Multichannel News back issues from April 2008:
Golden Beacon Award.(Discovery Channel's Planet Earth series premiered last spring to critical acclaim)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Discovery Channel's 'Planet Earth' Discovery Channel's Emmy award-winning Planet Earth series premiered last spring to critical acclaim, with Oprah Winfrey calling it 'the most fantastic, beautiful series.' Going to the core of the company's mission to ...
Joel A. Berger Award.(BET Holdings Inc. awarded)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Rap It Up Teen Forums, BET BET's Teen Forums are an integral part of its Emmy Award winning 'Rap It Up' campaign. Rap It Up is a comprehensive public education campaign to inform young people about sexual health issues including HIV/AIDS and other ...
ESPN Good Sports Award.(Triple Play Championship Tournament)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Time Warner Cable Triple Play Championship Tournament, Time Warner Cable Staten Island Time Warner Cable's system in Staten Island, New York, is the recipient of this year's ESPN Good Sports Award for its Time Warner Cable Triple Play Championship ...
2008 Beacon Awards.
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Cable's Highest Award for Communications and Public Affairs Excellence The Beacon Awards recognize the best of the best in cable communications and public affairs. The Association of Cable Communicators (ACC) annually sponsors the Beacon Awards program as ...
President's award winners.(Patrick Esser of Cox Communications Inc. honored with J.D. Power and Associates awards)(Meredith Wagner of Lifetime Networks awarded)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Patrick Esser President, Cox Communications Inc. Patrick Esser is president of Cox Communications Inc., a multiservice broadband communications and entertainment company with more than 6 million residential and commercial customers. In 2006, ...
Cable Communications Achievement Awards.(William G. Jasso of Time Warner Inc. awarded)(Sharon Kleinpeter of Cox Communications awarded)(Reinaldo Llano of Bright House Networks awarded)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Honoring the Best Cable Communicators In the Industry The Cable Communications Achievement Awards recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to cable communications and public affairs. Nominated by their peers and colleagues, the three ...
ACC Community Bridges Award.(Habitat for Humanity International)(Occupation overview)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Habitat for Humanity International The ACC Community Bridges Award recognizes outstanding, non-cable industry partner organizations and individuals taking part in cable communications and public affairs initiatives. The cable industry is committed to ...
Beacon Award Winners.(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Annually, The Association of Cable Communicators sponsors the Beacon Awards, cable's highest award for communications excellence. Cable operators, programming networks, cable associations and new technology partners are recognized for achievements in public ...
2008 Beacon Awards Winners: Community Relations.(Cox Communications Inc.)(Fox Sports Networks L.L.C.)(Time Warner Cable Inc.)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Cable System 1 Volunteer New Orleans Cox Communications New Orleans Metarie, LA The concept of Volunteer New Orleans (VNO) was created by a Cox employee who felt a more comprehensive initiative and Web site was needed to ...
2008 Beacon Awards Winners: Education.(Cox Communications Inc.)(Time Warner Cable Inc.)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Cable System 1 Destination Education Building Bridges to Brighter Futures Time Warner Cable/Waco Waco, TX The Time Warner Cable partnership with G.W. Carver Academy enriched the lives of students through various special ...
2008 Beacon Awards Winners: Government Relations.(Cox Communications Inc.)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Cable System 2 Broadband Reclamation Cox Communications Omaha, NE Cox Omaha was in need of bandwidth. Competitors touted they had more high definition channels than Cox and Cox did not have the capacity to launch additional ...
2008 Beacon Awards Winners: Internal Communications.(Charter Communications Inc., Comcast Corp. and Cox Communications Inc. awarded)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Cable System 1 Grassroots Information Program (GRIP) Comcast Exton, PA Employees are valuable - but often overlooked - assets when it comes to waging a government or public affairs campaign. Comcast Government Affairs staff ...
2008 Beacon Awards Winners: Media Relations.(Comcast Corp.)(Cox Communications Inc.)(Time Warner Cable Inc.)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Cable System 1 New Orleans Tourism Media Tour Cox Communications New Orleans Metarie, LA Cox Communications teamed up with the New Orleans Tourism and Marketing Corp. to create 'Fall In Love with New Orleans All Over Again' ...
2008 Beacon Awards Winners: Programming Publicity.(Bright House Networks L.L.C.)(Scripps Networks Inc.)(Time Warner Cable Inc.)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Cable System 1 High School Football on Demand Time Warner Cable - National Lincoln, NE In rural Nebraska, high school football is often the pinnacle of the week in many of the small towns served by Time Warner Cable. So last ...
2008 Beacon Awards Winners: Competitive Response.(Charter Communications Inc.)(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Cable System 1 Charter Communications Long Beach Sea Festival Charter Communications, Inc. Long Beach, CA With the decision to sign on as the title sponsor for the Charter Communications Long Beach Sea Festival, Charter ...
2008 Beacon Awards Winners: Reputation/Brand Management.
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Cable System 2 Bresnan Business Incubator Bresnan Communications Purchase, NY Conceived to help startup businesses and existing small businesses succeed and grow, the Bresnan Business Incubator provides professional ...
2008 Beacon Awards Winners: Cause Marketing.(Comcast Corp.)(MTV Networks Inc. VH1)(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Cable System 3 Bundle Up Comcast East Windsor, NJ Comcast's New Jersey Region Marketing and Community Affairs Teams, along with Eastern Division PR exceeded expectations, conquering the challenge to design a high impact ...
2008 Beacon Awards Winners: B-to-B Communications.(Bresnan Communications L.L.C.)(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Cable System 2 Bresnan Business Incubator Bresnan Communications Purchase, NY Launched in May 2007, the Bresnan Business Incubator (BBI) was conceived to grow the local economy and demonstrate Bresnan's involvement in the ...
2008 Beacon Awards Winners: Multicultural Public Relations.(Bright House Networks L.L.C.)(Comcast Corp.)(Discovery Communications Inc.)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Cable System 2 Feria de la Oportunidad Comcast Richmond, VA Comcast, in partnership with the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, presented Feria de la Oportunidad, an opportunity fair targeted to the Hispanic community ...
2008 Beacon Awards Winners: Integrated Communications.(Comcast Corp.)(Cox Communications Inc.)(Time Warner Inc.)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Cable System 1 Growing a Successful Grassroots Team Time Warner Cable/Waco Waco, TX With legislative reforms putting the cable industry at risk, consistent employee grassroots involvement kept enthusiasm strong for ...
2008 Beacon Awards Winners: New Media Campaign.(MTV Networks On Campus Inc.)(USA Networks Inc.)(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Cable Network 1 mtvU Half of Us Campaign MTVU New York, NY As part of its Half of Us mental health campaign, mtvU worked with the Jed Foundation to develop one of the most comprehensive mental health awareness sites ...
2008 Beacon Awards Winners: Programming.(Comcast Corp.)(Lifetime Television Network)(Time Warner Cable Inc.)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff (Single Program) Cable System 3 Viewer's Choice Karaoke Challenge Time Warner Cable Columbus, OH When the Arts in the Alley festival planners wanted to create excitement at a new kid's stage on the Sunday of their festival, ...
2008 Beacon Awards Winners: Public Service Announcement.(Comcast Corp.)(Lifetime Television Network)(MTV Networks On Campus Inc.)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff (Single or Series) Cable System 3 United Way Triple Play Public Service Announcements Comcast Pittsburgh, PA Comcast Three Rivers Region worked with On Media, a Pittsburgh-based production company, to create a series of five ...
2008 Beacon Awards Winners: Support Materials.(MTV Networks Inc. Nickelodeon)(Time Warner Cable Inc.)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Cable System 2 'Working at the Texas Capitol is No Picnic' Kit Time Warner Cable - Southwest Division Flower Mound, TX As competition in Texas has grown - in the marketplace and in the legislative environment - it has become ...
ACC Board of Directors.(Rosa M. Gatti, Peggy Ballard and Rob Stoddard appointed as presidents)(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff President Peggy Ballard Senior Director, Service Provider Marketing Cisco Systems Inc. 1st Vice President Rob Stoddard Senior VP, Communications & Public Affairs NCTA 2nd Vice ...
ACC Board of Advisors.(Glenn Britt of Time Warner Cable)(Patrick J. Esser of Cox Communications Inc.)(Decker Anstrom of Landmark Communications Inc.)(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Decker Anstrom President and COO Landmark Communications Glenn Britt President and CEO Time Warner Cable Patrick J. Esser President Cox Communications Brian Lamb ...
2008 ACC Corporate Members.(Brief article)(List)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Golden Benefactors A&E Television Networks Bright House Networks Cablevision Systems Charter Communications Comcast Cox Communications ESPN MTV Networks NBC ...
Beacon Awards Committee.(Brief article)(List)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Each year, Association of Cable Communicators members volunteer to work on the Beacon Awards Committee. These people donate their time and professional expertise to improve operations and develop new ways to increase the outreach and recognition of the Beacon Awards ...
Beacon Award Judges.(List)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff First Round John Bairos , Comcast Peggy Ballard , Cisco Systems Inc. Shawn Beqaj , Bresnan Communications Laura Brubaker , Comcast Melissa Buscher ,Time Warner Cable Bryan Byrd , Comcast - Central ...
Now On Demand: Baseball.(Comcast SportsNet)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by R. Thomas Umstead and Mike Reynolds Giants, Cubs, White Sox Games Offered Locally For 24-hour Playback Major League Baseball is pitching its games on demand. For the first time, the league is allowing regional sports networks to offer replays of their ...
QVC Goes '2D' With Cellphone Test.
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Linda Haugsted Technology Uses Icons To Point Wireless Users To Content Students at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland are searching campus for icons representing advertising from QVC as part of what backers believe is the largest U.S. test of ...
Comcast Opens Up Wideband.
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Todd Spangler Rollout Is U.S. Debut Of DOCSIS 3.0 Comcast has launched the first 'wideband' service in the United States - but not in a widely expected place. The debut market: Minneapolis-St. Paul, where the operator promises download speeds of up to ...
Fiber War of Words.(Comcast Corp.)(Cox Communications Inc.)(Verizon Communications Inc.)
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Linda Haugsted Verizon, Operators Spar Over Claims Who can boast supremacy in the delivery of digital products over fiber? Both cable operators and the nation's second-largest telephone company, Verizon Communications, are staking that claim. ...
S.C. Court Keeps TWC Off Farm.(Time Warner Cable Inc.)
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Ted Hearn & Linda Haugsted Washington- South Carolina's highest court last week held that Time Warner Cable can be legally barred from providing digital telephone service in some portions of the state served by rural telephone monopolies. The South Carolina ...
Still No Grand Plan for Mobile.(Bright House Networks L.L.C.)(Comcast Corp.)(Time Warner Cable Inc.)
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Todd Spangler Talk May Not Matter. But Fast, Ubiquitous Internet Access Might Sprint Nextel's newly minted CEO, Dan Hesse, took the stage last week at CTIA Wireless 2008 in Las Vegas - and did not announce that three cable companies will be funding a joint venture ...
Raising Their Voices.
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Craig Kuhl At 15, ACA Fights On For Independent Operators In May 1993, more than 150 independent cable operators from around the country assembled in Kansas City to craft a response to the government's recent reregulation ruling in what was to become known as the ...
Q&A: Patrick Knorr, Chairman, ACA.(American Cable Association)(Interview)
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Craig Kuhl Patrick Knorr, general manager of Sunflower Broadband and chief operating officer of its parent The New World Company Corp., is chairman of the American Cable Association. Knorr recently spoke with Multichannel News contributor Craig Kuhl about issues currently ...
Q&A: Matt Polka, President and CEO, ACA.(American Cable Association)(Interview)
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Craig Kuhl Matt Polka became the American Cable Association's first employee in 1997, and now is its president and CEO. He shared his first-hand insights and recollections about the ACA's 15-year journey with Multichannel News contributor Craig Kuhl. An edited transcript ...
Coda.(Liberty Media Corp. buys shares in DIRECTV Inc.)(Motorola Inc. to cut jobs)
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Staff Verizon Claims 'Pure' HD Todd Spangler New York - Verizon Communications is standing by its claim that FiOS TV delivers 'uncompressed' high-definition channels, while acknowledging that the video it distributes is already compressed by ...
Sprouting Interaction.(Pre-schoolers' Network Channels )
Apr 07, 2008; ... by R. Thomas Umstead Pre-schoolers' Network Channels User-created Content, Expands Cable Distribution PBS Kids Sprout next month will give toddlers the chance to be stars by working user-generated content into a new afternoon programming block. The ...
Screen Test.
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Kent Gibbons NOFX: Backstage Passport (Fuse, Tuesday, April 15, 10 p.m.) The Rundown: Forty-something punk rockers try to recapture indie glory days with danger-filled tour to 20 countries, including Peru, South Africa and China. Pros: ...
Cartoon Blocks Out Slate.
Apr 07, 2008; ... by R. Thomas Umstead Animated comedy, fantasy and movie will be the genre staples for three prime-time programming blocks for Cartoon Network beginning later this month, according to executives. In addition, the network will develop 150 new animated pilots as part of ...
Bravo Hits Gym.
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Linda Haugsted Network Teams With Crunch Chain For 'Dance' Tie-in Gym-goers in major television markets will have a chance to 'step it up and dance' to workout routines inspired by the series of the same name that recently debuted on Bravo. Members of ...
Outdoor Channel Springs Ahead.(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008; ... By Linda Haugsted Outdoor Channel is expanding its outreach efforts to affiliates, adding a spring promotional effort to its traditional fall campaigns. Eventually, the channel envisions campaigns in every season, said Denise Conroy-Galley, senior vice president of ...
Cup Runneth Over For Versus, Chrysler.(Chrysler L.L.C.)(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Linda Haugsted Versus is offering a Stanley Cup-themed local affiliate sales program designed to attract Chrysler car dealership participation and to leverage the brand awareness of the channel and the National Hockey League. The integrated marketing campaign, ...
Face2Face.(C. Stephen Backstrom appointed at Comcast Corp.)(Peter Fitton appointed at Disney ABC Television)(Burke Magnus appointed at ESPN)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff A&E Networks Melinda McLaughlin has been named senior vice president, insights and marketing solutions at A&E Television Networks, New York, heading the new Marketplace Insights, Sales and Affiliate Research unit. She had been VP, research. Also, ...
Picture Imperfect.(Cable News Network. CNN International)(Cisco Systems Inc.)(Verizon Wireless Inc.)
Apr 07, 2008; ... by K.C. Neel Quality And Standards Issues Slow Video On The Go Mobile TV was ranked the No. 1 application people want on their mobile phones, according to a recent consumer behavior study conducted by Ericsson and CNN International. About one-third (34%) of the ...
Head To Head To Head.(Cable News Network)(Fox News Network L.L.C.)(MSNBC Cable Network)(Company rankings)
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Linda Moss Not Hillary, Obama and McCain. Rather, Fox News Channel and its rivals Found Themselves in a closer race in primetime for prime viewers during the presidential primary season. But is the spike in interest for CNN and MSNBC just temporary? While the ...
Getting Fit to Be Tied.
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, Editor In Chief 6:55 p.m. Train to New Canaan, Conn. - It's standing (and elbow) room only now. The seat next to me is taken. No room to spread out paper. And my broadband wireless card is busted. So maybe this will explain why, ...
Volume Control.(Cable News Network)(Fox News Network L.L.C.)(MSNBC Cable Network)(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Voices From Everywhere On Election Coverage Reaching Out Beyond the Base 'Among total viewers, Fox News still leads, but hasn't shown a lot of room for growth beyond its Republican base. Over the last year, FNC's ratings have gone up 14%, while ...
Mobile Video: Sky Hype.(Survey)
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Todd Spangler More Content's Available, But Many Users Don't Know It Exists A flood of new video content - from Disney Channel's Hannah Montana series to full-length movies like Ghostbusters - is making its way to mobile phones. Amid the sea of ...
Ratio And The Zen Of Oversubscription.
Apr 07, 2008; ... By Leslie Ellis A few winters ago, I overheard an engineer pose this bit of bandwidth Zen to an audience of his peers: 'If a channel is broadcast into a node, and nobody is watching, does it really exist?' It got a pretty good chortle. The conversation then continued ...
BBT's Set-Top One Year Late.(Beyond Broadband Technology)(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Todd Spangler Beyond Broadband Technology, a consortium of three small cable operators that has designed a low-cost digital set-top box, expects products based on its design to be available 'as early as the third quarter' - at least one year later than it originally ...
Quick Hits.(Cox Communications Inc. to provide video on demand services)(Crown Media Holdings Inc. Hallmark Channel to provide high defination television services)(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Staff Cox Picks Concurrent For All VOD Systems Staff Atlanta - Cox Communications signed an agreement to deploy Concurrent Computer 's MediaHawk 4500 video-on-demand servers across its entire VOD-enabled subscriber base. With the multiyear ...
Delicate Balance.
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Tim Kridel When The Pulpit And Politics Collide Social Security may be the 'third rail' of politics, but religion remains a sensitive and sometimes hot topic. Last month, Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign announced that his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah ...
Diverse Flocks.(Survey)
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Tim Kridel Understanding How To Reach Immigrants, Converts More than one in four American adults have either changed religions once or have ended their religious affiliation, according to the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life's 'U.S. Religious Landscape Survey,' ...
Going Green.
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Tim Kridel Religious Programmers Hear Environmental Calling Religious organizations, including programmers, are joining the 'green movement' and showing a greater awareness of environmental issues. Last month, Southern Baptist Convention issued 'A ...
Hostility 'A Given'.
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Ted Hearn McSlarrow: Cable Is Going Around FCC Chairman Washington- The cable industry has no expectation that Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin will be anything other than hostile in what is probably his last year as leader of the nation's ...
Cable Seeks Stay On Leased Access.
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Ted Hearn Washington- The cable industry wants the Federal Communications Commission to suspend new rules that slashed the rates third-party programmers pay cable companies to lease time on their systems. The stay request came from the National Cable & ...
Going Another Round.
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Mike Farrell Diller's Win In Court Leaves Liberty Media Mulling Over Its Next Move IAC/InterActiveCorp chairman Barry Diller may have won a moral and legal victory against Liberty Media last month, but the bigger question that remains for the Internet giant is ...
Comcast Execs Get Pay Cuts.(Brief article)
Apr 07, 2008 ... by Mike Farrell Comcast executives took pay cuts in 2007 ranging from 20% (for chairman and CEO Brian Roberts) to 25% (for executive vice president David Cohen) in part reflecting what was a bad year for Comcast shares and cable stocks in general. Cable stocks fell ...
Through the Wire.
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Linda Haugsted and Kent Gibbons No, You're Not Henry the IX We were surprised, when flushing our e-mail box of the offers for counterfeit watches and sex aids, to find a clip of a news video informing a correspondent that she might be the holder of the deed to the ...
A Side Deal Doesn't Save the Net.
Apr 07, 2008; ... by Craig Aaron, Free Press The Internet, we can all agree, has been an unrivaled environment for free speech, democratic participation and economic innovation. But many of us are worried whether the free and open Web we've always had will stay that way. Rest easy, my ...
Doing Lunch.(National Association for Multi-Ethnicity In Communication)(Conference notes)
Apr 14, 2008; ... by R. Thomas Umstead Cross-Cultural Honors Revamp Event Attendees of The National Association for Multi-Ethnicity In Communication's April 16 Vision Awards will trade in their tuxedos and gowns for lunch napkins as the cable organization revamps the presentation of ...
Vision Award Nominees.(television programs)
Apr 14, 2008 ... by R. Thomas Umstead ANIMATION The Boondocks Cartoon Network Handy Manny (Episode 1-13: 'A Very Happy Holiday') Disney Channel El Tigre ('Moustache Kid'/ 'Puma Licito') Nickelodeon BEST PERFORMANCE ...