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October 29
- Fox Stations Get Own Election Feed
- Ohio Stations Offer Time
- Galavisión Sets Election-Night Plans
- Altitude, DirecTV Reach Multiyear Pact
- BellSouth Wants Closed-Data-Network Rule
- Fox Orders Silverstone Sitcom
- Outdoor Channel Sips Wild Turkey
- Pappas Stands By Contributions
- O'Brien Out at Meredith
- O'Reilly Suit Settled
October 28
- Viewers Drawn to Comedy’s Drawn Together
- Terayon Pulls Plug on CMTS Development
- Smokey Salute Red-Hot for BET
- WMAQ Ties Up Traffic (Cams)
- Two Emmy Noms for mun2
- Philips North America Gets CEO
- NAMIC Picks Execs for Training
- CNN Drops fn
- CNNfn to Go Dark in Dec.
- Conan Heads to CNBC
- Mag Rack Boosts Originals
- Laybourne: Industry Has Amnesia
- Dean of D.C. Anchors Joins WJLA
October 27
- Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks On
- No Debate About ESPN Deportes Series
- Showtime’s L Word Sets Sail
- Gore Staffs Up His Cable Net
- Integrating GAC Is a Hardy Job
- Pappas Defends Airtime Contribution
- Lifetime Takes On Identity Theft
- CWA Takes On Comcast Again
- Gospel According to Cox
October 26
- Rigas Sentencing: Jan. 5
- Nick Rules Cable Roost
- Secret Service Boosts NGC’s Ratings
- Stern Takes On Powell on-Air
- Who Loves USA, Baby?
- Analog Devices Debuts Four-Way Splitter
- Lifetime Is the Odd Girl Out
- Sachs: BPL Not a Proven Competitor
- Time Warner Launches HD Tier in N.Y.
- NBA on TNT Goes All-HD
- McGregor to Head Broadcom
- Bush Booked on Sabado Gigante
- C9 Adds Wireless Feature to New CMTS
- CBS Wins with Spooky CSI
October 25
- Adelphia: Joint Time Warner-Comcast Bid OK
- IFC Sets Moore Special
- Adelphia Launching here! TV in California
- Brand Spat: Court TV Threatens A&E
- Comcast Adds to Dallas HDTV Lineup
- Viacom Beefs Up Down South
- Liberty Buys Into Belgium’s Telenet
- TiVo’s Going to Disneyland
- New Game Packages for Cablevision’s iO
- Sundance Reairing Vote for Change
- Weather or Not to Switch to Cable
- Sprint Dials Up Cartoon
- Station Break
- Not Just Beer
- Comcast’s In Preschool Game
- Fates & Fortunes
- A Closer Look At Charter
- A "Fierce Warrior" Learns the Ropes
- New Lease on Life
- In L.A. Two Is Much Better Than One
- Giving HDTV the Rock Star Treatment
- Don’t Call Us, Says Cox
- Cox and the AARP Find Common Causes
- Syndie Insider
- Tom Tells It Like It Is
- Climbing Into the PPV Ring
- 8-Year-Old CN8 Won’t Stop at 8 Million
- C-COR Buys nCUBE for $89.5 Million
- Charter's VoIP Vision
- Violence Regulations vs. Free Speech
- "This Has Been a Great Career"
- Safely Embedded
- Cable Nets Aren’t 'Lost’
- Election-Night Showdown
- RCN: We’re In D.C. for Good
- Sweet on COX
- Science Fiction Delivers Mainstream Hits
- Kids’ Networks Fined Over Ads
- Deals Get Done at Boston’s VON
- Value Judgment
- Liberty Move Might Be Towering
- Cutting Edge
- An Affair To Remember
October 24
- Who's Reshooting J.R.?
October 22
- B&C Article Costs Capitol $10K
- Comcast to Pay $225K to Settle with FCC
- Cell Phones May Skew Political Polls
- CBS Leads in Homes, 18-49
October 21
- White House Disses DTV Subsidy
- VIB TV Becomes HomeNet Communications
- MSNBC.com Clicks Up Election Coverage
- Kids’ Ads Cost Nick, ABC Family $1.5M
- Bernhard Guests on L Word
- Sox on Fox Rocks
- Net2Phone Performs Military Service
- FTC Slams Slim Down Scammers
October 20
- Cable Nets Slate Fox v. Franken
- Rodriguez Joins Univision
- Herratti Shops Himself to HSN
- TBS Goes Bowling for Soup
- WB Swaps Drama Slots
- Camiant Teams Up with Netrake
- S-A’s McDonald on Medical Leave
- Starz! Realign in Cable Firmament
- Preschool Network to Enroll Next Fall
- Name Change Is in the Starz
October 19
- WWE Files RICO Suit
- Comcast On Demand Gets Hallmark Fare
- Powell: States Can’t Regulate VoIP
- mun2’s La Conexión ‘SHINEs’
- What’s in the VMALA Bag?
- Cox Accepts Parent’s Buyout Offer
- Henstridge to Star in Lifetime Original
- Comcast Launches Politics on-Demand
- Time Warner Seeks Retrans Overhaul
- Collins Joins Comcast Board
- Smith to Guest-Star on Degrassi
October 18
- NBC Faces Fine After NASCAR Expletive
- TV Land Revisits Kennedy White House
- Bright House Files Complaint vs. Verizon
- Rios, Antonio Drop In on Sí TV
- Pace Readies IPTV Set-Top
- AudioCodes, BayPackets Join Forces
- C-COR Boosts Asia-Pacific Staff
- WWE Pins an ITV PPV
- Big Media or Big Losers?
- Stern Is Good—For Nothing
- Going on Safari for Comcast Launches
- All Systems Go
- Stream Dream
- Kentucky City Weighs Cable-System Buyout
- Roberts: Cable, Baby Bells Share Concerns
- The next wave
- Nat Geo Doc looks inside Secret Service
- In Their Own Words
- Can Arrested Development save the sitcom?
- Fates & Fortunes
- 'Romantica’ VOD Service Aims for Women
- Comcast Gears Up For Phone Over Internet
- Gore Seeks 50 Good 'DCs’
- Drama Over a Documentary
- Top 10 Media Buyers
- UEI Delivers New Remotes To DirecTV
- Buying Time
- Scripps Buys a Country Cousin
October 15
- It’s a CBS Thursday Again
- Playboy Merges TV, Online, DVD Operations
- Entercom Faces $55K Fine for Indecency
- Johnson’s CSET Set to Kick Off
- SkiTAM Turns 10
- Time Warner: DVR Glitch Fixed
- Simmons Research Acquired by Experian
- VH1 Rolls Out New Series Slate
- Blackbelt TV Pins First Affiliation Deal
- FCC Grants Bells Fiber-to-Curb Relief
October 14
- Comedy Dials Up More Reno 911
- VH1 Gets Political
- Lifetime’s Wagner to Be Honored
- NetCableTV Bows Net-Video-Distribution System
- Lubbock Goes Local with Dish
- Cox to Parents: ‘Take Charge!’
- Humax Bows DVD Recorder with TiVo
- Lowe: Scripps Still Thinking Spanish
- O’Reilly Hit with Sexual-Harassment Suit
- Syndicated Rookies on the Rise
- O'Reilly Targeted in Harassment Suit
October 13
- Hall Heads TNT Programming
- Redback, Orca Team Up on IPTV
- New VP for Optimum Voice
- Activists Push for Personal-Attack Rule
- Scripps Pays $140M for GAC
- Rogers-AT&T Wireless Deal Done
- OLN Gravity Games to Copper Mountain
- Viacom: Blockbuster Split-Off Final
- Scripps Buys GAC from Jones
- First Down for RCN, NFL Network
- Ahn Gets Seniority at NBC Universal Cable
- NAB Proposes Helping Minorities, Majority
October 12
- FCC Proposes Fox Indecency Fine
- FCC Hits Fox Stations with $1.1M Indecency Fine
- PRN Takes Outdoor Channel Indoors
- VOD-Billing Milestone for CSG
- Local Stations Pay Less to Piper
- PROMAX&BDA Taps Ashy
- Optimum Increases Speeds to 5 Mbps
- Comcast, Time Warner, Mets: Play Ball!
- Copps Blasts Sinclair Over Anti-Kerry Film
- NESN Extends HD-PRIME Deal
- Kids Attend Disney’s Halloweentown High
- Two Deals for Tulix
- Housewives Shows Its Legs
October 11
- WDAY, WDAZ Pick Omneon Servers
- Roberts Reaches Out to Bells
- CommScope Cutting Costs
- Turner to FCC: Tiers Make the Most Sense
- Turner to FCC: Tiers Make the Most Sense
- Nickelodeon Enterprises Ups Two
- Broadcom Rolls Out VoIP Wi-Fi Chips
- Kasenna Launches ‘TotalTV’ IPTV Solution
- Creditor Claims vs. Adelphia: $3 Trillion
- De Leo, Bolton Producing Lifetime Documentary
- DirecTV Consolidates in Latin America
- BIAP Completes Funding Round
- Syndie Insider
- Survival of the Fittest
- Fox Knocks 'Champ’ to FSN
- Desperate Measures
- Gear Watch
- Too Big To Be Too Good
- Mid-splits, Video Telephony: We Need a Wider Upstream
- Cutting Edge
- A Winning Combo
- Measure for Measure
- Encoda Is a Harris Need
- MTVN Sets Its Executive Roster
- The Net Gain
- The Spirit of Independence
- Exits Poke Holes in Rainbow
- Does Reality Have An Afterlife?
- Fates & Fortunes
- Lost & Found! An Original Idea
- Politics, Media and Money
- Modem-Fee Dispute Back to State Court
- Bigger, Better, More Complicated
- 'Farscape’ Gets Four Hours to Wrap Saga
- Inside Verizon’s Fiber Plans
October 8
- Cancer Forces Rukeyser to Quit Show
- KOIN Wants Comcast’s Coin for HD Feed
- Hurricanes Take Wind Out of Syndication
- Debates Are MSO Technology Platform
- Recuperating Rukeyser Bows Out
- Activists Diss FCC DTV Campaign
- Cable Installer Convicted of Rape
October 7
- Radio Days for Fox Sports en Español
- TV One Unveils New Shows
- Big Apple Gets Black Family Channel
- Kerry, Bush Split Ohio
- Dora the Explorer a Chart Soarer
- Buckeye Boosts Local VOD
- Qwest to Offer DirecTV
- NBC to Delay NASCAR
- Debates on-Demand for Charter
- HD Halloween for Voom’s Monsters HD
- NBC Faces 'S-Word' Complaint
October 6
- Divney Unretires, to Head MTVN Ad Sales
- Ozzy's Back with Band Battle
- Factor, Jane Divorced from Slots
- A Blockbuster Split-Off for Viacom
- CWA: Comcast Forced Workers Out
October 5
- Fox UPNs Will Pre-Empt for Debates
- Murdoch: No NFL, No New Sports Net
- 2 Execs to Advise 2 Hearts TV
- ESPN2 Keeps Pizza Cold One More Hour
- LFP Launches Hustler TV PPV
- SureWest’s Got a Brand-New Brand
- Plain Truth Plainly Gives Lifetime Ratings
- TNT Takes to the Air for HD NBA Games
- Microsoft Rolls Out ‘MSN TV 2’
- CBS Wins Monday Night
- Nick Opens Its Toy Chest
- WWE Takes PPV Interactive
- Charter Tech Dies in S.C. Accident
- EarthLink Adds Free VoIP
- S-A Extends Overlay Tactic
- FTC Clamps Down on 'CortiSlim' Ads
- Indecency-Fine Boost in Jeopardy
- Peacock Proudly Defends WRC
- Seventh Circuit: Modem-Fee Case to State Court
- Charter Adds MBC to Hometown Lineup
October 4
- Chip Joins Skip
- Degrassi Sets Ratings Mark for The N
- Cubley Flies Coop at Eagle
- Turner Inks Chip Caray for Braves Telecasts
- EchoStar-Backed Group Pushing for HDTV
- Altitude Gives Comcast Attitude
- Raab Joins Joyner
- Hilary Heads to BBC America
- NCTA: Problems with Cable-Ready DTVs
- Dore Leaving Rainbow, Heading North
- Showtime Says Several Our Fathers
- WWE Reaches for the Sky in U.K.
- UEI Picks Up SimpleDevices
- Cox Adds VoIP Markets
- NYT Taps CABLEready for Documentary Sales
- Comcast Grows Sports Empire
- Better Life Is Seeking Carriage Fulfillment
- McCain Gets Some Spectrum Back
- Murder Most Amish With 'Plain Truth’
- Fates & Fortunes
- Station Break
- Arbitron, VNU, to Gauge Ads’ Impact
- Comcast Adds to OpenCable Options
- Stranger in a Cable Land
- The Reality Match Game
- The Restoration of Dan Rather
- A Magazine Model of Brand Extensions
- Terayon Debuts Productivity Software
- Right-Hand Man
- Microsoft Upgrades WebTV Setup
- The HD/DTV Guide
- A New Way To Sell Soup
- Gay-Aimed 'Here! TV’ Goes Premium
- ABC News Takes Next Digital Step
- See Me, Hear Me Via IP
- Cutting Edge
- 21% solution
- Programmed To Win
- Hard-Hit Stations Assess Damage
- Cash and Cable
October 3
- Here! TV Is Here and Premium
- Sony TV Names Ad-Sales Chief
- Iowans See Through Spike Hoax
October 1
- Robert Novak Breaks Hip
- Larry Elder Moves Up in Big Apple
- GSN Wins Ben Stein's Money
- Terayon President/CTO Rakib Steps Down
- Wisdom Heads to Yoga Mat