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01/05/2004
Alphabet Soup: Comcast’s Next Acronym: DVR
By Shirley Brady Among the many acronyms making news at Anaheim was a clearer DVR picture for Comcast. Brian Roberts kicked off the final Western Show by announcing his MSO is getting into DVR “big time next year” by rolling out the service in the first quarter using Motorola set-tops and software from TV Guide. […]
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11/17/2003
Alphabet Soup
By Shirley Brady Will America’s love affair with fast cars help speed adoption of VOD? Universal Studios Pay-Per-View and Mag Rack sure hope so. They’re teaming up-a first-to promote the release of Universal’s 2 Fast 2 Furious on VOD this month. Mag Rack’s Your Next Car VOD magazine has added related segments and promos to […]
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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
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
TAMMY FAYE TOPS PITCHING ROTATION FOR FUSE
Phase one: Sally Struthers pleaded to “save the music video.” Phase two: an in-MTV’s-face stunt this summer that razzed its bigger rival. Phase three for Fuse, which rebranded in May from MuchMusic USA: a two-month national campaign that breaks today with print ads in an array of publications including Blender, The Onion and Rolling Stone. […]
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09/22/2003
THE INCREDIBLY POPULAR CABLE CO.
Customer service at Time Warner Cable’s system in Greensboro, N.C., really rocks. In the company’s most recent internal semiannual survey Greensboro ranked first in customer service among all of the cable operator’s systems nationwide. Not only that, it wins rave reviews from the city’s franchise manager. “They’re great,” gushes Bech Martin, technical systems manager for […]