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02/03/2003
Rejected Antiwar Ad Stirs Consolidation Opponents
BY ALICIA MUNDY When Comcast rejected an antiwar ad last week from a Princeton, N.J.-based church-related peace group, it created a PR mess and started another round of complaints in Washington about the effects of big media mergers. The ad from the AntiWar Video Fund and the Coalition for Peace Action was rejected by Comcast […]
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02/03/2003
Retailers Finger MSOs
A coalition of major consumer electronics retailers has asked the Federal Communications Commission to remove the last hurdle for competitive entry into the cable modem market. The hurdle in question: the cable operator. In an ex parte letter sent to FCC Chairman Michael Powell, Consumer Electronics Retailers Coalition (CERC) chairman and Best Buy VP and […]
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02/03/2003
Say It Ain't So, Ted
BY STACI D. KRAMER AND K. C. NEEL If AOL Time Warner were named for the men of vision who created the companies that provide its very foundation, the company would be called Warner Grunwald Turner. When Ted Turner last week submitted his resignation from the post of vice chairman of AOL TW, which is […]
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02/03/2003
Now that Super Bowl XXXVII is done, it's time to play political football in Washington.
BY W. F. GLOEDE I love broadcasters. I really do. Covered them for years at my old shop. Eddie Fritts, who heads up the National Association of Broadcasters, is a decent and very engaging guy. One hell of a lobbyist, too. But what the broadcasters did last week can only be characterized as a cheap […]
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02/03/2003
Verizon Lobbies for Cable Regulation on Local Level
BY ANDREA FIGLER Apparently angling for a sideline role as cable regulator, Verizon Communications has been lobbying local governments to impose franchise fees on cable modem services and prohibit exclusive content contracts, such as local news and sports programs. Next month, representatives for the telecommunications company are expected to try and convince the National League […]
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02/03/2003
VH1 READIES SLATE OF REALITY SHOWS
CABLE WORLD STAFF New reality shows touching on the worlds of music and pop culture will be appearing on VH1 over the next few months, the network said last week. Nearly every other network, VH1 is staging a talent contest. In this case it’s Destination Diva: The Search for a Superstar. The network plans to […]