Cable fails to stop BellSouth in Miami. (BellSouth Interactive Media Services' transition into the digital-wireless business)

Multichannel News, February, 1998 by Haugsted, Linda

Incumbent operators in Miami and Dude County, Fla., have tried, with varying degrees of success, to block a move by BellSouth Interactive Media Services into the digital-wireless business in the area. Recently, a state court judge ruled against the operators - including Tele-Communications Inc., MediaOne, Rifkin & Associates Inc.

and Adelphia Communications Corp. - issuing a summary judgment in favor of the telco. The cable operators alleged that Miami-Dude Cable Communications' licensing division did not abide by traditional timetables and information-gathering procedures before awarding a cable license to BellSouth. Terry Bienstock, attorney for the cable operators, said the ruling was limited to "very technical issues," and not about the legality of...

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