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June 29
- ESPNews going dark on Charter
- Three Vie for AT&T's Big Sky Systems
- UFC is Back, on In Demand
- ESPN to Offer Virtual Strike Zone
- ABC tops Thursday primetime
- LIN Chief: 100M Sets Rely on Free TV
June 28
- CNN CEO Johnson Retires
- EchoStar Hires Former Rep. Fields
- Columbia scores coup in San Diego
- Johnson departing CNN
- CNN switches far east bureau chiefs
- Mussoni leaves WTXF post
- Time Warner Cable Revamps Ad Sales
- WWF pile-drives WCW programming
- OpenTV, ACTV Integrate
- King World, Oprah spawn more talk
- MSNBC to create Olympics site
- Sheen gets probation on protest arrest
June 27
- Poundstone arrested on morals charges
- Union Gets Into Ex-TCI Systems
- AOL Time Warner Hires Fili-Krushel
- Cox Pops Single-Bill Option
- Bernstein named to lead Lions Gate
- SBCA files for suit combo
- Comcast taps Liberate software for ITV
- Telemundo buying Dallas indie
- Victory vaunted for commerce post
- OpenTV opens up to ACTV
- Napster nabs European allies
- NBC yanks Weakest Link segment
June 26
- Millionaire syndie momentum builds
- Ferrari promoted at MTV Networks
- Newark Joins VH1 to Save the Music
- NBC rides reality to weekly win
- Austin Named DirecTV President, COO
- Cooke to Head SAG
- CNN Extends King; MSNBC Shuffles Deck
- Sinclair names Siegel national sales VP
- West Wing writers stiffed on wages
- Hotelvision building video biz
June 25
- NBC accedes to delayed Olympics feed
- John Cannon, NATAS head, dead at 74
- Quintet to Rough It with Hallmark
- TechTV's AudioFile Elevates U2
- Williams, iBeam forge $40 million union
- Hjelm to Oversee Excite@Home Network
- Comcast Avoids Class-Action Suit
- Starz spotlight on Hopalong Cassidy
- Subaru Gets Goodwill Import Exclusivity
- Study: Sex, violence fog ad recall
- Reese named CEO at ACTV
- Fox, CBS split Sunday night
- FullAudio gets rights to EMI music
- CBS stations grab syndie Millionaire
- Changing Hands
- What? No gay channel?
- Subcom down on discounts
- Cartoon, Nick: Fit To Be Tied
- The Trials of a Chief Integration Officer
- 'Child' Is Not All the Rage
- Play nice now
- IN BRIEF
- Broadwing Poised To Take Flight?
- Disney Bounces Videos, Concerts from Schedule
- Charter Deal Gives ICTV Initial Digital Debut
- Getting access for Access
- DirecTV's Hartenstein: Over 10 Million Served
- News Corp., Saban Restructure Fox Family
- IN BRIEF
- Disney Diginet to Target Toddlers
- Interesting times in the Twin Cities
- Habla Español: Viacom in Telemundo Talks
- Porting Linux to Set-Tops Is New Alliance's Challenge
- Low-power and powerless
- Bringing back the bluff
- Radio returns to the Web
- Finding the art in HDTV
- The Achilles Heel of DBS PVR: Analog TV
- Fates & Fortunes
- In Demand Pitches Free Preview for MLB
- Small Ops Express Continued Dissent with Disney
- Ramseys Hit Court TV With $70 Mil. Lawsuit
- Auctions Figure to Do ITV's Bidding
- Judge Throws Out DBS Must-Carry Suit
- Could News-DirectTV Deal Tip Integration Scales?
June 22
- Lifetime reups The Division
- South Park gets scatological
- Russell, ex-anchor, now actress
- Fox Launches Regional Sports Digi-Nets
- Hard Knox takes a hit
- Kelsey lands killer deal
- Drew Carey stays on ABC
- Time Warner Cable Names Ad Head
- Carroll O'Connor dead at 76
June 21
- Maurie Webster, radio veteran, dies at 85
- HNS Launches `DirecWay'
- Pearson lays out Card Sharks strategy
- Reporter moonlights as Miss Indiana
- Ex-news director admits taking $2.5 million
- ValueVision Becomes ShopNBC
- CableLabs Sews Up Wave 18
- Sinclair wins court ruling
June 20
- Brooks named DIC prez
- Ricki Lake's a mom again
- NBC Studios bags Buckland
- Salke takes Columbia TriStar post
- AMA backs off anti-drug ad pose
- FCC Seeks Household Data on TV Sets
- Moonves recruits for Celebrity Survivor
- DJs fired for fake celeb death report
June 19
- Armstrong denies AT&T layoff report
- U.S. Open still rates sans Wood win
- Sorkin gets drug probation
- EarthLink Adds VPN Support
- Production Begins on Hallmark Drama
- Discovery Preps Pregnancy for Dummies
- Discovery Sells Dinosaurs Special
- The Bandies Are Back
- Ramseys sue Court TV
- Dreyfus sitcom cast signing on
June 18
- Excite@Home Eyes Reverse Split
- AT&T to Spin Off Liberty Aug. 10
- Oxygen Salutes Xena Series Finale
- Court TV Sued by Ramseys
- Johnson Registers Viacom Shares
- Tour Time for OLN, CBS, Fox
- NBC to sell Access Hollywood
- CBS stations snag Weakest Link
- Reality gives NBC a split with CBS
- U.S. Open, NBA give NBC mixed results
- Tim Weigel dead at 56
- Bernhard breaking into late night talk
- Oprah buying $50 million mansion
- AOL, Microsoft talks break down
- Changing Hands
- Peacock Feathers Pax TV's Primetime
- TVN to Premier 13 New Digital Channels
- IN BRIEF
- Cable Must Continue To Launch New Services: Analysts
- Stream 2
- Ready, aim, stream
- Station Break
- Cable's Retreat Surprises Analysts
- Surviving to win again
- BET Specials, Movies Prompt Record Ratings
- Operators Try to Get Creative
- Eyewitness blues
- Set Makers Dot 'I' For Integrated ITV
- Hughes Unveils DirecTV DSL Brand
- Intel Gets Back Into Cable
- 3Com's Residential Bugout Could Spark Consolidation
- Excite@Home Gets $100M in Financing
- Chicago Overbuild Prospects Looking Up
- Clock Runs Out Early on '3 A.M.'
- RCN Tests Home Fiber, Awaits Financial Model
- IN BRIEF
- Cartoon's Betty Cohen Steps Down
- Small Ops: Probe Retrans Deals
June 15
- Viacom targets Telemundo
- A&E to Bow Bernhard Talker
- Kimmitt in, Vradenburg out, at AOL
- Net2Phone Dials Up Liberty Deal
- 3Com Unit Dropping CMTS Gear
- Hispanic group slams NYC TV stations
- WPIX airing Yanks-Mets in HDTV
- PBS, Carlton spawn $20 million program pool
- Clear Channel set to stream again
June 14
- Kimmitt Joins AOL Time Warner
- Street Smarts makes tracks
- McGowan to lead Charmed life
- Fox chooses interactive sitcom
- Millionaire entering syndie sweepstakes
- MTV to Offer Scholarships
- OpenTV picking up Static
- Coen: Cable Up, Broadcast Down
- CBS grabs book rights for McVeigh movie
- Univision moves into Puerto Rico
June 13
- National Show Attendance Down 23%
- Upfront momentum building
- FCC to Launch Cable-Competition Report
- Brian Williams' MSNBC slot shifting
- Trio of CBS VPs gain promotions
- MTV Movie Awards Hit Ratings Record
- NBC intros Other Half
- Ali-Frazier Tops 100,000 Buys
- Bilotti: Forget About Free Cash Flow
- Subscriber Growth Key for Ops
June 12
- USA aces French Open ratings
- Noonan to run Warner Bros. Online
- Call Centers Are Profit Centers
- Longtime Ill. Cable Association Chief Dies
- Small Ops Seek Retrans Curbs
- RCN Quietly Testing FTTH Deployment
- Sex, Six score again for HBO
- TV Linux group aims at software standard
- AOL to Join Cox Access Trial
- Telocity Changes Name to DirecTV DSL
- Rate Reaction Not Always Negative
June 11
- Daniels departing WB post
- Green gets prime 40 Acres spot
- Redstone balks at Fox Family bidding
- MTV skeds stunts to push broadband
- IFC plans Dinner for Five
- Rainbow strikes MGM deal
- WOW Buyout Could Empower Regulators
- MSOs Push IPG Consolidation
- Cadant Gets Cash, Cuts Staff
- Noggin Adds Interactive Series
- Going home at the FCC
- Promote more, preempt less
- DSL Vendor Will Buy Pace Boxes
- Facetime
- Battle of the set-top boxes
- Syndie ads: Half-bad news
- Struggling ICTV: Don't Count Us Out Yet
- Selling College Students, Via Niche TV
- A Highly Original Interview with HBO's Albrecht
- Enter Julian Brodsky, Bearing Furniture
- Editorials
- Wink Chief: We're Building an ITV Customer Base
- Station Break
- Filling schedules
- Changing Hands
- Open Mike
- The Engineer's Plea: We Need More Power
- Fates & Fortunes
- An Overbuild Showdown Against AT&T
- Electricity Crisis Might Hurt More Than DBS
- Werner's Romancing the Phone at Qwest
- ChoiceSeat sets reorg
- Getting the TotalView
- IN BRIEF
- 'BET Awards' Gets a Viacom-Wide Push
- What Do We Do Online? Loiter, Surf
- Pioneer Software Targets Home Control
- Some like it local
- Lightpath: We're Capitalized
- A May affair with Blind Date
- Peer-to-Peer Networking: Not Dead Yet
- TBS' Kellner Makes His Presence Known
- Faust's ClearBand Eyes Comcast Trial
- Diginets: We Acquire, Retain and Can Sell
- TVKO Looks Past De La Hoya Scheduling Snafu
- Technology validated
- Modesto, Calif., Finally Franchises AT&T
- New Services Keep CSRs Hopping
- IN BRIEF
- MetaTV Founder Arrested on Sex Charges
- Cable 2001 Show Schedule
- Media See Latino Market As 'Caliente'
- Some CLECs Are Lucky: MSOs Rule Them
- If 76ers Win NBA Title, Will Comcast Get Credit?
- IPGs waiting for their day in court
June 10
- Dolan Back in the Saddle
- Artisan Boosts In Demand's VOD Presence
- PPV Vet Heads Nat Geo Marketing
- Northpoint Attacks MDS America's Claims
June 8
- Becoming debut on MTV
- Discovery Kids going digital
- Big Chef showdown on UPN
- Discovery Looks to Expand Kids' Presence
- MSG Announces Executive Restructuring
- Hoffman Juggling Jobs
- Alcruz leads list of USA exec movers
- Brand to run Lifetime reality
- Brand to run Lifetime reality
- NBC retreads stomp Stanley Cup
- 3Com Scraps Broadband Consumer Modems
- Bondage for Adelphia, Comcast, Mediacom
- Esbin Joining Cable Services Bureau
June 7
- Fox shifting kid's programming block
- Center for Digital Democracy lands major grant
- Pearson plots layoffs
- Alcatel Unloads DSL-Modem Business
- OPNET Bows 1.1 Modeling Software
- CNN settles Tailwind lawsuit
- Sheingold reprising role in CBS sales
- NBC scores on Sixers' upset
- NBC delivering real Downer
June 6
- Phil Jones leaving CBS News
- Trio moves up at Fox Sports
- Kevin Cox dead at 68
- Bridges, Long in Showtime sci fi series
- Weakest Link powers Pax ratings
- Excite@Home Shutters Some Int'l Ops
- HBO's Six Series Scores
- Sci Fi Green-Lights Le Guin Miniseries
- SBCA Targets Program-Access Loophole
- Netscape morphing into Time Warner hub
June 5
- New Legislation for Cameras in Courtroom
- SBC not backing EchoStar's play
- Dallas/Ft. Worth broadcasters dubbed Samaritans
- UPN snagging St. Louis affiliate
- CBS reruns top Stanley Cup finals
- 2005 Goodwill Games Set for Canada
- HBO scores with Sex, Six
- Motorola, Optical Team Up on FTTH
- Fox plans Spin City cameo
June 4
- RCN Loses FCC Appeal
- MetaTV Founder Sahota Arrested
- Parents want stricter media ratings
- CSG execs sell $32 million in stock
- TNT, NBC Sign NASCAR Sponsors
- Horan named to FCC legal post
- Lifetime Inks Broadcast Veteran
- Music In High Places hits prime time
- Tribune casts Shea, defends Mutant X
- USA rules against Arrest & Trial
- Lifetime Frames Portrait with Dollars
- Taplin Taps Ste. Marie for Intertainer
- N.Y. Assembly Makes TV Debut
- Jason Priestley cast in Dope
- Exec producer leaves Alexander sitcom
- :CueTV cues NBC quiz
- Cable slows, DBS sprints
- On Some Cable Shows, the Sponsors Take Charge
- Covad Joins the DSL Walking Wounded
- Nets on Promos: We Release, You Decide
- Pagon: Pity Cable's Rural Ranks
- When Cable Executives Turn to the Dark Side
- Station Break
- A look at local sweeps
- IN BRIEF
- AT&T Touts Repositioned San Fran Interconnect
- Meet The New Boxes
- Not just another pretty place
- L.A. Lawsuit Hits Adelphia
- Lifetime Spins Off Reality
- Bowick: 750 MHz Enough If Bandwidth Used Wisely
- Toon Disney Tours for Most Animated Kid
- Action Founder to Launch Niche Diginets
- Home Gateways Ride The Evolutionary Road
- The long (hot?) summer
- Telco Group Pushes VDSL Spec
- Launching MMTV
- Crown Media Seeks Bucks From Books
- PVR Patent Raises Concerns
- Va. Group Appeals Telecom Ruling
- Datacast Players Say They're Here to Stay
- Blockbuster Co-Brands DirecTV PPV Films
- Cable's Big Worry: Getting Poleaxed
- Net's New Address Booker: IPv6
- Editorials
- Liberty, UGC Finally Hammer Out Deal
- A Chance Encounter Spawns a Cable Giant
- MuchMusic to Debut Interactive Lineup
- Borrelli is Back, Hawking AOL to Cable
June 3
- AT&T Touts Repositioned S.F. Interconnect
- Cadant Lays Off 15%, Lands Funding
June 1
- Fox summer sked: mysterious, animated
- RCN Loses FCC Appeal
- TVGateway Eyeing Diva's IPG
- CNBC Europe Embarks on Global Crossing
- Bush daughters' drinking needs perspective
- Rosie is Millionaire wannabe
- North American Broadband Subs: 9M-Plus
- NBC, CBS reruns outscore NHL
- Arlene Francis dead at 92
- Actors, studios in freeze frame mode
- Ex-Survivor deposition fuels furor
- Schroder ends NYPD Blue shift