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1. Skipper: ESPN wants rights to Olympic Games
CTAM SmartBrief | Aug 20, 2008
ESPN executive John Skipper said the Disney-owned sports network wants TV rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics, which it would carry live regardless of the time zone. "We serve sports fans. It's hard in our culture to fathom tape-delaying in the same way they have," said Skipper, referring to NBC, the current holder of the Olympic TV rights. New York Times, The (08/19)
2. Cox throws its hat into the wireless-phone ring
CTAM SmartBrief | Aug 20, 2008
Cox Communications positioned itself as a major player in the wireless-phone market when President Patrick Esser announced at a conference that the cable provider was developing a mobile device that will integrate the company's full suite of services and make its content and applications portable. Cox Wireless spent more than $304 million earlier this year in the government's wireless-spectrum auction. PC Magazine (08/19)
3. AT&T gives cash to broadband users who will switch from cable
CTAM SmartBrief | Aug 22, 2008
AT&T has started offering potential customers $125 if they switch their broadband service away from a cable provider. Those who do so by Nov. 15 also get AT&T's introductory broadband price for two years. CED Magazine (08/21)
4. FCC approves DTV waiver for small cablers
CTAM SmartBrief | Aug 22, 2008
The FCC granted smaller cable providers a waiver from delivering broadcast stations' digital feeds immediately after the transition to all-digital TV signals next February. The waiver applies to cable companies with 2,500 or fewer subscribers or with 552 megahertz or less capacity that are not owned by a cable firm with more than 10% of subscribers nationwide. Broadcasting & Cable (08/21)
5. Time Warner Cable plays ball with Big Ten Network
CTAM SmartBrief | Aug 26, 2008
Following a similar deal with Comcast, the Big Ten Network has inked a new carriage agreement with Time Warner Cable that is expected to take effect before the league kicks off its 2008-09 season. The accord includes standard and high-definition versions of the channel as well as video on demand. TVWeek.com (08/25) Plain Dealer (Cleveland), The (08/26)
6. Turner research guru: Cable extending lead over broadcast
CTAM SmartBrief | Aug 21, 2008
What a difference four years makes. Since 2004, the last time there was a presidential election and an Olympics, the average viewer watched 14.5 hours of TV on cable per week and 8.3 hours of broadcast. Now, according to Turner Broadcasting System Chief Research Officer Jack Wakshlag, that same average viewer is sitting down to 15.7 hours of cable per week and 6.8 hours of broadcast. Hollywood Reporter, The (08/20) Broadcasting & Cable (08/20)
7. Study shows digital-cable penetration outpaces competition
CTAM SmartBrief | Aug 21, 2008
In the last three years, during which time the cable industry saw an onslaught of competition from the satellite and telecom sectors, digital-cable penetration outpaced all others by notching 34% of the market, according to a new study from CTAM. Satellite penetration during the same period increased to just 27%, leaving CTAM President and CEO Char Beales with one overriding observation: "Clearly, cable remains very strong, even in an environment of fierce competition." CED Magazine (08/20)
8. Comcast grows hi-def network offerings in Chicago
CTAM SmartBrief | Aug 20, 2008
Comcast has announced the addition of 15 high-definition cable networks to its Chicago-area systems, bringing the country's No. 1 provider up to 500 HD options in The Windy City. Comcast officials say they remain committed to the company's so-called Project Infinity, in which subscribers by 2009 will get access to 1,000 hi-def choices at any given time. Multichannel News (08/19)
9. Comcast goes wireless at corporate headquarters
CTAM SmartBrief | Aug 21, 2008
Wireless Week (08/20)
10. NBCU reports all-time Olympic viewership record
CTAM SmartBrief | Aug 25, 2008
With 16 days of its 17-day Summer Olympics run in the books, it's looking as if NBC Universal is going to set a few records of its own. According to NBCU's analysis of Nielsen data, its cable and broadcast platforms attracted 211 million viewers during that time period, 2 million more than the previous pace-setter, the 1996 Atlanta Games. Hollywood Reporter, The (08/24) Financial Times (08/24)
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