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• CABLEVISION ADDS LOCAL PROGRAMMING: FIVE NEW SHOWS YET TO SPARK ANY INTEREST BY ADVERTISERS.(Brief Article)

  - 1999-09-13

  Cablevision of Cleveland is sharpening its focus on locally produced programs without being sure what sort of financial and subscriber return it will yield. The cable operator is slated to debut five locally produced programs this week, but each Cablevision of...

  Tags: Ameritech, cable, cable company, Cablevision Systems Corp., programming

• COMPETITION CUTS CABLE PLANT.

  - 1999-01-04

  The fragile truce between overbuilders and incumbent cable operators is being tested by ongoing incidents of damage to aerial and underground cable by overzealous competitors during overbuilds and rebuilds. A full-throttle build-out strategy The fragile truce between...

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• Public Shrugs as Ops Oppose Mergers.

  - 1998-10-12

  Opponents of the $62 billion merger between SBC Communications Inc. and Ameritech Corp. -- including cable operators in three states -- have run into a wall of public apathy. A recent survey revealed that 64 percent of consumers in Ameritech' ...

  Tags: Ameritech, AT&T Corp., cable, cable company, merger, SBC Communications Inc.

• Cable Competitors Grouse About Competition

  - 1998-08-10

  WASHINGTON--Telephone companies and direct broadcast satellite providers said the Federal Communications Commission needs to be more vigilant in enforcing the program access laws, according to comments filed recently with the agency. "(Ameri WASHINGTON--Telephone companies and direct broadcast satellite providers said the...

  Tags: agency, Ameritech, cable, cable company, company, FCC, programming

• The Week in Review.(acquisition in the cable industry)

  - 1998-05-18

  Two mega-announcements came down in rapid-fire, staccato fashion last week. First, the very deep-pocketed SBC Communications continued apace on its shoppingspree, announcing that it would acquire Ameritech Corp. for a cool $62 billion. Right on t Two mega-announcements came down in rapid-fire,...

  Tags: cable, SBC Communications Inc., cable company, U.S. Department of Justice, Ameritech, acquisition, video

• Indiana Ops Consider Ameritech Compromise

  - 1997-12-15

  JOE ESTRELLA Indiana cable operators are reviewing a proposal that would end their long-running feud with Ameritech Corp., while slashing local residential-telephone rates. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission this week will announce if JOE ESTRELLA ...

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• Ind. ops fight Ameritech rate plan. (Indiana cable operators oppose telephone company's request for extension of alternative-regulation plan)

  - 1997-08-18

  Indiana cable operators are at odds with Ameritech Corp. again, this time over the Baby Bell's attempt to have its alternative-regulation plan extended for another three years. The Indiana Cable Television Association has joined AT&T Corp. in Indiana cable operators are at...

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• Pole-fee row threatens Ameritech's LDC bid. (Ameritech Corp.; long-distance communications)

  - 1997-02-24

  Michigan cable operators may yet have a say as to whether federal regulators finally allow Ameritech Corp. into the state's long-distance telephone market. Experts said Ameritech's dispute with Michigan operators over pole-attachment fees is anot Michigan cable operators may yet have a...

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• Adelphia, Time Warner seek deregulation. (Adelphia Communications Corp.; Time Warner Cable)

  - 1996-06-03

  Washington -- Cable operators facing telco competition are picking up the pace in their efforts to win deregulation from the Federal Communications Commission. Last week, Adelphia Communications Corp., became the second cable operator since Washington --...

  Tags: Adelphia Communications Corp., Ameritech, cable, cable company, cable industry, deregulation, FCC, telecommunications company, Time Warner Cable Inc., Time Warner Inc.

• Turner, E! make deals with telcos. (Turner Broadcasting System, E! Entertainment Television, telephone companies)(Brief Article)

  - 1995-12-04

  Ameritech, GTE, BellSouth and SBC arm for a programing battle with cable operators The telcos have begun lining up the cable programing they will need to compete with cable operators. Americast--the Disney-led programing arm of Ameritech, GTE, Ameritech, GTE,...

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