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Articles in June, 1996 issue of Broadcasting & Cable

• Bad news and good news for DBS.(direct broadcast satellite service showing poor growth in 1996)
  by McConville, Jim
• Showtime steps up antipiracy efforts: aims to convert illegal users into subscribers.
  by McConville, Jim
• BBC World enters Slovakia. (BBC World Service Television to offer service in the Republic of Slovakia)(Brief Article)
  by Johnson, Debra
• Hockey scores on cable; ESPN, Fox, regional Sunshine Network all show ratings boosts. (Fox Broadcasting Co.)(Brief Article)
  by McConville, Jim
• Murdoch makes another move in Japan. (Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation Ltd., together with Softbank Corp., is seeking stake in Asahi National Broadcasting Corp.)(Brief Article)
  by Johnson, Debra
• Employment update. (Federal Communications Commission report; minority and women employed in broadcast industry, 1995)(Brief Article)
  by McConnell, Chris
• EEO actions. (Equal Employment Opportunity cases)(Brief Article)
  by McConnell, Chris
• Annenberg to grade kids shows. (Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania)(Brief Article)
  by McConnell, Chris
• Silver King faces more hurdles at the FCC. (for purchase of Home Shopping Network Inc.)
  by McConnell, Chris
• Clearing 'Garden.' ('Rebecca's Garden,' how-to show for gardeners)(Brief Article)
• 'Rosie' debut rocks competition. (The Rosie O'Donnell Show)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• Good first quarter for TV revenue. (1996; Television Bureau of Advertising report)(Brief Article)
  by McClellan, Steve
• Top 10 affiliates welcome Imus. (Don Imus)(Brief Article)
• AMC offers bios, links. (American Movie Classics Co. and new Web site)(Brief Article)
• Fox News perfects its roadshow. (news network broadcasting from different locations while new headquarters in Washington, D.C. is being built)
  by Dickson, Glen
• Comcast Corp., wants shareholder approval to maintain three classes of stock.(Brief Article)
• Daytime upfront shows slight gain; prime time expected to close next week; cable to top $1.5 billion.(television advertising revenues, week of June 3, 1996)(Brief Article)
  by McConville, Jim
• Networks roll out lazy, hazy, crazy shows of summer.(television)(Brief Article)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• TeleWest gets 1.2 billion pounds sterling loan. (TeleWest Communications Group Ltd.)(World Wire)(Brief Article)
  by Johnson, Debra
• NBA Web sites warm up for finals; packages of commentary, interviews, stats, pictures to be offered. (National Basketball Association; World Wide Web sites)(Brief Article)
  by Tedesco, Richard
• The FCC last week said that it will re-auction 18 broadband PCS licenses.(Brief Article)
• NAB readies Free TV II campaign. (National Association of Broadcasters wants to change auctioning of spectrum)
  by Stern, Christopher
• NBC goes for promo gold; will commit $85 million worth of time in Olympics to push new season's shows.(Brief Article)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• MSNBC aims to be 'net news mag.(World Wide Web news service)(Brief Article)
• The Disney Channel continues its shift from premium to basic. (cable television service transition involving deal with Falcon Cable Television L.P.)(Brief Article)
• TLC launches first national ad campaign. (The Learning Channel Inc.)(Brief Article)
  by McConville, Jim
• Granite does Web deal with Yahoo. (Granite Broadcasting Co.; joint promotion agreement)(Brief Article)
  by Tedesco, Richard
• Biography channel in works; A&E also plans to capitalize on popular series with audiocassettes, Web site, books. (A and E Networks)
  by Brown, Rich
• Rysher, NBC, Engel team for first-run. (Rysher Entertainment, Peter Engel Productions)(Brief Article)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• Birds of a feather. (US Vice President Al Gore and FCC Chairman Reed Hundt think alike about children's television programming)
  by Stern, Christopher
• DTH delay. (direct-to-home satellite television service)(Brief Article)
• Cablevision Industries settles rate complaint; elsewhere, Time Warner talks over complaint with Florida customer. (Time Warner Cable)(Brief Article)
  by Coleman, Price
• Westinghouse considering splitting itself in two. (Westinghouse Electric Corp.)
  by McClellan, Steve
• Sprint Spectrum signed a three-year, $500-million deal. (contract with Qualcomm Personal Electronics for code division multiple access PCS phones)(Brief Article)
• CNN/SI chooses Quantel servers; new Turner network buys three Clipboxes for editing, playback. (Turner Broadcasting System Inc.)
  by Dickson, Glen
• Receive-ready. (Rohde & Schwarz's CT200RS satellite receiver)(Brief Article)
  by Dickson, Glen
• WKTU(FM) New York. (together with KLVE(FM) Los Angeles are expected to be ranked by Arbitron as number-one in their categories in a pending report for spring 1996)(Brief Article)
• New Orleans has dropped Howard Stern from morning drive. (radio station WEZB still obligated for around $500,000)(Brief Article)
• Country carriage. (Country Music Television cable deal in Spain, South Africa)(Brief Article)
• HBO boosts made-for slate. (made for HBO television)(Brief Article)
  by McConville, Jim
• Kodak debuts computer camera. (Eastman Kodak Co. introducing low-cost digital camera, DC20)(Brief Article)
  by Tedesco, Richard
• SFX takes on more debt.(SFX Broadcasting restructures finances)(Brief Article)
  by Petrozzello, Donna
• Fox gets news edge in L.A., Chicago.(KTTV-TV of Los Angeles, California; WFLD-TV of Chicago, Illinois; ratings)(Brief Article)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• Pay could take hike hit; premium channels are readying for fallout from rate increases.
  by Brown, Rich
• ABC Sports spins a side business with Web. (creates World Wide Web sites for professional sports)(Brief Article)
  by Tedesco, Richard
• PacTel pushes 'Net access. (Pacific Telesis' Internet-access service)(includes related articles on the Dodgers' World Wide Web site and Bell South's MMDS video services)
  by Tedesco, Richard
• A group of Canadian broadcasters is taking DBS maker Thomson Consumer Electronics to court. (unfair competition with Thomson's direct satellite system hardware)(Brief Article)
• 'ET' goes online. (Entertainment Tonight)(Brief Article)
• Fourth year for 'Babylon 5.'(television syndication)(Brief Article)
• Lucent Technologies and ANTEC. (contract for specially designed cable for Time Warner Cable)(Brief Article)
  by Dickson, Glen
• Hyundai Electronics. (investment in Tee-Comm Electronics Inc.)(Brief Article)
  by Dickson Glen
• CBC gets first crack at Betacam SX. (Sony Corp. rents video equipment to CBC Newsworld)
  by Dickson, Glen
• WRAL gets HDTV nod from FCC. (WRAL-TV awarded experimental high-definition television license by the Federal Communications Commission)
  by Dickson, Glen
• SFX Broadcasting Inc. will buy back 170,192 shares of its Class A and B common stock.(Brief Article)
• Court bars Internet indecency rule. (Communications Decency Act unconstitutional)
  by Stern, Christopher
• Syndicated upfront hits $1.6 billion. (syndication upfront market)(Brief Article)
  by McClellan, Steve
• Station swaps highlight week in trading. (broadcast groups' station trades)(Brief Article)
  by Rathbun, Elizabeth A.
• Talk show host antagonists to receive NARTSH awards. (Bob Grant, Alan Dershowitz; National Association of Radio Talk Show Hosts)
  by Petrozzello, Donna
• Viewing diary to be tested by Nielsen, Coltam; joint project will study new personal-diary system. (Nielsen Media Research; Committee on Local Television Audience Measurement)(Brief Article)
  by McClellan, Steve
• Dramatic clearances. (for 'The X-Files' and 'NYPD Blue')(Brief Article)
• Cox to spin off radio? (Cox Broadcasting Radio Division)(Brief Article)
  by Petrozzello, Donna
• ABC making the move to ATV; it chooses Harris solid-state transmitters for its owned stations. (ATV solid-state transmitters)(Brief Article)
  by Dickson, Glen
• Falcon Holding Group LP plans to purchase Falcon Cable Systems for $247.4 million.(Brief Article)
• Three former executives of Apple Computer are launching a subscription-based online service. (Phil Goldman, Bruce Leak, and Steve Pearlman starting WebTV Network)(Brief Article)
• Best of times for syndicators. (radio program syndicators)(Radio Syndication)
  by Petrozzello, Donna
• Two to tango. (Teaming of BSkyB and ITV)(Brief Article)
• The FCC should take low-power stations into account when it allocates digital channels.(Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)
• NESN partners fight over revenue pie.(New England Sports Network)(Brief Article)
  by McConville, Jim
• C-Cube Microsystems. (to purchase Divicom)(Brief Article)
  by Dickson, Glen
• ABC has selected A.F. Associates. (to construct digital control room)(Brief Article)
• The Federal Trade Commission stepped in to stop an Internet pyramid scheme.(Brief Article)
• More news from Promax. (Warner Bros. cross-promotion involving Extra news magazine)(Brief Article)
• Arum claims closed-circuit KO; PPV competitor challenges $70 million-$75 million figure. (fight promoter Bob Arum on closed-circuit television versus pay per view television involving championship fight between Julio Cesar Chavez and Oscar De La Hoya)(Bri
  by Katz, Michael
• Broadcast networks face fin-syn trade-off; risk and reward are both downsized in post-sunset era.(television production companies to share profits and risk with networks in joint program ownership)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• Errata. (correction to 'Motown Showdown' in June 10, 1996 issue)(Correction Notice)
• Media buyers bullish on syndication. (radio)(Radio Syndication)(Brief Article)
  by Petrozzello, Donna
• AsiaSat prepares for IPO. (initial public offering)(Brief Article)
  by Johnson, Debra
• MCI, Intel to be Webmakers. (contract for developing Webmaker product useful for helping small and midsize businesses get onto World Wide Web)(Brief Article)
  by Tedesco, Richard
• Ellis buys Federal for $170 million.(Ellis Acquisitions Inc., Federal Enterprises Inc.)(Brief Article)
  by Rathbun, Elizabeth A.
• Disney rewriting its ABCs; affiliates to meet network's new leaders of the club in Orlando this week.(Disney's integration of ABC)(includes related article on ABC affiliate meeting)
  by McClellan, Steve

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