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January 31
- Time Warner to End NYC Phone Trial
- Disney 1Q profits down
- Insight picks up Fox Sports digi-nets
- 50 Mets games to free TV
January 30
- FSN Posts Best-Ever Ratings Growth
- TNT's Caesar studded with stars
- Bravo's It Factor ain't it
- Eaton to retire from KPIX-TV S.F.
- Nets Scramble to Save Tyson-Lewis
- Berryhill heads to Meredith
- Magers to replace Drury in Chicago
- NBC: Sales will set Olympic record
- Fox pulls The Chamber
- FCC sued over indecency fine
January 29
- Deal Talk Spurs USA
- C-COR.net Lands Adelphia Contract
- NCC Names Political-Sales Manager
- Attorney pushes for Clear Channel scrutiny
- WB expands Sunday slate
January 28
- Ellen production stopped
- Sharpton back to protest Dish
- I SPY ... a new series for HBO Family
- RPR Standards Progress
- Tribune TV earnings drop
- Game Show 'Greedy' For Improved Ratings
- Brain Behind The Scenes
- Master Marketer
- SBCA: 1 Million Could Lose Local TV
- Quick Take from HITS Boosts Small Op Hopes
- Microsoft Shuts Down UltimateTV Unit
- NDS Cracks U.S. Market with Cablevision
- Fates & Fortunes
- Vivendi Closes On EchoStar Investment
- Building Out Broadband
- Wonder Women On-Air
- Making History a Hit
- IBC is ready for Winter Games
- Wangberg Opts to Leave Techtv
- Adlink CEO to Head Comcast Sales
- Women to Watch
- Station Break
- Kertzman's dream job
- Distribution Diva
- Pay it forward
- Changing with the times
- Changing Hands
- KSL-TV's Olympic victory
- Mag Rack Targets Micro Niche
- Gates takes stake in Cox
- Lifetime Loses Program Chief to UPN
- NBA Bounces to Cable
- 4Kids' win-win deal
- What Might Jerry Kent Buy?
- No 'Faking' Laughs from British Mockumentary
January 25
- ABC, ABC Family turn Rose Red
- Powell leaves medical center
- Rhea picked up in L.A., Chicago
- UPN temporarily shelves Roswell
- PPV Gets Kids' Flick Before Video
- Jain Joins Insight as CFO
- OpenTV Stock Drops on Earnings
- Sinclair taps Harmonic
- Intertainer gets cash infusion
- Chyron intros Lyric 3.1
January 24
- Paramount divvies McCluggage duties
- Wangberg exits TechTV
- Gates Takes $500M Stake in Cox
- News Corp.'s Carey Resigns
- Wangberg Steps Down at TechTV
- Bill Gates buys Cox stake
- NAB offers members health benefits
- SBCA: One-Dish Rule Could Hurt 1M
- Compaq to Pitch Broadband with PCs
- Lifetime's Voyeur Lures Viewers
January 23
- DIC gets piece of 4Kids deal
- Kent: CEQUEL Could Be Big
- Vivendi closes $1.5B EchoStar investment
- Broadband still too new to regulate
- ESPN Takes X to the IMAX
- Lifetime Loses Key Exec
- Paramount pushing Ticket , Moments
- Robertson leads NATPE revolt
- ABC buys into Rhea
January 22
- Tyson-Lewis PPV Fight in Jeopardy
- Brawl erupts at Tyson-Lewis announcement
- Peters Takes WICT Chair
- Connie Chung to CNN
- Tribune renews Mutant X , City Guys
- Incanta to Provide Music for Knology
- Jerry Kent Unveils 'CEQUEL'
- Turner, Disney hoop it up
- FremantleMedia returning to U.S.
- Petry: Syndie Millionaire , Link risky
January 21
- Fox block goes 4Kids
- Things that go Thump! in the night
- O'Dell signed, renewed, available
- St. Louis indie does Vegas
- MacNamara upped at Universal
- A&E's Minute and Reality return
- 'Blue Planet' Aims to Make Big Promo Splash
- Fox Sports Net KOs 'Sports Report'
- 'Voyeur' Doesn't Look Closely Enough
- Supremes Back Cable On Pole Attachments
- DirecTV Must Add Pax Stations
- MSOs Bundle In Home Security
- DirecTV Bullish on 2002
- Telefutura is now
- Who'll buy Fox's kids?
- Provisioning, Part II: @Humpty Dumpty Sat On a Wall …
- Seeking a wider audience
- Adelphia, Sabres Add Wink to Telecasts
- Telefutura Not Yet In Gear with Ops
- Kent Could Be Mulling a Re-Entry
- Changing Hands
- Bird talk
- A Super Bowl, considering
- Kellner Sings Repurposing's Praises
- A Moment of Opportunity
- Owners' Vote Denies Dolan the Red Sox
- DMOD's new WorkSpace
- MTV, VH1 Pump New-Series Pipeline
- Some Ops Pass on Early PPV Windows
- Station Break
- Rural Weakness?
- Adlink Licenses Two Segmenting Tools
- Lewinsky, Giuliani Subjects of HBO Documentaries
- What the Top 25 want
- Broadcast Style Makes ITV Simpler
- Comcast, Court TV Violated Caption Rules
January 18
- Who Wants to Be ... host?
- Who Wants to Be ... host?
- Comedy Creates New Movie Division
- FCC approves reorganization
January 17
- James Dolan to wed Saturday
- Services Held for Ted Demme
- Hart Out at Charter
- Two more years for Andromeda
- Texas Building Owners Cry Foul
- Adelphia raises $1.5 billion
- Fox filing away X-Files
- Comcast Foundation Boosts Scholarships
January 16
- CBS movie exec departs
- Fox Sports, Rainbow to ax 100
- CNN: News-net wars 'distracting'
- TNT nabs Judging Amy
- Adlink CEO to Top Ad Post at Comcast
- CableLabs Releases DOCSIS 2.0 Specs
- FSN to Drop National Sports Report
- VH1 Rolls Out Series, Specials
- Two vie for Fox Saturday block
January 15
- Original news kaput on WKPT
- Sale Rumor Boosts MGM Stock
- Ex-CNN Execs Form Marketing Shop
- Hallmark Launches Roots Affiliate Campaign
- Sharpton leads protest against EchoStar
- Broadband Streaming Grows
- Time Warner Rings Up Campbell
- Montana reporter, photographer killed
January 14
- Reitan named WCCO-TV news director
- More Gay Networks Eye Launch Dates
- Dolan Still Swinging for Red Sox
- Coretta Scott King miniseries in works
- UPN to get entertainment president
- Buena Vista cancels Iyanla
- Game Show to Play Russian Roulette
- ABC Family to Debut Boys' Blocks
- Disney's Lizzie to Silver Screen
- Ex-FCC chief leaves Hearst
- RTNDA board OKs NAB show combo
- The TeleFutura is now
- Ex-anchor to file discrimination complaint
- Reinventing the Business
- B & C Eye
- Fates & Fortunes
- Late Fees Frost Albuquerque's Mayor
- Viva! for Showtime's 'Fidel'
- AOL: Goodwill punting
- Quirky but stable
- DirecTV to Push Local Spanish Channels
- C-SPAN takes digital two-step
- The path to recovery
- WEHCO Gets Provisioning Aid
- In Demand Signs DreamWorks
- No star, but better
- Changing Hands
- It pays to be gay
- Just call it RTNDNAB
- Editorials
- Station Break
- Sundance to Bow Docu Net
- Charter Bonds Could Lead to System Buys
- Cablevision Hopes Persistence Pays
- 'Slim Shady' slips by
- The line on NATPE 2002
- IN BRIEF
- Bye bye, CNN/SI
- TV Guide Drives Digital Penetration
- CNBC Adds 'Personalities' To Slate
- ABC tries a new life Lyne
January 13
- Electra-fying
- E! to Launch Global Network
- Univision Takes Wraps Off TeleFutura
January 12
- Fox first: No co-op for Feb. sweeps
January 11
- TV Guide to Fold Sneak Prevue
- TV Guide to Fold Sneak Prevue
- DreamWorks, In Demand Ink VOD Pact
- Moxi Gets TechTV's `Best of CES'
- Viacom to Attempt Gay Cable Net
- Viacom to Attempt Gay Cable Net
- Ex- Broadcasting senior editor dies at 90
- Olbermann Back at CNN
January 10
- Hart, Berman to head Paramount TV assets
- AOL Time Warner to shutter CNN/SI
- Olbermann joins CNN
- ABC AMAs, NBC dramas split Wed.
- IFC Forms Consumer-Marketing Team
- New role for Barberie
- MTV to Launch New Concert Series
January 9
- Jackson's taped AMA performance off
- Fox 5's Crone exits
- ESPN's Winter X Games Sold Out
January 8
- Joe Scotti joins Global Media
- The Mummy Rules in Primetime
- CNBC Guts Schedule
- DBS Program-Access Rules Urged
- AMC's Juris to Head MuchMusic USA
- Layoffs strike King World
- Basic Gets Double-Digit Ratings Gains
- Wakshlag to Head Turner Research
- Gemstar Seeks to Revive EPG Fight
- Wendy's Dave Thomas dead at 69
- King World execs depart
January 7
- Cossack Joins Court TV
- Sirius sets four-city launch
- Dish Responds to NAB Complaint
- MSNBC Hires GOP's Keyes
- Sirius Taps Clayton's Roots for Launch
- Adlink Licenses Services to Interconnect
- Bloomberg out at ABC
- Somers Surfaces at Investment Bank
- Sirius Drives NASCAR Sponsorship
- Motorola Partners in Interactive Content Lab
- DirecTV to Uncouple Premium Tiers
- First-run incubation
- New Frontier Settles Lawsuit with Investor
- There goes Greta, to Fox
- New first-runs at a glance
- San Fran's daze of confusion
- Most USTA Staffers Head for the Exits
- Fates & Fortunes
- A dual personality
- 'Grooming' Creates Customized Lineups
- A Clear DTV Internet strategy
- CSG Buys Lucent Assets for $300M
- Rearden Shows Its 'Moxi' With All-In-One Platform
- B&C Eye
- EchoStar-Disney Feud Gets Ugly
- A journalist as analyst
- UPN: The 'little' CBS?
- Station Break
- Former TWC Exec Rutledge Resurfaces at Cablevision
- Moxi's First Customer: EchoStar
- Beckwith Leaves NCTA
- ABIZ Spin-Off Gets Set in Motion
- Bravo Still Looking For 'It'
- Audio's new phase
- From Hard Times to Hard Liquor?
- AT&T to Show Off at Olympics
January 4
- Jenkinson Succeeds Stoddard at AT&T
- Jenkinson Succeeds Stoddard at AT&T
- In Demand Schedules Two Concerts
- Red Lobster Sponsors OLN Series
- Red Lobster Sponsors OLN Series
- Wayne Brady comes to syndication
- GSN Gears Greed for Interactivity
- AT&T Leads Late MSO-Stock Rally
- Motorola Closes Optical Buy
- The Weakest Seinfeld supporting character
- Aykroyd to host Sci Fi series
- Food Network serves up 71 million subs
- Ark Trust cites inhumane TV
January 3
- CableLabs Opens Lid on OCAP Standard
- Cablevision Names Rutledge N.Y. President
- ESPN, ABC score World Cup deal
January 2
- Edwards eyes station buys
- CBS, NBC split 2001's final week
- Beckwith Leaves NCTA
- ESPN, ABC Net World Cup, MLS
- Small Ops Want EAS Waivers
- More layoffs at Sinclair
January 1
- Series follows marital bliss, busts
- Comcast sets amnesty program
- INSP Announces Second Season for Hit Reality TV Series
- Learn about Motorola
- Get in touch with Turner Broadcasting System (TBS)
- DigiCipher II High Definition Encoders (HDE)
- FOREFRONT RECORDS’ PHILMONT PARTNERS WITH STEELROOTS FOR VIDEO SERIES
- Episodes of Steelroots’ Reality Show, THE UPRISING, to be Filmed in Grand Cayman Islands
- Turner Broadcasting System, Inc (TBS)
- The Inspiration Networks and Teen Content Provider, Steelroots, Partner with Dennis Martinez and D.O.P.E. for Grand Cayman Events
- Scientific Atlanta - Switched Digital Video Servers
- NBC Universal Television Group
- Learn about Cisco Systems
- NBC Universal Television Networks Distribution