TCI drops more channels; TNN, Request3 and WOR among services cut on some systems for Fox news channel.(Tele-Communications Inc.)

Broadcasting & Cable, September, 1996 by Colman, Price

TNN, Request3 and WOR among services cut on some systems for Fox news channel With barely a month to go before Tele-Communications Inc. launches the Fox News Channel on most of its systems, the list of out-Foxed channels continues to grow. Along with VH1, E! Entertainment Television, the Playboy Channel, Lifetime, Court TV and ME/U, The Nashville Network, Request3 and WOR are among those being sent to the bench on some TCI systems to give the Fox start-up a position in the starting lineup.

In some isolated cases, the Faith & Values channel and C-SPAN 2 will go to part-time status and share a channel slot. The channels are not going quietly. And it's not only programers who are complaining about the changes. In some cases, TCI field personnel are...

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