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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...

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• Yeah, But AT&T's Sidewalk Is Cleaner.(Brief Article)

  - 1999-09-06

  The competition is fierce in Chicago, where both AT&T Cable Services and Ameritech New Media offer digital services and try to match each other programming service for programming service. But now, ANM parent Ameritech has something that has pr The competition is fierce in...

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• Fcc Gets Cable Blame

  - 1999-08-16

  Not only is cable industry retaining its monopoly in marketplace, it's being aided by do-nothing FCC, many commenters said in video competition rulemaking. Competitors ranging from overbuilders to DBS operators argued that Commission has failed to act on loopholes in program access rules and neglected to clarify multiple dwelling unit...

  Tags: Ameritech, Cable, commission, FCC, Government, NETWORKING, programming, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Fcc Sets Program Access Remedies

  - 1998-08-10

  FCC tightened rules on enforcing cable program access complaints Aug. 6, making changes that Comr. Ness said demonstrate "that we're serious about program access." It set timetable for complaint resolution, proclaimed intention to start levying fines against violators and affirmed its authority to impose damages under certain circumstances. Chmn. Kennard...

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• 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...

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• Cable competitors demand access to cable programming.

  - 1997-09-29

  Led by Ameritech New Media, telephone and wireless cable companies complained to lawmakers last week that they don't have enough access to programming to offer a cable alternative. They were joined by local officials, who said their towns want cab Led by Ameritech...

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• Ameritech pursues access complaint.

  - 1997-05-19

  Ameritech New Media has asked federal regulators to shorten their response time on program-access complaints to 90 days, and to impose penalties on companies that violate the agency's rules. In a filing last Friday with the Federal Communications Ameritech New Media has...

  Tags: Ameritech, Cablevision Systems Corp., exclusivity, FCC, programming

• Bells, Disney commit $500M to video. (Bell Regional Holding Companies; Walt Disney Co.)

  - 1995-04-24

  Cable subscribers in three Baby Bell territories may soon see Mickey Mouse in a new role: Steamboat Willie the electronic navigator. An on-screen guide designed by Walt Disney Co. - possibly featuring Disney's animated characters - is one of the t Cable subscribers...

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• Ameritech Corp. lays out deliberate VDT strategy. (video dial tone)

  - 1994-11-14

  CHICAGO -- With the political winds at their backs, Ameritech Corp.'s top strategists last week laid out an aggressive content-oriented video strategy pegged to their planned programming and packaging alliance with The Walt Disney Co. The venture CHICAGO -- With the political...

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• Ameritech gets video go-ahead. (Illinois court awards Ameritech right to provide video programming in service area) (Brief Article)

  - 1994-10-31

  Ameritech is the fourth local telco to win the right to provide video programing in its own service area, US West, Bell South and Bell Atlantic have won similar cases in their service areas, The ruling was handed down last week by...

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