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04/08/2004
VOD
Comcast’s [CMCSA] Philly system is offering subs the first on-demand look at some of Viacom’s cable content. Among the titles available in the City of Brotherly love: "SpongeBob," "Rugrats" and season 1 of MTV’s "The Real World: New York." VOD offerings from MTV, BET, Nickelodeon, Noggin and The N will be available in other markets […]
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04/08/2004
Broadband
Charter [CHTR] is upping its broadband download speeds to 3Mbps in most markets this month, and improving upload speeds to 256kbps in markets now at 128kbps. More than 85% of the MSO’s markets will have the faster speeds. The increases won’t cost subs anything extra. — EarthLink [ELNK] is teaming with online content provisioning company […]
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04/08/2004
On the Circuit
Insight’s Michael Willner and Cablevision’s Sheila Mahony will be honored with ’04 NCTA Vanguards at National. Also to be feted: Cox’s Dallas Clement, C-SPAN’s Susan Swain and Rob Kennedy, YAS Broadband’s Rouzbeh Yassini, HBO’s Rob Zitter, Comcast’s Ann Montgomery, Time Warner Cable’s Jennifer Mooney and Cox’s Joe Rooney. — More than 50 execs are on […]
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04/08/2004
Think About That For A Minute
The cable industry announced its intention to file an appeal with the Supreme Court on the so-called "Brand X" case coming out of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the courts can supercede (actually, in this case even worse, precede) the FCC in defining cable modem service as a "telecommunications service." And […]
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04/07/2004
Round II: Will Dish Dump Turner Nets?
Last month’s 48-hr Viacom-EchoStar imbroglio (Cfax 3/10-3/11) had barely been put to rest when chatter began about unresolved issues between Charlie Ergen’s DBS service and Turner. Although a year-end extension has allowed both entities to remain at the bargaining table well after the formal carriage agreement had expired, our spies tell us that Ergen’s patience […]
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04/07/2004
Rumor du Jour
Yes, Anne Sweeney is being considered to replace ABC programming head Lloyd Braun. The most likely scenario would be that the ABC Cable chief would lead both the cable and broadcast units. ABC had no comment. The possible switch comes as ABC Family is still waiting for a pres and programming chief-posts that are expected […]