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Articles in February, 1997 issue of Broadcasting & Cable

• 'ER' ready to operate. (television show will make syndication debut in 1998)(Brief Article)
• Frank out in BBC shake-up. (BBC World Americas chief Sarah Frank resigns)
  by McClellan, Steve
• KidStar calls it quits. (KidStar Interactive Media)
  by Petrozzello, Donna
• TPS signs 63,000 subs. (direct-to-home television subscribers)(Brief Article)
  by Shepherd, Lloyd
• Gabriel Reyes. (opens new company Reyes Entertainment)(Brief Article)
• The FCC last week launched an effort to insure that TV viewers can buy a set-top box from someone other than a cable company. (Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)
• CBS posts $86 million 4Q loss. (CBS Television Network ends 1996 with quarterly loss, overall flat profits)(includes related article on television networks' 1996 gross advertising revenue)
  by McClellan, Steve
• Cinar and 'Reader's Digest' join forces: will team to produce animated kids programing.(Brief Article)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• Cablevision rounds up pirates: calls it company's largest-ever antitheft campaign. (Cablevision Systems Corp. uses electronic signals to disrupt service for illegal subscribers)(Brief Article)
  by Schlosser, Joe
• Cartoon net re-ups big bag. (Cartoon Network seeks 26 "Big Bag" episodes from Children's Television Workshop)(Brief Article)
• An Orange County, Calif. Superior Court judge has denied a request by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to force Fox Sports West 2 to simulcast the hockey team's games on Fox Sports West.(Brief Article)
• Dallas Cowboy Erik Williams has filed a libel suit against LIN Television's KXAS-TV. (Fort Worth, TX)(Brief Article)
• Fox Sports eyeing piece of MSG. (Fox Sports Net may purchase ITT's stake in Madison Square Garden Corp.)
  by Brown, Rich
• ABC thrown to the Lion. ($5.5 million jury award to Food Lion in case against ABC may conflict with First Amendment rights)(Column)
  by Trigoboff, Dan
• AOL offers refunds, sets subscriber ceiling. (America Online Inc.)(Brief Article)
  by Tedesco, Richard
• TSAT primes for possible Primestar buyout. (TCI Satellite Entertainment)
  by Colman, Price
• Raleigh-Durham tops revenue race. (revenue growth for radio stations in Raleigh-Durham, NC)(Brief Article)
• Ball to head Fox/Liberty Networks. (Anthony Ball)(Brief Article)
  by McClellan, Steve
• Adelphia Communications Corp. priced a private-market debt note. (issues debt securities February 21, 1997)(Brief Article)
• Premiere to distribute Michael Reagan. (Premiere Radio Networks Inc. acquires rights to political talk show)(Brief Article)
  by Petrozzello, Donna
• Kelly: hungry and hustling. (Kelly News and Entertainment Co. successfully produces weekend television programs for syndication)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• Top dogs. (viewership rating for "All Dogs Go to Heaven: the Series" television program)(Brief Article)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• Cable sales. (US Cable Group sells two television systems to TCI Communications Inc.)(Brief Article)
• BellSouth buys Atlanta wireless. (telephone company pays $46.9 million in stock for Wireless Cable of Atlanta Inc.)(Brief Article)
• Gray Communications Systems Inc. is paying $40 million for WTTN-TV Washington/Greenville, N.C. (North Carolina)(Brief Article)
• Anti-ratings media blitz. (American Family Assn sponsors write-in campaign opposing new TV ratings system)(Brief Article)
  by Eggerton, John S.
• PrimeTime 24 sued over distant signals. (broadcasting of ABC network signals into area served by local ABC-owned affiliate WTVD-TV of Durham, NC)(Brief Article)
  by McConnell, Chris
• Comedy makes case for carriage. (Comedy Central schedules promotional events to get reinstated on Tele-Communications Inc. cable systems)
  by Colman, Price
• What hath Furchtgott-Roth; favorite for FCC Republican seat is economist and author with deregulatory bent. (Harold Furchgott-Roth)
  by McConnell, Chris
• KCBS getting image makeover. (KCBS-TV)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• Adelphia income up. (Adelphia Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)
• Martin Edelman. (named president and general manager of WXON-TV station; John Deushane named president and general manager of KSEE-TV station)(Brief Article)
• CS First Boston says Jacor stock 'undervalued.' (company recommends purchase of Jacor Communications Inc. stock)(Brief Article)
  by Petrozzello, Donna
• NBC heads toward sweeps win; CBS in second place, ABC in third; Fox only network to show growth in all key demos. (A.C. Nielsen ratings for television programs, National Broadcasting Company Inc., Capital Cities/ABC, Fox Broadcasting Co.)
  by Rice, Lynette
• All American licensing. (All American Television Inc. creates division for licensing, merchandising)(Brief Article)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• Cash flow up at US West Media. (company's cable television operations generate $488 million in revenue in 1996)(Brief Article)
  by Katz, Michael
• Auto Channel sues competitor. (owner Bob Gordon alleges antitrust actions by three cable television companies)(Brief Article)
• House Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) in a Feb. 14 letter to U.S. Trade Representative designate Charlene Barshefsky said the Communications Act of 1934 permits "unlimited indirect foreign investment in common carrier li
• The FCC last week fined two more TV stations for exceeding limits on commercials during children's TV programming. (Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)
• Fox trading for KIRO-TV; network will swap Phoenix, Austin stations for Seattle. (Fox Television Stations Inc. swapping KSAZ-TV in Phoenix, AZ, and KTBC-TV in Austin, TX, with A.H. Belo Corp. for KIRO-TV in Seattle, WA)(Brief Article)
  by Rathbun, Elizabeth A.
• TW challenges BT over MCI. (Time Warner; British Telecommunications bid for direct broadcast satellite license of MCI Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)
• FCC fines. (fines involving low-power TV stations)(Brief Article)
  by Fleming, Heather
• CBS shakes up Wednesday. (changes to Wed night lineup come in middle of 1996-97 season)(Brief Article)
  by Rice, Lynette
• Ratings score in public awareness, understanding. (Promax International survey about television program ratings system)(Brief Article)
  by Fleming, Heather
• Brill leaving Court TV. (Courtroom Television Network Inc. president Steve Brill)(Brief Article)
  by Katz, Michael
• TV networks set to shop. (National Association of Broadcasters' 1997 convention; plans for television broadcast equipment purchases)(NAB '97 Seller's Guide)(Interview)
• CBS makes cable a 'core business;' with purchase of TNN and CMT, network doubles its cable holdings.(cable television networks)
  by Katz, Michael
• New group working for digital auctions; Led by BET's Bob Johnson, Coalition on Diversity of Ownership is recruiting members. (digital television spectrum auction, Black Entertainment Television)(Brief Article)
  by McConnell, Chris
• Geffen buys into HSN. (entertainment executive David Geffen purchases approximately $8.3 million worth of stock)(Brief Article)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• TF1 signs for Universal output. (French broadcasting company acquires programs from Universal International Television)(Brief Article)
  by Shepherd, Lloyd
• DIRECTV backs local retrans for DBS. (provider of direct broadcast satellite services wants right to retransmit local signals)(Brief Article)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• Weather Channel, Disney, Warner gain in PC Meter ratings. (Internet sites of Walt Disney Co., Warner Bros. among most popular)(Brief Article)
  by Tedesco, Richard
• GI unveils 16:1 compression. (General Instrument Corp. produces advanced multiplexer for satellite transmissions)(includes related article on company's $17 million loss in fourth quarter of 1996)(Brief Article)
  by Dickson, Glen
• B. Smith leads with 'Style;' weekly lifestyle programs - and counterprograming - collect clearances. ("B. Smith with Style" leads group of lifestyle-oriented first run syndicated shows expected to emerge in 1997)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• NAB backs call for more. (National Assn of Broadcasters supports further relaxation of broadcast ownership rules)(includes related article on NAB proposed 1997-98 budget)
  by Fleming, Heather
• Kids upfront breaks toward double digits. (upfront advertising sales of children's television programing began earlier than usual)
  by McClellan, Steve
• Radio prefers preferred (stock): groups going with preferred stock options to raise funds.
  by Petrozello, Donna
• KMOX(AM) adds CNN. (St. Louis, MO, radio station contract with CNN Radio News)(Brief Article)
  by Petrozzello, Donna
• Eye on People names president; Geoffrey Darby comes from Nickelodeon's in-house production unit. (Group W/CBS owned cable network)(Brief Article)
  by Brown, Rich
• ChinaSat turns to Loral. (to buy broadcast and telecommunications satellite, ChinaSat 8)(Brief Article)
  by Shepherd, Lloyd
• Playboy income up. (Playboy Entertainment Group Inc.)(Brief Article)
  by Brown, Rich
• FBI Cyber Strike nets cyber-pirates. (raid attacks software piracy on computer bulletin boards)(Brief Article)
  by Tedesco, Richard
• Radio. (includes multiple briefs on executive assignments)
• Dodger deal. (Los Angeles Dodger radio rights bought by KIIS AM)(Brief Article)
  by Petrozzello, Donna
• Zemira Jones. (named president of WKXK(FM), Chicago, Illinois)(Brief Article)
• Seltel moves.(Brief Article)
• Malone picks new no. 2 man.(John Malone of Telecommunications Inc., Leo Hindery)
  by Colman, Price
• Campaign reform needs constitutional fix, senators say. (Senators Ernest Hollings and Arlen Specter)
  by Fleming, Heather
• MSG gets Yankees radio. (MSG Network, New York Yankees baseball radio broadcast rights)(Brief Article)
  by Petrozzello, Donna
• 'Oscar,' year two. (Oscar's Orchestra television program renewed in top markets)(Brief Article)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• Global shops for carriage: home shopper plans to buy UHF stations and get must carriage for 16-hour service. (Global Broadcasting Systems Inc.)
  by Brown, Rich
• WavePhore planes WaveTop PC service. (television, online content and music delivered to personal computers)(Brief Article)
  by Tedesco, Richard
• SCI-FI renews CNET show. (Sci-Fi Channel Inc., CNET: The Digital Domain)(Brief Article)
• South of the border Odetics order. (Odetics Inc. Broadcast Div. delivers equipment to Televisa)(Brief Article)
  by Dickson, Glen
• America Online posted losses of $154.8 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 1996.(Brief Article)
• Hicks's sticks hit 267; Chancellor/Evergreen/Viacom deal creates radio group with $870 million in revenue. (Thomas O. Hicks will control 267 radio stations; Chancellor Broadcasting Co., Evergreen Media Corp., Viacom International Inc.)(includes related ar
  by Petrozzello, Donna
• Ascent Entertainment Group reported an 18% drop in cash flow.(Brief Article)
• Sale, sort of. (Pappas Telecasting Cos. plans to sell KSNB-TV)(Brief Article)
• Imagine signs Disney deal. (Imagine Television to produce programs exclusively for Walt Disney Television)(Brief Article)
  by Rice, Lynette
• Government plans anti-drug PSA push; campaign is budgeted at $175 million. (television advertising, public service announcement)
  by Fleming, Heather

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