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Articles in May, 1997 issue of Broadcasting & Cable

• Hindery payout starts at $44 million.(Leo Hindery of Tele-Communications Inc. salary)(Brief Article)
  by Higgins, John M.
• Broadcast TV.(includes multiple briefs on executives)
  by Smith, Denise P.
• CAI, telcos set divorce terms. (Bell Atlantic Corp., Nynex Corp. will sell back interest in CAI Wireless Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
  by Higgins, John M.
• Primestar/News Corp. deal could be announced this week; Time Warner agrees to drop opposition to DBS merger. (direct broadcast satellite television service, Primestar Partners)
  by Colman, Price
• Healthy Family. (International Family Entertainment 1st qtr 1997 financial report)(Brief Article)
• Radio stock up over year ago.(Schroder Wertheim Media Group's "Industry Watch" report giving equity market value of radio stocks)(Brief Article)
• Global Shopping puts back IPO.(Global Shopping Network delays initial public offering)
  by McClellan, Steve
• Lancit supplying Discovery Kids. (Lancit Media Entertainment will supply TV programs for Discovery Channel's kids programing block)(Brief Article)
• Jacor's syndicated expansion. (radio programs, Jacor Communications)(Closed Circuit)(Brief Article)
• Big 4 wrap up season with fewer viewers; prime time audience dips to 62%; cable, UPN, WB all factors. (television broadcasting industry)(includes related article on the National Broadcasting Company's rating)
  by Schlosser, Joe
• Must-carry cleanup. (Supreme Court upholds the must-carry rule)(Washington Watch)(Brief Article)
  by McConnell, Chris
• Broadcast TV.(includes multiple briefs on executives)
  by Smith, Denise
• He makes bid to be Family don. (News Corp. to acquire International Family Entertainment Inc.)(Murdoch on the move)(News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch)(Brief Article)
  by Higgins, John M.
• All the right night moves.("The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" host Jay Leno)(Cover Story)(Interview)
  by Rice, Lynette
• Padden to head ABC-TV.(Preston Padden appointed president of ABC Television Network)(Brief Article)
  by West, Donald V.
• Two countries, one ratings system: Canadian TV group comes up with system similar to one in US.(Action Group on Violence on Television)
  by McConnell, Chris
• Family Channel investors balk at buyout.(International Family Entertainment Inc.)(Brief Article)
  by Higgins, John M.
• Early read on netlet sweeps. (United Paramount Network leads in Nielsen ratings)(Brief Article)
  by Rice, Lynette
• 'Nanny,' 'Moesha' step out; distributors hit sales road with sitcoms for syndication. (television programs)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• High marks for Marcus. (Marcus Cable financial report for first quarter 1997)(Brief Article)
• Gift horse or trojan horse? Ticketmaster takes Microsoft to court over Website links. (Ticketmaster Group Inc., Microsoft Corp.)
  by Trigoboff, Dan
• Hicks, Muse and Paxson buy again. (Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst Inc., Lowell W. Paxson of Paxson Communications Corp. to buy TV stations )(Brief Article)
  by Rathbun, Elizabeth A.
• This ad's for you.(Mothers Against Drunk Driving and National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence lobby Federal Communications Commission to require anti-alcoholic beverage television advertising after each alcoholic beverage industry ad)(Brief Arti
  by Fleming, Heather
• Tribune Co. has granted an option to buy WQCD(FM) New York to Emmis Broadcasting Corp.(Brief Article)
• USSB's revenue grew 74%.(United States Satellite Broadcasting Company Inc. 1st qtr 1997 financial report)(Brief Article)
• Full Service Network out of service; TW hopes to parlay lessons into VOD, Road Runner. (Time Warner Cable, video-on-demand, Road Runner cable modem service)
  by Trigoboff, Dan
• TCI turns in good first quarter. (Tele-Communications Inc., 1st qtr. 1997)(Brief Article)
  by Colman, Price
• Local, national revenue up in March. (radio revenue, 1997)(Brief Article)
  by Petrozzello, Donna
• Westwood reordering.(Westwood One Radio Networks)(Brief Article)
• Renaissance executives join SBS. (Michael Finkelstein, Edward Karlik lead investors group, join executive board of Scandinavian Broadcasting System)(Brief Article)
  by McCormick, Nicole
• Made for TV. (profile of NBC Entertainment exec VP Linda DeKoven)(Fifth Estater)
  by Rice, Lynette
• BET at Disney. (BET Holdings will supply live entertainment for Walt Disney Co.'s Pleasure Island complex)(Brief Article)
• Buckeye fibers up. (Buckeye CableSystem of Toledo, OH, installing $120 million fiber optic retrofit)(Brief Article)
• Zenith's first digital sets won't do cable HDTV.(digital television, high-definition television)(Brief Article)
• 'Nanny' seals the deal.(The Nanny television program sold in off-network deal by Columbia Tristar Television Distribution)(Brief Article)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• ABC woos KTRH from CBS.(ABC News Radio; KTRH(AM) Houston, TX; CBS News Radio)
  by Petrozzello, Donna
• Baseball teams wait for the sign: TV may provide the model for local, national Webcast rights.(Internet rights to Major League Baseball game coverage)
  by Tedesco, Richard
• Metromedia sells library to MGM; will use $573 million from deal to enlarge overseas telecommunications ventures. (Metromedia International Group)(Brief Article)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• PBS takes proactive approach to sponsorship; noncommercial network, in effort to find ways to reduce reliance on federal funding, forms, marketing arm. (Public Broadcasting Service)(Brief Article)
  by Littleton, Cynthia
• The fight to be fifth: UPN, WB continue to hoe tough row; despite losses both say they're in for long haul.(television broadcasting networks)
  by McClellan, Steve
• Salhany won't renew for fall.(CEO Lucie Salhany of United Paramount Network)
  by Rice, Lynette
• Copyright focus shifts from Sky.(Senate, Copyright Office planning policies on direct broadcast satellite television and cable licenses)
  by Fleming, Heather
• EchoStar tries to force Murdich's hand: takes News Corp. to court over $200 million loan.(EchoStar Communications Corp.; lawsuit over Sky DBS deal)
  by Colman, Price
• Cable boosts Baby Bell. (Ameritech financial results for first quarter 1997)(Brief Article)
• GTE reaches BBN Planet. (GTE Corp. enters Internet services business by acquiring BBN Corp. for $616 million)(Brief Article)
  by Tedesco, Richard
• Cloud 9 on ICTV for trial run. (Cloud 9 will test children's CD-ROMs as online 'edutainment' on ICTV interactive cable platform)(Brief Article)
  by Tedesco, Richard
• Prosecutors in Baltimore have dismissed their case against Sinclair Broadcast Group President David D. Smith. (Maryland sex crime case)(Brief Article)
• Telemedia.(includes multiple briefs on executives)
• Linda Sullivan. (named GM of WRC-TV as part of NBC executive changes)(Brief Article)
• The sweet spot in online gaming; Total Entertainment Network drops its price.
  by Trigoboff, Dan
• WUAB picks UPN, again. (Cleveland, OH, television station renews affiliation with UPN)(Brief Article)
• Sweeps, week one: NBC, barely.(television program ratings)(includes related article on 'Ellen')(Brief Article)
  by Rice, Lynette
• Hero Productions. (renovating Miami, FL, broadcast center)(Brief Article)
  by Dickson, Glen
• Telemedia.(includes multiple briefs on executives)
  by Smith, Denise P.
• Newsport dropped from Rainbow, Liberty team. (cable sports news channel owned by Rainbow Programming, Liberty Media Corp)(Brief Article)
  by Schlosser, Joe
• Lifetime Studios. (production facility improvements)(Cutting Edge)(Brief Article)
  by Dickson, Glen
• Low-power concerns.(low-power broadcasters to lobby Federal Communications Commission over its channel matching plan for high-power broadcasters who go digital)(Brief Article)
• HSN taps into Ticketmaster.(will buy 48% stake)
  by Higgins, John M.
• Senators try to take heat off auction revenue. (television spectrum)(Brief Article)
  by Fleming, Heather
• Gray TV in trust. (Gray Communications Systems Inc. plans to put WALB-TV into a trust)(Brief Article)
  by Rathbun, Elizabeth A.
• TCI shuffling Starz!: will move it onto Liberty Media to shield MSO from channel's ongoing losses.(Tele-Communications Inc. transfers pay-television operation)
  by Higgins, John M.
• Senate pressuring for content ratings.(television)
  by Fleming, Heather
• Administration eyes foreign ownership caps for DBS.(Clinton administration, direct broadcast satellite television services)
  by McConnell, Chris
• Emmis eyes WQCD.(Emmis Broadcasting may buy New York, NY, radio)(Brief Article)
• Sky unveils digital plan. (British Sky Broadcasting PLC)(Cable)(Brief Article)
  by Katz, Michael
• Ziff-Davis tries surfing cable. (computer magazine publisher to launch ZDTV: Your Computer Channel)(Special report: new cable networks)
  by Higgins, John M.
• Audience grows for Weinberger talk show. (Multi-Media Productions USA Inc.'s show with Caspar Weinberger to be carried on Computer Television Network)(Special report: new cable networks)(Brief Article)
  by Jessel, Harry A.
• Blackburn & Co. is seeking a buyer for noncommercial WDCU(FM) Washington and is "exploring options" with WFB(9FM) Flint Mich. (University of the District of Columbia is seller)(Brief Article)
• Programing.(includes multiple briefs on executives)
• ESPN added to Your Choice; VOD network poised for digital rollout. (Your Choice TV, video on demand network)(Brief Article)
  by Schlosser, Joe
• Cable backs public interest rules - for DBS.(satellite television rules requested by cable industry)
  by McConnell, Chris
• Supreme Court rejects Baltimore billboard ban appeal.(Maryland, freedom of commercial speech)(Brief Article)
  by Fleming, Heather
• Shared burdens for DBS? Cable's requirements should apply in the sky, Copyright Office told.
  by Fleming, Heather
• Padden leaves News Corp.(Preston Padden)(Brief Article)
  by Jessell, Harry A.
• $5.4 billion price tag put on analog spectrum.(auction planned)
  by Fleming, Heather
• 'Seinfeld' cast gets plenty from 'nothing;' they re-up for reported $600,000 per year for two more years.(stars of National Broadcasting Company Inc. NBC Entertainment's hit television program)
  by Rice, Lynette
• The First Amendment speech you've never heard before. (excerpt from speech by BET Holdings chairman Robert L. Johnson)(Transcript)
• Moving Fox into the field. (profile of Fox Sports senior VP Jerry Gepner)
  by Dickson, Glen
• WB zips up fall lineup: will add new night by next year; focuses on family.(WB Television Network's Fall 1997 schedule heavy on family programming)
  by Rice, Lynette
• ABC boosting comedy slate; at least two are slotted for TGIF; it also adds five dramas.(television networks' Fall 1997 programming)
  by Rice, Lynette

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