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11/03/2003
A BUNDLE OF SERVICES TAKES ROOT IN OMAHA
BY K. C. NEEL For a city with less than 400,000 people, Omaha is perhaps one of the most competitive telecommunications markets in the country. “It’s truly an example of what Congress had in mind when it passed the Telecommunications Act in 1996,” says Mark Caniglia, Cox Communications’ VP of marketing in Omaha. Cox has […]
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11/03/2003
WHEN IT COMES TO MEDIA SALES, A PERSONAL TOUCH CANNOT BE OVEREMPHASIZED
In the course of a conversation I once had with the chairman of the board of a major advertising agency I asked, “You’ve been in the service business for quite a while. What is it that you think is the most important thing for you to consider in making your organization a success?” He replied, […]
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11/03/2003
WHAT DSL PRICE CUTS?
BY IAN OLGEIRSON, KAGAN The cable industry is burying concerns over DSL price cuts, posting impressive customer growth without substantial drops in revenue per sub. Comcast, adding nearly half a million new data subs, flaunted its advantage while indicating there is plenty of growth ahead before a low-end tier needs to be introduced. Telephony proved […]
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11/03/2003
ENTROPIC BAGS CASH, CACHET
BY ANTHONY CRUPI While the name certainly connotes disorder and deterioration, Entropic Communications seems to be trending in the opposite direction. Last week, the fabless semiconductor company — that’s not a typo; the term refers to a firm that focuses on the design and development of semiconductor chips rather than the actual manufacture of same […]
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11/03/2003
HALL OF FAME HONOREES
Almost 700 cable executives descended on the Cable Center on Oct. 14 to honor six of the industry’s most influential leaders. The annual Hall of Fame award is bestowed to men and women whose achievements have provided service to the cable industry and contributed significantly to the growth and development of cable, and to the […]
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11/03/2003
LATE BREAKING NEWS
Under an agreement with CBS, College Sports Television announced last week that it will present live national television coverage of four more college sports championship events, including women’s ice hockey, Division I, and men’s lacrosse, Division II and III. CBS, which owns the rights to 67 NCAA championships, has agreed to let the start-up sports […]