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Articles in October, 1993 issue of Broadcasting & Cable

• US West to use digital servers in Omaha test. (obtains services of Digital Equipment for video dialtone test) (Brief Article)
  by Scully, Sean
• Stuart Cain Johnson. (Bell Atlantic business & communication group VP profiled)
• Hanging tough. (TV stations that held out for cash retransmission-consent deals)
• Liberty, TCI get back together. (re-merger of cable TV programmer Liberty Media, cable operator Tele-Communications Inc.) (Brief Article)
  by Brown, Rich
• Suspense mounts at Paramount. (QVC Network bid for Paramount Pictures Corp.) (Brief Article)
  by Foisie, Geoffrey
• TCM sets ticket prices for operators. (Turner Classic Movies network will cost as much as American Movie Channel)
  by Brown, Rich
• Health-care package good for business. (boom in advertising by special interest groups opposing President Clinton's healthcare plan)
  by Stern, Christopher
• Not so fast on interactive. (interactive video, data services over phone lines are still several years away, say telephone executives) (Brief Article)
  by Scully, Sean
• ESPN chasing younger demos. (cable TV sports network) (Brief Article)
  by Stern, Christopher
• Two leaders for one new company. (merger between Tele-Communications Inc., Liberty Media Corp. and Bell Atlantic Corp.; includes profiles of TCI CEO John C. Malone and Bell Atlantic Corp. CEO Raymond W. Smith) (includes related articles)
  by Foisie, Geoffrey
• Ed Markey is wasting little time in trying to deliver a cable-telco bill. (Brief Article)
  by Jessell, Harry A.
• Interactive promotion: dialing for viewers. (KICU, San Jose, California, television station in its third year of interactive television)
  by Cooper, Jim
• Family Channel parent International Family entertainment last Friday (Oct. 15) extended the deadline on its $40 million offer to buy The Nostalgia Network. (Brief Article)
• Tartikoff's back, and MCA's got him. (former Paramount Pictures chairman Brandon Tartikoff will produce MCA television comedy show)(includes related article)
  by Freeman, Mike
• The sweet buy and buy. (brand-name advertisers embrace infomercials)(special section: Infomercials) (Cover Story)
  by Stern, Christopher
• New frontiers for Discovery: network will expand original production as it reaches new outlets in Latin America, Europe and Asia. (Discovery Communications Inc.)
  by Brown, Rich
• High noon nears in Texas retrans battle: affiliates hang tough against TCI as cable subscribers flock to wireless competitor. (retransmission consent, Tele-Communications Inc.) (Brief Article)
  by Flint, Joe
• Senate telecom bill: slow down: Hollings questions telco provisions; broadcasters troubled by telco entry. (telecommunications, Senate Commerce Chairman Ernest Hollings, telephone companies) (Brief Article)
  by McAvoy, Kim
• Top cable shows and nets. (top 15 programs for Sep 20-26, 1993) (Brief Article)
• Giving the box the boot. (addressable interdiction unit to replace cable converter boxes in some areas)(Brief Article)
  by Scully, Sean
• Sinclair's private profitability. (Sinclair Broadcast Group) (Brief Article)
  by Foisie, Geoffrey
• Coming to the end of fin-syn road? Upcoming court decisions in Chicago and Los Angeles may put networks in syndication.
  by Flint, Joe
• Diller makes it $80 per share. (QVC Network head Barry Diller offers $80 per share for Paramount Communications) (Brief Article)
  by Foisie, Geoffrey
• Syndicators eye info-dollars. (special section: Infomercials)
  by Freeman, Mike
• Stations stay for no pay. (TV stations prefer barter deals over cash in retransmission-consent deals; includes related article)
  by Flint, Joe
• 'Power Rangers' powers its way to top. Live-action sci-fi series puts Fox Children's Network on weekday morning map. ('Mighty Morphin Power Rangers')
  by Freeman, Mike
• Atlantic talk. (interactive program guides, a la carte programming on agenda at Atlantic Cable Show) (Brief Article)
• Kent Lillie. (named president of Shop At Home) (Brief Article)
• Sony is the first consumer electronics company. (wins rights to Digital Satellite System for direct broadcast satellite service) (Brief Article)
• $1 billion for Starz. (Starz! cable movie network from Encore) (Brief Article)
  by Brown, Rich
• There's Gold Coast in them thar infomercials: producer sets up division, Gold Coast Direct, to produce program-length commercials. (Brief Article)
  by Freeman, Mike
• Fox in fight over FX. (FXTV Fitness and Exercise Television Inc. files suit against Fox Broadcasting Co. for use of similar name) (Brief Article) (Brief Article)
  by Flint, Joe
• Group W sells Sacramento combo. (Group W Radio) (Brief Article)
  by Viles, Peter
• Expectations lowered for 900 numbers. (stricter regulations resulted in $440 million revenue decline between 1992 and 1993) (Brief Article)
  by Stern, Christopher
• Arbitron drops local TV and cable ratings.
  by Cooper, Jim
• Connecticut overbuild: cable veterans take on TCI, Comcast, Cablevision Systems. (FiberVision files bid for franchises in areas already served by cable operators) (Brief Article) (Brief Article)
  by Foisie, Geoffrey
• Here comes the judge ... again. (syndicated talk/courtroom show 'Jones & Jury' debuts) (Brief Article)
  by Freeman, Mike
• Tuesday 9-10 p.m.: the bargain-in-buying controversy. (controversial TV show 'NYPD Blue' is popular among 18-49-year-olds, proves to be an advertising bargain) (Brief Article)
• The FCC should deny New Jersey Bell's video dialtone application. (National Cable Television Association comments filed before Federal Communications Commission) (Brief Article)
• BASF showed a new line of DAT mastering systems. (digital audio tape) (Cutting Edge) (Brief Article)
• Barry Schulman. (Sci-Fi Channel programing vice president)
• Wired worlds tie the knot: $30 billion-plus merger of Bell Atlantic and TCI may be largest in U.S. history; companies say it will foster telco-cable competition. (Bell Atlantic Corp.; Tele-Communications Inc.; telecommunications/cable television)(includes
  by Brown, Rich
• Putting the active in interactive shopping. (CUC International Inc. will offer full-motion video interactive shopping through cable television to two test markets in Florida and California)
  by Scully, Sean
• A mammoth deal with many parts. (merger between Tele-Communications Inc., Liberty Media Corp. and Bell Atlantic Corp.)(includes related article)
  by Foisie, Geoffrey
• Murphy seen returning as Capcities CEO. (Thomas Murphy, Capital Cities/ABC) (Brief Article)
  by Viles, Peter
• Turner's toons get top tune-in: Cartoon Network is most-watched new cable network for third quarter. (Brief Article)
  by Brown, Rich
• Dan Rather blasts TV news: invoking Edward R. Murrow, CBS anchor warns RTNDA that news is continuing toward the path of 'wires and lights in a box.' (Radio-Television News Directors Association)
  by Viles, Peter
• The FCC used flawed data in arriving at the benchmarks for its new cable rate regulations. (Federal Communications Commission) (research by Aerie Group) (Brief Article)
  by McAvoy, Kim
• Spelling pitches prime time block, (Aaron Spelling)
  by Freeman, Mike
• Baseball is destroying itself through the lack of consistent national TV coverage. (Column)
  by Smith, Curt
• Scott Merrill Siegler.
• Gannett sold KUSA-(AM)-KSD-FM to EZ Communications. (Gannett Company Inc's Gannett Broadcasting Group) (includes other station trades) (Brief Article)
• Vision sets its sights on radio. (Vision Media, a partnership headed by NewMarket Media, looking to acquire radio stations in medium-size markets) (Brief Article)
• Turner Broadcasting System and New Line Cinema Corporation have entered into a definitive merger agreement. (Brief Article)
• Although the FCC levied a $27,500 fine against KTTW(TV) Sioux Falls, S.D., and its satellite KTTM(TV) Huron, S.D. (Federal Communications Commission renews licenses despite infractions involving children's programming; includes news of other disciplinary
• Talk all day, talk all night on cable. (Multimedia's Talk Channel lines up talent) (Brief Article)
  by McClellan, Steve
• Stations look for Chase changes: November sweeps may represent make-or-break time for affiliates' support. ('The Chevy Chase Show') (Brief Article)
  by Coe, Steve
• Tackling talk with trivia. (MTM Television Distribution advises stations to pair games shows 'Trivial Pursuit,' 'The New Price is Right') (Brief Article)
  by Freeman, Mike
• Granath to head new ABC division. (Herbert A. Granath named president of ABC Cable and International Broadcast Group) (Brief Article) (Brief Article)
  by Viles, Peter
• Independent satellite operator Orion Satellite. (will collaborate with GTE Spacenet on satellite-newsgathering link) (Brief Article)
• United video: making money as middleman: IPO provides first look at superstation distributor and backyard dish packager. (United Video Satellite Group; initial public offering)
  by Foisie, Geoffrey
• "There is absolutely no basis" for requiring a buyer of a broadcast station to hang on to it at least three years before reselling. (Brief Article)
• Hoffenberg heads Saatchi. (Harvey Hoffenberg, Saatchi & Saatchi Company PLC) (Brief Article)
  by Cooper, Jim
• Radio DJ's become video stars; Comedy Central promotion features morning jocks from across the country. (Brief Article)
  by Stern, Christopher
• Re-upping for 'Montel.' (Viacom Inc. is renewing its syndication contracts for the Montel Williams television show) (Brief Article)
  by McClellan, Stephen
• General Motors Corp. (rethinking its financial support of the Public Broadcasting Service) (Brief Article)
• Broadcasters, cable: the airing of the green. (TV media embrace infomercials)(special section: Infomercials)
  by McClellan, Steve
• Paramount watch: much action, little change. (bidders for Paramount Communications Inc.) (Brief Article)
  by Foisie, Geoffrey
• Sennheiser introduced several new varieties of pro headphones. (Sennheiser Electronic Corp. markets wireless headphones and microphones for professionals) (Brief Article)
• Blockbuster chief has global TV aspirations. (home video retailer plans to enter video-on-demand, TV production markets) (Brief Article)
  by Flint, Joe
• SCI-TV taking national sales in-house: seven-station group to establish own rep firm, dropping HRP and Telerep. (Brief Article)
  by Foisie, Geoffrey
• Liberty doubles in D.C., adds Richmond. (Liberty Broadcasting to acquire radio stations in Richmond, VA) (Brief Article)
  by Viles, Peter
• CBS blinks, leaves table empty handed: network gives up on getting cash for signals or carriage of new cable channel. (retransmission consent)
  by Flint, Joe
• Radio station resale values drop. (Brief Article)
  by Zier, Julie A.
• Rysher TPE signs deal with '90210' co-star: Gabrielle Carteris will produce 10 specials; long-range plans include possible talk show. (Lifestories with Gabrielle Carteris) (Brief Article)
  by Freeman, Mike
• Speed bump for Hundt nomination. (nomination of Reed Hundt as Federal Communications Commission chairman) (Brief Article)
  by McAvoy, Kim
• The House last week approved a $160.3 million appropriations package for the FCC's fiscal 1994 budget. (Federal Communications Commission) (Brief Article)
• Arbitron follows Nielsen, delays overnights. (delays reports on channel lineup changes as retransmission-consent deadline passes) (Brief Article)
  by Stern, Christopher
• Off-net 'Shade' opens again. (MTM Television Distribution's marketing plan for off-network sitcom 'Evening Shade') (Brief Article)
  by McClellan, Steve
• Rysher looking for the right 'Wavelength.' Syndicator trying to work out ratings, content problems of teen show. (Rysher Entertainment)
  by McClellan, Steve

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