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01/20/2003
The Importance of Being Earnest
BY ALICIA MUNDY Two words provide an object lesson in the vital importance of proper and competent political representation in Washington: Charlie Ergen. The proposed merger of his EchoStar Communications with General Motors’ Hughes Electronics unit’s DirecTV seemed, at least at the outset, a pretty good idea. Lawmakers, angry over ever rising rates, were eager […]
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01/20/2003
Late Breaking News
BY JON LAFAYETTE Negotiators for the cable industry are turning to the marketing experts for advice in one important aspect of the plug-and-play talks: labeling. CTAM board member Joe Rooney, SVP of marketing, Cox Communications, chairs the new Labeling Working Group, charged with providing “a marketing perspective on labeling and nomenclature issues relating to consumer […]
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01/13/2003
BRIEFS
CABLEWORLD STAFF G4, Comcast’s video game network, signed carriage agreements with Cox Communications and Mediacom. The network is already running on some systems owned by both operators. Showtime has a big night planned for Feb. 22. First, Jay-Z will perform live from Memphis, one of the first televised full-length concerts by a hip-hop artist. The […]
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01/13/2003
COMCAST FINDS THE LIVING'S FINE
BY K. C. NEEL Fine Living is beginning to live large. The newest channel from Scripps Networks last week scored big time, announcing a distribution agreement with Comcast, the nation’s largest cable operator. The deal was part of a long-term arrangement by Scripps that covered both Fine Living and its sibling, the Do-It-Yourself Network. Terms […]
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01/13/2003
Cox's Launching Pad Salutes the Customer
BY SHIRLEY BRADY During his 16 years overseeing Cox’s Hampton Roads, Va., system, former General Electric engineer-turned-marketer Franklin (but call him Frank) Bowers has won numerous awards for running the most profitable Cox system — but that’s not his only accolade. His subscriber base has mushroomed from 135,000 to more than 415,000 thanks to strategic […]
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01/13/2003
2003 What's in Store for Cable
BY KEITH DUNNAVANT CALL IT THE KILLER APP, BECAUSE, AT LEAST FOR NOW, THE satellites can’t do it. Video-on-demand subscriptions are poised to grow rapidly in 2003. All major MSOs have now deployed some form of VOD; programmers, ranging from ESPN and Discovery, to smaller players, such as Wisdom Television and Atom Films, are providing […]