FCC chmn Kevin Martin’s original proposal to force ops to carry analog and digital […]
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09/07/2007
Rewarding Experience
RewardTV.com, a Web site Cfax first told you about 4 years ago, has teamed up with Comcast to give consumers $5 off their cable bill. Each week through Feb 17, the first 125 eligible subs who view qualifying Comcast VOD content and complete the RewardTV.com survey will get $5 off their Comcast bill. RewardTV rewards […]