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10/27/2006
Retrans Showdown
The battle between Sinclair and Mediacom rages on, with Sinclair’s Des Moines Fox affil KDSM offering the MSO’s subs $150 to sign up for DirecTV (the money will be applied as a $10 rebate for 15 monthly bills). The broadcaster also has started running on-screen crawls in Des Moines markets, alerting subs that they may […]
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10/25/2006
Clarification
Mauro Panzera’s comments at NAMIC Mid-Atlantic’s luncheon (Cfax, 10/23) referred to Comcast’s multicultural marketing initiatives on a regional basis. All of the MSO’s diversity efforts are made at a national level.
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10/19/2006
Big Gun: Outdoor Taking Aim at Distribution Targets
Outdoor Channel’s board hopes to jumpstart distribution with its unanimous vote to replace co-pres/CEO Andy Dale with cable vet Roger Werner. "The last couple years, the channel has not grown as much as the board and shareholders would like to see," said Outdoor Holding CEO/chmn Perry Massie, who will turn over his title as CEO […]
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10/10/2006
VOD
Anime Network unveiled 3 new carriage deals for its SVOD service. A 3-stage system rollout on Insight (Cfax, 9/26) began last month, a system-wide RCN launch begins this month, and in Nov the net will reach Cogeco Cable’s Ontario, Canada systems. Insight, the first major MSO to carry Anime as a linear channel, stopped carrying […]
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10/09/2006
Mediacom vs Sinclair: Rocco Says, 'I Don't Want MyNTV'
The cage match has officially begun, with Mediacom filing an antitrust lawsuit against Sinclair late Wed involving retrans negotiations (Cfax, 9/29). Operators who have yet to sign deals with Sinclair are sure to watch closely. Several MSOs, such as Cox, have deals similar to what Mediacom had: rolling 30-day extensions that either party may terminate […]
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10/05/2006
New Crown: Schleiff Hints at Rate Increases As He Takes Hallmark Throne
Crown pres/CEO Henry Schleiff will be pushing for more from operators as the company enters into renewal negotiations for Hallmark Channel (agreements for approximately 80% of the net’s sub base expire prior to or on Dec 31, ’07). As Roger Ailes pushes a reported $1 per sub fee for Fox News, “tell him to sign […]