Time Warner plans Orlando news channel. (Time Warner Cable; Orlando, Florida)
Multichannel News, January, 1997 by Moss, Linda
The Sunshine State is getting yet another local all-news channel, with Time Warner Cable and The Orlando Sentinel teaming up to launch a news network for central Florida this fall.
The 24-hour channel, which hasn't been named yet, will be a 50-50 joint venture between Time Warner and the Tribune Co.-owned newspaper. Initially, it will roll out to 400,000 Time Warner homes and, by the year 2000 - when upgrades are complete - it will be available in 550,000 of the MSO's cable households, said John Rigsby, president of Time Warner Cable's Florida division.
Officials last week declined to comment on the anticipated cost of launching the channel in Orlando, the No. 22-ranked DMA. The service will use a news-wheel format, so viewers can tune in at specific...
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