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Starz Launches Kids Channel At the Western Show on Wednesday, Starz Encore Group announced the launch of a movie channel aimed at ages 2 to 11. Called Starz! Kids, the channel will show G and PG-rated movies, commercial free, as…
Cox Continues Carriage of Fox’s Regional Sports Fox Cable Networks Group and Cox Communications are expected to announce Wednesday morning an agreement to continue to carry Fox’s regional sports networks on Cox’s cable systems. Cox had threatened to take the…
Another Resignation at Disney Walt Disney Co.’s boardroom showdown between some disgruntled directors and Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner heated up Monday afternoon when board member Stanley Gold resigned his post, joining Vice Chairman Roy Disney, who stepped down Sunday….
Cable operators will peer into the future at the annual CableNet exhibit at this year’s Western Cable Show.CableNet, sponsored by research consortium CableLabs, is the industry’s technology showcase. In its 11th year, CableNet will feature 45 companies in its final…
BroadcastingRick Turner to director, creative services, KGPE-TV, Fresno, Calif., from production manager. Also, Patrice Coulter to director, sales, from national sales manager.T. Scott Fain to senior VP, deputy general counsel, ABC, from senior VP, counsel, ABC.Vincent Giannini to VP and…
Two of cable’s favorite alphabet soup technologies-VOD and HD-are on a course to collide sometime next year.While cable operators are particularly keen on their high-definition and video-on-demand services as separate businesses, they are also planning for the union of the…
1. Ben Hooks, left, Burt Harris and John Malone share a moment at the 1973 Western Show.2. Ajit Dalvi, director of marketing for Cox Communications, argues the pros and cons of pay-per-view at the 1982 convention.3. Sid Topel, chairman of…
A fellow exhibitor came to the Discovery booth and demanded one of the VIP premiums. … Staff clarified they were only available to key distribution partners and he countered … ‘One of your senior executives, Chris Moseley, told me to…
People who know Spencer Kaitz might think “Go” is his middle name. He’s a man who likes to travel, ride a bicycle and race down snow-covered hills with two narrow boards strapped to his feet. In his spare time, he’s…
Englewood, Colo.-The zenith of the Western Show’s reputation as a news-making event came Dec. 2, 1992. On that Wednesday in Anaheim, Calif.-a typically balmy December morning in Southern California-John Malone, president and CEO of Tele-Communications Inc., then the largest cable…