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01/20/2003
A Tale of Two New Networks
BY JON LAFAYETTE More cable networks are on the way. They’re looking to fill a variety of niches and to have very different pedigrees. With Comcast as one of its major backers, the new network from Radio One targeting African-American adults would appear to be assured of success, even though no network other than BET […]
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01/13/2003
Addenda and Corrections
Karen Brown Comcast is laying off 175 former AT&T Broadband employees in Concord, Calif., effective Feb. 5. The positions, affecting all staff (except for front-line customer service), are being permanently eliminated…. Click Network won a ten-year franchise in University Place, Wash…. E! News Live expands to 60 minutes nightly starting today…. NAMIC’s Denver chapter is […]
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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
The Fix Is In: A DVR/ TiVo Repair Primer
BY ANTHONY CRUPI Marty Wortman’s Brooklyn home is the kind of place where things get broken a lot and every horizontal surface is sticky. This has much to do with the hordes of children in the apartment (I counted five), ranging from the infant whose entire raison d’etre seems to be pooping, to the 8-year-old […]