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02/15/2007
Think About That For A Minute
No Consent Necessary For the last two weeks, I have been providing all the background arguments regarding the logical inconsistencies of the "retransmission consent" rules. I did that because it’s clear there will be an increasing number of public battles over retransmission consent as broadcasters decide to exercise their leverage in local markets and demand […]
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02/13/2007
Ch-Ch-Ch.. Changes: MTVN Streamlining Takes Aim at Digital Future
Viacom’s MTVN on Mon became the latest content company to streamline operations while renewing its focus on digital platforms. Some 250 US staffers will lose their jobs while MTVN tweaks operations across its business groups to "allow us to better share resources across our brands, and to invest in our linear channels and other key […]
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02/08/2007
Charlie Ergen Hates Cfax?
Well, maybe not… but it kind of appears that way based on a telemarketing call a CableFAX editor received from someone appearing to represent a DISH Network retailer. When the editor pointed out that she’s on the FTC’s Do-Not- Call Registry and asked for the name of the caller’s company, the response was, "Shut up, […]
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01/22/2007
Competition
A beefed up AT&T unveiled a new unlimited calling plan it hopes will quell cable’s VoIP growth. The "AT&T Unity" plan begins Sun offering subs free domestic calls to/from any AT&T wireless and wireline phone numbers. The telco dubs it "a calling community of more than 100mln." Residential and business subs would qualify for the […]
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01/22/2007
Back to Basic? AMC Launches MN Ads After Move to Digital
Operators shuffling basic cable nets to digital have once again struck a chord. AMC has launched a campaign in Minneapolis to get Comcast to put the net back on expanded basic after it was moved earlier this month. "Don’t let AMC be marooned," said an ad in the Minneapolis Star Tribune urging customers to call […]
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01/17/2007
WSJ Retort
Cox pres Pat Esser had a few choice words for the Wall Street Journal in a Tues letter to the editor disputing the paper’s assertions about cable in its Jan 2 editorial titled "Franchise Freedom." In that editorial, WSJ lobbed several anti-cable barbs in lending support to the FCC’s Dec franchise ruling, which is generally […]