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June 28
- BET to Drop Infomercial Programming
- Layoffs likely at WPWR
- Oster Latest Adlinker to Join Comcast
- Laramie , Sky Take Home Humanitas
- $2.5M for Everstream
June 27
- Christian broadcasters petition against merger
- Sony's Grebow accepts MTVA post
- Christian Broadcasters Denounce DBS Merger
- Comcast Ties Into Toon Disney Sweeps
- Lifetime Magazine Due Out Next Year
- Fla. AT&T-Comcast Transfer Delayed
June 26
- Murdoch behind religious protest, groups say
- AP unveils local tickers
- TVN, Intel Team Up in Content Deal
- Lifetime Sends Congress 40,000 Signatures
- Northpoint Takes FCC to Court
- MTV Study: High-Tech Not Enough
- Adelphia, rated 'D,' owes networks $171M
- TV Guide Channel Faces the Music
- Gottlieb's back in the news
- Oxygen Means Business
June 25
- Adelphia Files for Chapter 11
- Frankfurt Balkind spins off L.A. arm
- Dish Names New Marketing SVP
- Fox Feels Fox News' Pulse
- Religious broadcasters to protest DBS merger
- McCain holds up Adelstein nomination
- Powerpuff Girls Take Flight on Delta
- CAB Panel: What We Learned from 2001
- Conexant Acquires Compression Technology
- NBC to air three beauty pageants
- CPB funds online application
- Koppel gets Letterman Up Close
June 24
- Advance/Newhouse Gets TWE Systems
- Sanders named at KNTV
- Cavuto miffed over Microsoft, Verizon snubs
- WB gains new outlet in Gainesville
- MeTV Tabs CenterSpan for VOD Distribution
- Motorola, WorldGate Extend Partnership
- CSG Sues Comcast
- Changing Hands
- Locals Gird for Bankruptcy
- 'Dead Zone' Enlivens Cable's Viewership
- TollBridge's Fate on Hold,MSO Voice Trials Proceed
- Ted says he's sorry
- Fates & Fortunes
- Vivendi Gets Less Environment–al
- Syndie ad sales swing upward
- Discovery HD Launches on Dish
- Go2Broadband Goes Beyond Cable Modems
- 9/11 dominates RTNDA's Murrows
- Fennell to head Pinnacle
- BET Awards Gets Star Treatment
- 'Point of Origin' Disappoints
- Dish Sponsors Toon Tour
- 'Yankers' Cranks Out Ratings for Comedy
- Station Break
- TNT Floats New Deal Points
- Martin-Powell Chronicles: Dissension in FCC Ranks
- Stephanopoulos to anchor This Week
- SureWest Deals to Buy WINfirst
- Facetime
- An accidental mogul
- DTV interference issues loom
June 23
- Gemstar Loses ITC Case
June 22
- EchoStar VIII Launch Delayed
June 21
- Hallmark for sale?
- Hallmark for sale?
- EchoStar, StarBand settle out of court
- TNT: Pay, Or No Hoops for You
- Cronin Plays Games with GSN's Schedule
- Mazingo, Palm team up
- Fennell tops Pinnacle
- WGFL-TV, CBS sign affiliation deal
- 9/11 coverage dominates Murrow Awards
- Nick Family Special Makes Nielsen News
- StarBand Settles with EchoStar
June 20
- NHL Snatches Sabres from Adelphia
- Terayon Stock Trading Halted
- WAM! to Air Music-Based Tween Series
- DBS Stocks Take Dramatic Dive
- FX's Beach shows growth
June 19
- B'casters: Free-airtime bill is a consumer tax
- DeMesquita exits WMA
- Toon Disney to Premiere 8 New Shows
- Millionaire discrimination suit reinstated
- Sigma Lights Up New Comcast Data Subs
- Jack named GM of WRC
June 18
- DirecTV opposes SES Americom
- NAB presses FCC to adopt digital daytime AM
- NBC: Open made history
- Barrera-Morales Next for PPV Ring
June 17
- Mag Rack Adds Three More VOD Titles
- Discovery Signs HDTV-Carriage Deals
- Canal+ Technologies Up for Sale?
- Pax beats sex, says study
- DirecTV Adds Local Pax TV
- NickJr.Com Partners with Trip.Com
- Time Warner Shreveport Opens Access
- Kincaid upped at LA duopoly
- AMC Taps Programming Vet Sorcher
- At the leading edge
- Station Break
- Getting together—on something
- Cutting Edge
- Cinemax Sets Movie-Getaway Sweepstakes
- Consolidation Raises Antitrust Issues
- ESPN's Come a Long Way, WNBA
- SET Ponders Event Prospects
- Cable's Transparency Problems
- TNT's New Wimbledon Doubles Partner: CNNfn
- SBCA Trade Show Gets a Face-Lift
- Hurricane Expert John Hope, 83, Dies
- Comcast Wins Program-Access Case
- Copy protection—or bust
- Oxygen Gets Oprah's Post-Show Show
- Fates & Fortunes
- Charter Extends ABC Family's Term
- Van builders merge
- Changing Hands
- Cable niches get the riches
- Ex-Cable Analyst Returns, as a Bull
- Fremantle Catching On with Cable
- Bids Come In for Princeton, N.J., System
- Cable Waits for Ad Boom
- Comcast Deal Drives United
- Game Show Explores ITV Territory
- 'Value Adds' Help Bust the Clutter
- CAB Local's Focus: Sales Ideas
- Disney Gets $1B OMD Deal
- The hard way
June 14
- History Channel Making History of Sorts
- Spooner: ADcom Making Progress
- CWA Voices Support for AT&T-Comcast
- CWA Voices Support for AT&T-Comcast
- ABC Family, Charter ink deal
- Court Backs Bulk of FCC Pole Policies
- Redstone denies Blockbuster conspiracy
June 13
- Dateline unmasks `Deep Throat'
- Bowie to Appear at A&E's Request
- FCC: No DBS Spectrum Cap
- Peacock on your PDA
- Bailey returns home
- Béisbol Been Good to FSW Español
June 12
- Cablevision: Dismiss YES case
- Buchanan, Press reunite on MSNBC
- ABC, ESPN ink WNBA deal
- ESPN2, ABC Grab WNBA TV Rights
- Brands Names Oliver CEO
- Cartoon Revives 'Looney Tunes' Franchise
- Univision in $3.5B radio-station buy
- Food unwraps summer marketing blitz
- OMD to Spend $1B on Disney Buy
June 11
- Tupper joins Fox affiliate board
- Lewis-Tyson bout: Cha-Ching!
- Hearst-Argyle promotes three
- Albert stays with TNT
- TBS' Twister Blows Away Competition
- Keyes missing from MSNBC schedule
- Lewis-Tyson Breaks PPV Revenue Record
- Dish to Ship Two-Tuner PVR
- Cosby , Harvey to Heritage
- Swanson makes pitch for tower redundancy
- WYMT's Turner injured in car crash
June 10
- News Corp. Buys Telepiu
- Game Show is hip to Lingo
- Giacopelli joins Comedy Central
- TVN Inks VOD Deal with TEN
- Tow, Schneider Quit Adelphia Board
- AOL Launches Online Mentoring
- Fisher seen as next NAB vice chairman
- TV vet Vinciquerra gets Fox Nets
- MTV to skip TCA tour
- No more 'Mistake on the Lake'
- BET Unveils New Series, Sets Repurposing Plans
- Raising the flag on copy protection
- Station Break
- View through the lens
- YES Blasts Cablevision's Legal Move
- SUB-COUNT INFLATION?
- Israeli Vendor Pitches Ops On Tool to Xtend Bandwidth
- Entrepreneurs: Bonds That Last
- Krone Replaces Binzel In NCTA's No. 2 Post
- Fla. Probes AT&T Billing
- Motorola Recalls Some 2000s
- Classic Sports Founders To Tip College Sports Net
- NBC Cable Has New Prime Directives
- Fates & Fortunes
- The week that was
- Charter Gets Aggressive With HDTV
- Charter Calls on nCUBE for VOD Gear
- Tristani Wins, Pressler Loses
- Bandwidth Pirates Ply Cable-Modem Waters
- USA Defers $4.5B Subsidiaries' Buyout
June 7
- BAF and Frontline join forces
- BAF and Frontline join forces
- Fernández-Roca joins Univision
- Fernández-Roca joins Univision
- Ware steps down as UPN chief
- Infinity slapped with indecency fine
- AP's Fuller dead at 79
- CEA complains about OpenCable
- CEA complains about OpenCable
- Moloney to Head Motorola BCS
- Game Show to Launch New Series
- Who's First for WINfirst?
- USA Delays Exchange Offers
- Dobbs Extends Franchise
June 6
- Adelphia Won't Pay Execs' Legal Fees
- Univision's World Cup Ratings Top 1998
- Adelphia says no to Rigas' legal costs
- EFF sues Hollywood
- YES, Cablevision battle over court date
- Powell appoints spectrum task force
- Krone to return to NCTA
- From Classic Sports to College Sports
- Court shows cook in May
- Krone Replacing Binzel at NCTA
- Royals Bio Fest Boosts Viewer Interest
- Pioneer Adds Name to PHILA List
- Muller exiting Muller
June 5
- AOL's Pace: We're on Track
- NATPE adds membership options
- Binzel exits NCTA
- Copy-protection report issued
- Katz promotes three
- Ex-anchor commits suicide
- Ryder injured in mishap
- Arris Names Board; Greene to Center
- Gonzales to be named at KCBS/KCAL
June 4
- WGCL loses news director
- UPN buys new MGM titles
- B. Smith will be back
- Binzel Leaving NCTA for New Industry
- Oxygen nets WNBA games
- Hallmark Channel, stores team up for first time
- Millennium promotes one-dozen
- Charter Taps nCUBE for VOD
- BET looking for shared-programming deal
June 3
- Stephanopoulos eyed for This Week
- StarBand files for bankruptcy
- Judge: SONICblue can keep stats
- Boomerang returns with classics
- Boomerang Boosts Lineup with Acquisitions
- Hardball Traded to MSNBC
- TWC Kings McCastle
- Napster, StarBand File for Chapter 11
- Oxygen Gets WNBA Games
- Changing Hands
- Comcast Sued Over Web Monitoring
- Good Day growing
- Parsons's Moves Consolidate His Power
- VOD Server Vendors Tackle Ad-Skipping, Ratings Issues
- ESPN's Bodenheimer: From Field to Field General
- The Adventures of Enron, Blockbuster & Me
- Cox Faces EEOC Suit
- DirecTV to Test Starz on Demand
- Desert Warfare: Pre-empting Churn
- Brokaw to wind down
- Miranda loses NVision
- More Start-Ups Eye BET's Space
- Ford, Discovery Channel Tackle Mount Everest
- Promise: Better news lead-ins
- Crisis grows in Coudersport
- Cox Taps DSET for Better Telephony
- Big Media Big Targets
- Tightening Supply Chain Replenishes Bottom Line
- TVXML Forum Seeks Common ITV Message
- Thompson to Host Court TV's Saturdays
- Fates & Fortunes
- Bankruptcy Looms
- E! Trails MTV into Voyeur TV
- LMDS gets another day in the sun
- Station Break
- IN BRIEF