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01/13/2003
Late Breaking News
BY JON LAFAYETTE Randi Schatz, a veteran TV industry magazine publisher, has joined the Media Central unit of Primedia Inc. as VP/sales of Kagan World Media and Simba and publisher of Cable World. In her new position, Schatz will oversee sales, marketing, circulation and business-side operations for Cable World. “I am delighted to be joining […]
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01/13/2003
Liberty Looking at Deals That Give It Control
BY K. C. NEEL After a year of disappointing and unsuccessful deal-making, John Malone remains undaunted. Any of the deals his Liberty Media is contemplating now could significantly change the way the company looks and operates in the future. Liberty plans to join News Corp. in a bid to gain control of DirecTV, is angling […]
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01/13/2003
NCTA REFUTES CFA, CU BEEFS
Linda Hardesty The NCTA blasted a report by consumer group lobbyists claiming the cable industry artificially inflates its rates under the guise of high-programming costs. Rob Stoddard, the NCTA’s SVP, communications and public affairs, issued a statement last Wednesday in response to pointed accusations made by watchdog groups the Consumers Union and the Consumer Federation […]
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01/13/2003
The Race for First Place
BY ANTHONY CRUPI Now that the first bit of business between the cable industry and the consumer electronics side has been put to rest, the race to get cable-compatible hi-def sets on the market is underway. Alliances are being formed, technologies merged. It’s as if everyone involved is playing a particularly heated game of Risk […]
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01/13/2003
TNN Thinks It's Time To Be a Man's Network
BY JON LAFAYETTE No more Dixie and no more chicks for TNN. From here on out, the Viacom-owned network will target men 18 to 49 years old, especially the 25-to-34 bracket, a demographic prized by advertisers. MTV Networks programming whiz Albie Hecht will be president of the network — once known as the Nashville Network […]
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01/13/2003
UPN, SHOWTIME RERUNS HEADED FOR BET
K.C. Neel BET, which canceled some of its news and public affairs programming to add syndicated entertainment shows, acquired rerun rights to three programs produced by parent Viacom currently running on Viacom networks. The shows are UPN’s The Parkers and Girlfriends and Showtime’s Soul Food. Debra Lee, BET president and COO, called the deal “a […]