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02/11/2004
Public Affairs
Court TV’s Henry Schleiff and others frequently urge us in the media to focus attention on cable’s public affairs programming (Cfax 02/06). We’re listening. CableFAX/CableWorld has established an annual award for cable’s finest public affairs programming. Programmers are urged to overnight relevant shows (airdates from Mar ’03 through Feb ’04) with a short note to: […]
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02/10/2004
On the Circuit
NAMIC will expand the 10th anniv Vision awards with a 2-day Creative Summit and career expo, Apr 15-16, Beverly Hilton Hotel. Spencer Kaitz will receive the Quasar Award and Disney Channel the North Star Award (www.namic.com). — NCTA ’04 Vanguard Award forms are at: www.thenationalshow.com; they’re due Feb 27. Info: Michelle Ray, 202-775-3669/ [email protected]. — […]
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02/02/2004
Business/Finance
Outdoor Channel [OUTD] hit a new 52-week high Fri, closing up 10% to $38. — Hughes Electronics [HS] began a reorg last week at its corporate HQ. The co consolidated several functions into its DirecTV unit, shuffling 30 employees into the DBS side, and eliminating 50 other positions. —RCN’s been all business lately. It inked […]
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02/01/2004
Farewell, Memories and Western Show Picks
If there’s been one constant in our industry, it’s change. One of those changes is the demise of the Western Cable Show, the last of which took place in December at the Anaheim Convention Center.
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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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01/19/2004
Ice Bucket, Bathrobe and Road Runner
Residential customers are the backbone of cable operators’ highly profitable high-speed data business, but commercial customers are becoming increasingly important. MSOs are seeking to gain a foothold in vertical segments of this higher-margin market, even as telecom companies are rushing to do the same. Just weeks after Time Warner Cable announced the launch of a […]