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03/31/2003
All this hand-wringing over DVRs misses a key point: They can be good for cable.
BY JENIFER CISTOLA After a slow start, digital video recording devices are gaining momentum. However, most consumers have to try the product to understand its value. Millions of marketing dollars seem to have done a poor job of getting the message out. Instead, word of mouth is a primary driver for the DVR. Those who […]
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03/24/2003
High Stakes in the war for cable news supremacy
BY VERNE GAY To understand why a genuine historic moment in cable television arrived last Wednesday night, all one need do is remember 1991. It was a mild January night — mild in New York, anyway — when the whole world was as taut as a bowstring. Remember just one particular moment (6:45 p.m. on […]
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03/24/2003
Late Breaking News
BY JON LAFAYETTE Liberty Media beefed up its war chest to nearly $5 billion after completing a complex $1.5 billion bond offering late Friday. Liberty effectively sold 86.1 million AOL TW shares by issuing debentures, due by 2023, that are exchangeable into shares of AOL at a price of $17.42 a share — a 50% […]
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03/24/2003
‘Not Like Anywhere Else in Texas’
BY ANDREA FIGLER Drive down almost any street in Austin and you’re bound to come across at least one bumper sticker imploring those who hold sway over such matters to “Keep Austin Weird.” Likely you’ll see more than one of them. This may be the capital of Texas, the state that brought the nation its […]
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03/24/2003
More Planned Developments Hooked Up by Fiber Providers
BY ANDREA FIGLER Fiber-to-the-home providers are now squarely on the cable industry’s competitive map, according to numbers released by the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council. In the last six months an additional 20 communities were using fiber to deliver cable, data and telephone services, according to the council. These additional fiber communities bring the total to 70. […]
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03/24/2003
Powell's Ownership Problem
BY ALICIA MUNDY Cannons to the right of them, cannons to the left, the media ownership proceeding at the Federal Communications Commission is starting to look like the Charge of the Light Brigade. And there’s no cavalry in sight to save the day. First, Chairman Michael Powell has been beset by Democrat Michael Copps, by […]