TDC lone network in TCI's Denver test. (Cable Educational Network Inc. is the only cable network to test for pay-per-view capability in Tele-Communications Inc.'s experiment in Denver)

Multichannel News, December, 1991 by Mitchell, Kim

TDC Lone Network in TCI's Denver Test So far only one cable network - The Discovery Channel - is slated to test its ability to sell programming on a pay-per-view basis as part of the video-on-demand experiment being launched in suburban Denver in March by Tele-Communications Inc., AT&T and U S West.

And while both Fox Broadcasting Co. and TCI remain coy on the subject, sources said last week that there is some discussion about a tryout of Fox CEO Barry Diller's multiplexing plan on the TCI Denver test as well. It is no small surprise that Discovery will participate: company founder and chairman John Hendricks has been enthusiastically vocal about stretching Discovery's reach into the PPV market. In addition, TCI is an equity partner in Discovery...

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