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02/05/2004
We Are Family: Vogel Whacks WSJ on Relations with Allen
Charter [CHTR] chief Carl Vogel sought to assure employees that things between the MSO and Paul Allen aren’t nearly as bad as an "uncharacteristically sensational story" in Tues’ The WSJ implied. In a Feb 3 memo obtained by CableFAX Daily, Vogel counters reporter Peter Grant’s "Charter and Controlling Holder Are in A Brawl," which claims […]
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01/23/2004
More Beta
Kudos to Bill Goodwyn, who is the head of cable’s most valuable affiliate group, Discovery Networks, according to the Beta survey. ESPN was rated as the most valuable channel in the survey (Cfax, 01/22).
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01/22/2004
SCTE
The SCTE named Thomas Russell dir of standards. The engineering cabal also said that it, WICT and Cfax sister pub Communications Technology are now accepting noms for the 2004 Women in Technology Award. Deadline for nominations is Mar 1 (http://wict.org/wit/).
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01/21/2004
Guiding Light: Gemstar Bows Revamped TV Guide Channel
A new look and new launches were the theme of TV Guide Channel’s media presentation Tues, with Gemstar [GMST] CEO Jeff Shell calling DirecTV’s recent adoption of the channel "a validation" of the net. TV Guide used the event to announce carriage deals with Mediacom [MCCC] (the MSO’s 1st multi-year deal for the net) and […]
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01/20/2004
Marketing
CTAM’s On Demand Consortium plans to hold 2 media-targeted demo events aimed at educating the consumer press about VOD. The 1st will be at the CTAM Digital & Broadband Conference in March 9 – 11, Century Plaza Hotel, LA and the second in July at the TCA critics tour in Hollywood. From there the group […]
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01/08/2004
Here We Come: DVRs, HD and Data Tiers on Tap for '04
2004 is shaping up to be a busy year for Mediacom [MCCC]. It’s testing DVRs and plans to roll out the service this Q. John Pascarelli, evp, ops, told Wed’s Smith Barney confab that the MSO will reserve most of its DVR deployments until the 2nd half of the year when Motorola’s [MOT] dual-tuner DVR […]