Broadcasting & Cable articles from May 2004

Broadcasting & Cable archives from May 2004

Cable will eat the phone company's lunch ...
May 3, 2004... When Time Warner Cable launched a phone service in Portland, Maine, last May, the company guessed that only a few thousand customers would shell out $49.95 for unlimited local and long-distance service. Turns out, President Keith Berkley's...

Maybe it wasn't so goofy: what Comcast lost when it missed out on Disney.(Top of the Week)(Walt Disney Co.,Comcast Corp.)
May 3, 2004... Hardly anyone--particularly unhappy Comcast shareholders--feels that buying Walt Disney Co. is essential to the No. 1 cable operator's success. Comcast launched its hostile $66 billion bid primarily to exploit a point in time when Disney seemed...

Outdoor Channel in high def.(Breaking ...)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... TEMECULA, CALIF. -- The Outdoor Channel is spinning off a high-definition feed. Outdoor Channel 2 HD will debut in July, 2005. It will share some programming with its parent channel and produce originals. Outdoor Channel started HD productions...

Edwards ends on Morning Edition.(Breaking ...)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... WASHINGTON -- In a low-key way, Bob Edwards ended his 24 1/2 years as host of NPR's Morning Edition on April 30 by interviewing CBS News' Charles Osgood, who Edwards noted was the first person he interviewed when he began hosting the show....

Held off on cable mergers: activists.(Breaking ...)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... WASHINGTON -- Public activists are asking the FCC to block mergers by Comcast and Time Warner, including for-sole Adelphia, until there's a new national cap on cable audience reach. Judges struck down the previous cap limiting one MSO's reach...

IRTS salutes the Donald, and more.(Breaking ...)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... NEW YORK -- The IRTS Foundation annual awards this year go to Nickelodeon Networks President Herb Scannell, Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer, Bravo series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, HBO's Sex and the City, and Donald Trump, star and...

Cox will pass on Adelphia.(Fast Track)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Cox CEO JIM ROBBINS rules out a bid for all of ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS, saying he would only buy systems that are well-clustered or fit his company's existing operations. Adelphia has some choice systems--in Los Angeles, for example--but there...

Network Upfront Discussion Group.(Small Bites)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... The first meeting of the NETWORK UPFRONT DISCUSSION GROUP (NUDG)--formed to propose changes to make the upfront process easier--turned out to be its last. The group, composed of about 40 representatives from broadcast networks, cable,...

After threatening to take networks like CNN and TNT off its system.(Small Bites)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... After threatening to take networks like CNN and TNT off its system, ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS reached a tentative settlement with TURNER BROADCASTING.

ABC Cable.(People Mover)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... ABC FAMILY General Manager MARK SILVERMAN is moving up at ABC Cable to senior vice president and general manager for the ABC Cable Group. He'll report to ANNE SWEENEY, now head of both ABC and ABC Cable....

Fox.(People Mover)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... SCOTT MATTHEWS has been named vice president of news for FOX's New York duopoly. He comes to WNYW (Fox)/WWOR (UPN) from Fox-owned WTFX Philadelphia, where he has been vice president of news since July 2001....

DAVID JACKSON has reunited with KCAL Los Angeles and former PRIME 9 NEWS co-anchor PAT HARVEY after a five-year stint at KABC Los Angeles.(People Mover)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... DAVID JACKSON has reunited with KCAL Los Angeles and former PRIME 9 NEWS co-anchor PAT HARVEY after a five-year stint at KABC Los Angeles. Jackson spent eight years with KCAL, beginning in August 1989....

CBS.(People Mover)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... LAVERNE MCKINNON is the new senior vice president of drama development at CBS, reporting to NINA TASSLER, the network's executive vice president of drama series. McKinnon has helped develop Cold Case, Joan of Arcadia, CSI: Miami, and Without a...

The WB will launch new drama, Summerland, on Tuesday June 1 with a two-hour premiere.(WB Television Network)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... THE WB will launch new drama, Summer/and, on Tuesday June 1 with a two-hour premiere. The show, from SPELLING TELEVISION, stars LORI LOUGHLIN as a San Francisco fashion designer who becomes the guardian of her sister's children. It Hill air...

ESPN and ESPN2 drew the biggest crowd in 25 years of NFL-draft coverage last weekend.(Entertainment and Sports Programming Network)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... ESPN and ESPN2 drew the biggest crowd in 25 years of NFL-draft coverage last weekend. The cumulative audience for the whole 17-plus hours was about 31 million--up 8% from last year....

ABC has re-upped its reality franchise The Bachelor.(American Broadcasting Companies Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... ABC has re-upped its reality franchise The Bachelor The order is for two new installments, totalling 22 hours of prime time. The Bachelor is ABC's No. 1 entertainment program in total viewers and in adults 18-49.

Correction.(Fast Track)(Correction Notice)
May 3, 2004... Cable's Top 10 list in the April 26 edition should have said President Bush's press conference coverage by Fox News Channel ranked ninth for the week of April 12-18.

Mel to Stern bashers: butt out.(Sex Talk)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Viacom President and COO Mel Karmazin (above) defended his in-house bad boy Howard Stern, who works for Viacom's Infinity Radio, in a New York speech last week sponsored by Syracuse University. Karmaazin said "If it doesn't appeal to you,...

Cablevision's new visionaries: Time Warner vets tackle the restructured company.(Top of the Week)(Voom DBS service and Rainbow Media operations.)
May 3, 2004... It's not often that outsiders rise so high and so fast at Cablevision Systems. Now the company has two ex-Time Warner Cable executives in pivotal positions. Cablevision is promoting Tom Rutledge, president of its cable division, to the...

Seven things that will change cable TV in 2004.(Top of the Week)
May 3, 2004... No industry in American business is rocked by change more than cable. And few other industries are whipsawed by such a complex array of forces: technology, Wail Street, government regulation, advertising, and the ever-changing tastes of an...

War stories.(In The Loop)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Sinclair Broadcasting just had its first war casualty. When the broadcaster condemned Nightline's reading of the Iraq war dead, a firestorm erupted. The response was swift and fierce. Sen. John McCain called the move "unpatriotic." (See...

Blowing smoke.(advertising in movies and television industry)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Any film that shows smoking "in a positive light" may soon come with an anti-smoking trailer, courtesy of The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG). The push is tied to a Dartmouth study that linked film images with youth...

See Fox sell.(Fox Entertainment Group Inc. sell of programming schedule)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Can Fox sell its year-round programming schedule to advertisers? This year, Fox will debut six shows in June and possibly another unscripted show in late July. Although advertisers will see substantial clips, ad time was sold last year. Most of...

What women want.(Lifetime Cable Network, new comedy program)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Freud asked. Lifetime answers: laughs. Which is why the network is rebuilding its off-net stock, closing in on what women want: comedy. The women's network is nearing a deal with Twentieth Television for cable rights to Reba for an estimated...

Fox hunt: Shapiro heads TV studio; Grant goes independent.(Angela Shapiro appointed)(David Grant resigned)
May 3, 2004... When Angela Shapiro takes over as president of Fox Television Studios this week, the former president of ABC Family will be ahead of the game. First, she inherits a studio about to reap hundreds of millions of dollars for its corporate...

B & C indices: week of April 23-29.(Broadcasting & Cable)(Illustration)
May 3, 2004... WEEK OF APRIL 23-29 B&C INDICES The B&C 10 WEEK YTD -1.7% -5.6% BROADCAST TV GROUPS WEEK YTD -2.7% -5.8% CABLE TV MSO'S WEEK YTD 3.2% -5.8% RADIO WEEK YTD ...

Early edition.(survey of news watch )(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... MUNCIE, IND. -- It probably won't come as any surprise to local news directors, but a new Ball State study found that viewers are increasingly tuning into early news. The school's Center for Media Design directly observed the media consumption...

'NBC 6' deep sixed.(National Broadcasting Company Inc., service discontinuation)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Charlotte, N.C.'s NBC affiliate has quietly dropped its "NBC 6" moniker, a move management believes will help the station dig out of its traditional third-place finish. WCNC, owned by Belo Corp., now calls itself "Carolina's News Channel." The...

WOAI vs. USAA.(Clear Channel Communications Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... SAN ANTONIO -- A WOAI investigative story on job outsourcing in San Antonio's largest private employer has landed the station in court. Insurance and financial-services giant USAA filed a lawsuit last week against Clear Channel Communications...

Dish adds Duluth.(Station Break)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... DULUTH, MINN. -- EchoStar's Dish Network has added satellite feeds of local channels in the Duluth-Superior market: ABC affiliate WDIO, owned by WDIO-TV Inc.; Fox station KQDS, owned by KQDS Acquisition Corp.; Granite's NBC outlet KBJR; PBS...

All in fun?(Station Break)(KCRA Experience)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... SACRAMENTO, CALIF. -- Viacom-owned UPN affiliate KMAX tossed some on-air barbs at competitor KCRA'S new shopping-mall-based noon newscast April 22. Good Day Sacramento co-host Nick Tome joked about seeing "a guy eating a corn dog" in the studio...

Have your KAKE.(Station Break)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... WICHITA, KAN. -- Gray Television hopes that its investment in a new fiber-optics network for its ABC affiliate will help some Kansans have their KAKE and watch it, too. Several cable systems on the fringes of the Wichita market have not carried...

Elder statesman: show airs its positive message nationwide.(Top of the Week)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Inspirational talker The Larry Elder Show, from Warner Bros., will replace King World's Living It Up! With Ali & Jack in September on CBS-owned stations in the top 12 television markets. "Larry's message is about personal responsibility,...

Can we dish? Ergen and EchoStar lose credibility in Congress.(Top of the Week)(Charlie Ergen)
May 3, 2004... A half-dozen TV lobbyists trekked from their Washington offices to Capitol Hill recently to broker a deal with congressional and FCC staff. Topic A: renewing satellite companies' right to carry broadcast channels. EchoStar came out the...

New threat to broadcasters: overhaul of Telecom Act will legislate station fare.(Top of the Week)
May 3, 2004... The TV industry has four words for the feds: Don't touch that dial. The Senate Commerce Committee just launched a drive to overhaul the 1996 Telecommunications Act, the law that ushered in a wave of consolidation in the broadcast and cable...

The usual suspects: networks' development slate is rife with star turns.(Top of the Week)
May 3, 2004... If a show branded "risky" succeeds, it's a double triumph. Creating a hit is hard; parlaying no-name talent into stars is a feat. Which may explain why networks feel safer with presold talent. This year's development slate is chock full of...

Extreme Discovery: cable empire gives its digital networks a makeover full of original fare.(Top of the Week)
May 3, 2004... What's in a name? Ask Billy Campbell. Discovery Networks U.S.'s boss was so troubled by the Discovery Home & Leisure Channel slug he ordered a redesign. "Leisure" made him think of 1970s suits, Travel & Leisure magazine, and pastimes like...

TLC forges ahead.(Top of the Week)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Success is a fickle mistress. While Discovery's digital networks hunt for their first breakout shows, sister TLC is coping with life after one. Its Trading Spaces, once a cable sizzler, is now on simmer. The show still averages more than 2...

The final frontier: 6 steps to digital cable success.(Programming)
May 3, 2004... Call it cable's rite of spring. At the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's annual gathering, wannabe cable networks pitch--hard. But few will turn up on your cable listings. Hype is the easy part, says one cable vet: "Until you...

Lights! Camera! Promo! TV networks and movie studios profit from integrated marketing opportunities.(Programming)
May 3, 2004... Movies have a new ally: TV. Universal Pictures and USA Networks started the lovefest with a 10-minute sneak preview of Dawn of the Dead. Now ABC and Fox are mining their corporate synergies with movie-marketing tactics. The network lineups add...

Network hopefuls.(Programming)(Directory)
May 3, 2004... On their way ANIME NETWORK: Japanese animation CSTV: Broad swath of college-sports events, as well as news and information FOX SPORTS DIGITAL NETWORKS: Three channels culled from Fox Sports regional networks' programming ...

NCTA highlights: new shows, networks to be showcased in New Orleans.(Programming)
May 3, 2004... More than 17,000 attendees are expected to turn out in New Orleans this week for the cable industry's mardi gras: the National Cable & Telecommunications Association annual convention. Here's a first look at some of the programming news they...

The outer limits: gay shows score in heartland and with advertisers.(Programming)
May 3, 2004... Most Americans may not be ready to accept gay marriage, but consider this: Not only does NBC's Will & Grace play in Peoria, it plays 20% better in the Illinois city than it does nationwide. The same holds true for other gay-themed shows that...

Ratings: April 12-18.(Syndication Watch)(Illustration)
May 3, 2004... RATINGS | April 12-18 Nielsen Media Research Top 25 Shows Households RANK PROGRAM AA GAA 1 Wheel of Fortune 8.6 NA 2 Jeopardy 7.1...

Dating hell.(Syndication Watch)
May 3, 2004... Dating is tough. Ex-treme Dating is even tougher. Which is why it appears the show won't return this fall. Host Jillian Barberie said it was over on On Air With Ryan Seacrest last week, although the syndicator says that's still to be decided....

Changing times.(Syndie Insider)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Nicole Ari Parker will host NBC Enterprises' A Change Is Gonna Come: Brown vs. Board of Education, the first of two 30-minute specials in The Remarkable Journey series, hosted by NAACP President Kweisi Mfume. The show has been sold in more than...

Mother of invention.(Syndie Insider)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... NBC Enterprises renewed daytime syndicated reality show Starting Over for a second season in 86% of the country. Renewals include NBC-owned WNBC New York, KNBC Los Angeles, and Fox-owned WPWR Chicago. The show, produced by Bunim-Murray...

Talk shop.(Syndie Insider)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Most syndies rallied in the week ended April 18, snapping back after being depressed in the previous week. Oprah surged 19% to 6.9, while Dr. Phil shot up 16% to 5.1, logging its highest ratings in six weeks. Year-to-year, Oprah advanced 38%,...

Court in session.(Syndie Insider)
May 3, 2004... surged All seven courtroom strips were up for the week ended April 18. Still, Twentieth's Divorce Court lost sole possession of third place. The show gained 4% to 2.4. Both Warner Bros.' Judge Greg Mathis and People's Court at 2.4 tied with...

The prime time race.(Programming)(Illustration)
May 3, 2004... THE PRIME TIME RACE Top 10 Basic Cable Shows April 19-25 Total Households (in millions) PROGRAM DATE NET HHS 1. WWE Raw 10p 4/19 SPK 3.5 2. NFL Draft 4/24...

Nielsen ratings: April 19-25.(Programming)(Illustration)
May 3, 2004... NIELSEN | April 12-18 | RATINGS abc MONDAY Week 31 4.5/7# 8:00 64. ABC Monday Movie of the Week--What Lies Beneath 4.5/7 8:30 64. ABC...

At a glance.(Market focus: Boston)(cable viewers)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
May 3, 2004... The Market DMA rank 6 Population 6,155,000 TV homes 2,392,000 Income per capita $23,258 TV revenue rank 7 TV revenue $611,100,000 Commercial...

Revolutionary spirit.(Market focus: Boston)
May 3, 2004... Boston is rife with history. The cradle of the American Revolution evokes John Adams and Paul Revere--and it's home to Kennedys, Kerrys, and Fenway Park. The double whammy of politics and sports helped drive a solid 13% first-quarter revenue...

The demos.(Market focus: Boston)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
May 3, 2004... THE DEMOS There is old money in Boston--and a lot of it. Bostonians tend to be older, more educated, and considerably wealthier than the U.S. average. And when they "pahk the cah," it's more likely to be a Mercedes than a...

First course: food's new chief talks about challenges facing the network.(Programming)
May 3, 2004... Think of the hire as a fine, aged cognac. Brooke Johnson, a one-time A&E and History Channel exec, is running a cable network again. After taking time off to be with her children, she joined Food Network last year as senior vice president and...

Spot by the year: TVB wants to help stations sell local time in annual packages.(Advertising)
May 3, 2004... TV stations are experimenting with a new way to sell spot advertising through the Television Bureau of Advertising. The strategy is simple: sell local advertising time in the same way that advertising is sold in the national upfront market ...

Scatter stronger in daytime, news.(EBB & Flow)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Agency buyers are reporting a relatively soft second-quarter market for broadcast scatter. But weakness in prime time appears to be tempered by strength in other dayparts, such as daytime and news. Overall, "I see the second quarter 85%...

The loyalty factor: new CAB study says cable viewers give ad buyers an advantage.(The Upfronts)
May 3, 2004... The upfront posturing by broadcast and cable has begun. Broadcasters shot first, launching a network-backed print ad that mocked the meager viewer reach of cable advertising. This week, the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau is firing back....

How we watch TV.(The Upfronts)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Answers to some of the questions asked in the How People Use TV study HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S ON TV EVERY NIGHT? 33% Electronic program guide 23% Flipping channels 20% TV Guide magazine 20% Other printed listings...

A cable sampler: networks are trotting out their wares to tempt buyers.(The Upfronts)
May 3, 2004... With 56 cable networks now getting Nielsen ratings, upfront presentations--the way broadcast networks do them--would take nearly two months and result in some party-weary ad buyers. But several basic networks have been trumpeting their...

Our big, fat list of pilots: more than 125 projects vie for prime time glory.(The Upfronts)
May 3, 2004... Hawaii is popular this year. With upfront presentations just two weeks away and the broadcast networks racing to the finish line on pilot season, perhaps this year's focus on a sunny, sexy island suggests where all those cooped-up network...

Stations' rights: FCC may give affiliates more preemption control.(Washington)
May 3, 2004... When Mike Scott, general manager of Springfield, Mo., heard about an upcoming episode of NBC's Fear Factor, he felt sick. And he thought viewers in his city of 400,000 households would feel the same way. So he nixed the Jan. 6, 2003, program,...

Look who's squawking.(Capital Watch)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Apparently, it's not just cable subscribers who think their fees are being jacked up. Cable operators think the bills they pay to the FCC are going up way too fast. The NCTA is complaining that cable operators' annual regulatory fees will go up...

Stealing time.(Capital Watch)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Pay-TV operators shouldn't drag their feet chasing down programming pirates. KingVision, a provider of sports and other closed-circuit programming to bars, learned that lesson the hard way. The U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia last week...

Boning up on biohazards.(Capital Watch)(RTNDA's new guide)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Let's hope broadcast journalists never need an emergency refresher on marburg, glanders, and rickettsiae. A new communications-law firm? No, just some of the deadly biological agents described in the Radio-Television News Directors Foundation's...

Hispanics demand media ownership.(Growing Pains)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Even as Washington moves to relax media-ownership rules, Hispanic TV stations are calling for more oversight. Smaller Latino media companies and consumer activists are lobbying the FCC and Congress to declare Spanish-language programming a...

Fritts survives. Can the NAB?(Washington)( National Association of Broadcasters )
May 3, 2004... The National Association of Broadcasters is ready to keep long-time President Eddie Fritts on board for at least another two years. Two weeks ago, his future was in doubt. Still a question mark is the future of the organization itself. At...

Changing hands.(Business)
May 3, 2004... TVs WPTA Fort Wayne, Ind. PRICE: $45.9 million BUYER: Malara Broadcasting (Tony Malara, president) SELLER: Granite Broadcasting Corp. (Stuart J. Beck, president) FACILITIES: Ch. 21,562 kW, ant. 735 ft. AFFILIATION:...

NCTA smart guide: a selective list of sessions you shouldn't miss.(Calendar)
May 3, 2004... Sunday-Wednesday, May 2-5 * Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans A selective list of sessions you shouldn't miss Sunday 2-3 p.m. La Louisiane Ballroom GENERAL SESSION National Show Partnership Session with...

At the top of their game.(2004 Vanguard Awards)
May 3, 2004... For cable-television executives, there is no higher honor than a Vanguard Award. For nearly 40 years, these commendations have been bestowed on the industry's most outstanding leaders and luminaries. "Over the years, the Vanguard Awards...

An innovator who inspires, too: Insight's Willner has the respect of the industry, and a deep love for it.(2004 Vanguard Awards)(Michael S. Willner)(Insight Communications Company Inc.)
May 3, 2004... These are, as usual, exciting times for the cable industry. It's fighting to prevent mandated carriage of broadcasters' multicast channels, fighting the competition posed by DBS, and fighting to find new ways to grow. As cable's top players...

A career that made a difference: at Cablevision, Mahony enhanced cable's record of public service.(2004 Vanguard Awards)
May 3, 2004... Cablevision executive Sheila Mahony knows a thing or two about beating the odds. In 1967, she was one of a handful of women in her graduating class at Fordham University Law School. In 1980, when the cable industry was at its infancy and...

Running the risky businesses: Clement helps Cox decide when to stay and when to walk.(2004 Vanguard Awards)
May 3, 2004... As senior vice president of Strategy and Development for Atlanta-based Cox Communications, Dallas Clement spends most of his day guiding the cable-TV provider through its deployment of voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP), a service that offers...

Two heads are better than one: Swain and Kennedy find the right balance at C-SPAN.(2004 Vanguard Awards)(Susan Swain)(Rob Kennedy)
May 3, 2004... To understand just how indispensable co-COOs Susan Swain and Rob Kennedy are to C-SPAN, consider this insider tidbit: They openly mock their boss, Chairman and CEO Brian Lamb, and he just laughs it off. "They have to endure my stories, and...

Broadband is his baby: and Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini wonders what it will be when it grows up.(2004 Vanguard Awards)(YAS Broadband Ventures)
May 3, 2004... Widely known as the father of the cable modem, Rouzbeh Yassini has played a pivotal role in the cable industry's successful deployment of high-speed-data services, creating the first cable modem and then overseeing the industry's lengthy...

A student of the technology game: he fell into the business, and raised HBO tech to leadership status.(2004 Vanguard Awards)
May 3, 2004... During his 22-year tenure at HBO, Robert Zitter has been at the forefront of some of the most sweeping technological changes the television industry has seen. He has worked on HBO's implementation of conditional access--essentially...

Still learning, still teaching: Montgomery is a leader and who builds them, too.(2004 Vanguard Awards)
May 3, 2004... Ann Montgomery, regional senior vice president for Comcast Cable, has a big job. She heads the Southwest region, which comprises the company's cable systems in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Southern California and represents more than 1.4...

A passion for her work: for Time Warner Cincinnati's Mooney, it's all about her hometown.(2004 Vanguard Awards)
May 3, 2004... Jennifer Mooney says her two greatest passions "are adult literacy and human relations/race relations" in her native city of Cincinnati. That commitment is most likely just one of the reasons the 40-year-old vice president of public affairs for...

"It's the bundle, baby": Cox's Rooney is one marketing pro who's got it all together.(2004 Vanguard Awards)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Even Joe Rooney, who likes to say that selling Cox's products "is the best and easiest job in the world," admits the cable industry is facing a knockdown, drag-out fight with some of the world's largest and best-capitalized companies. "We...

Set-top smarts: cable boxes offer easy use, slick features.(Technology)
May 3, 2004... The only thing simple about today's set-top-box market is this: Tech-savvy subscribers are demanding tech-savvy set-top boxes. The days of MSOs' deciding between a low-end and a high-end digital set-top are history. MSOs have a new wealth...

Listener's choice.(Cutting Edge)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Home networking will create a buzz at NCTA this week. One example is the joint offering from Music Choice and Intellon. The Music Choice cable-delivered audio service can now be sent anywhere in a household over existing power lines....

Upgrade with ease.(Cutting Edge)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Seagate is getting into the in-home DVR storage business, demonstrating a new class of add-on devices that cable or satellite operators can offer customers. The goal is to make it easier for manufacturers of set-top boxes, DVRs, and other home...

VoIP for the masses.(Cutting Edge)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... Worried that your voice-over-IP (VoIP) system won't answer all of your customers' questions and concerns? Then consider Scientific-Atlanta's SciCare broadband service. It includes project planning, assessment services, design services, staging...

Tackling Triple Play.(Cutting Edge)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... To get a better handle on its Triple Play offering, Cox Communications is using Harmonic's Narrowcast Services Gateway (NSG) for the Entertainment On Demand VOD service. Cox has deployed the technology in various cities.