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01/21/2004
Beta
ESPN found more ‘value’ evidence to crow about, with the latest Beta cable operator survey showing the net in 1st place in avg perceived value for major nets among affiliates. It’s the 4th consecutive year ESPN has claimed the honor. ESPN2 was 2nd, with Nick in 3rd place. ESPN Classic was at the top of […]
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01/21/2004
People
Time Warner upped Mike LaJoie to CTO. Although no one’s held that position in quite some time, TWC says that with all the new business developments and advanced tech it has on its hands, "it just makes sense" to place everything under the stewardship of a single CTO. — Former Weather Channel/Landmark Comm exec Thomas […]
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01/20/2004
Spat
A federal judge granted EchoStar’s [DISH] request for a restraining order late Fri, preventing Viacom [VIA] from yanking its CBS stations, MTV and other nets from the DBS provider. The 2 are ordered to appear in US District of N CA Court Fri, when the judge will decide whether to extend the order. "We continue […]
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01/20/2004
Marketing
CTAM’s On Demand Consortium plans to hold 2 media-targeted demo events aimed at educating the consumer press about VOD. The 1st will be at the CTAM Digital & Broadband Conference in March 9 – 11, Century Plaza Hotel, LA and the second in July at the TCA critics tour in Hollywood. From there the group […]
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01/20/2004
Plug & Play
EchoStar [DISH] followed in DirecTV’s footsteps, lodging grievances with cable and CE’s plug & play agreement at the FCC last week. "The DBS industry did not participate in these negotiations and they do not adequately address its interest," the filing said. Like DirecTV, the DBS provider takes issue with CableLabs’ role in making initial approval […]
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01/20/2004
MaxFAX
Yep. See CableFAX’s CableWORLD (01/19 – 01/whatever) for a look at some (some, there a are few others lurking under the radar for one reason or another … like funding, transponders, a business plan, a target niche, programming, all of the above or perhaps to get their act together before issuing a press release) of […]