MCN - December 23, 2001

Another year puts another huge cable deal in Washington regulators' laps.First came ATmp;T Corp.'s 1999 purchase of Tele-Communications Inc. Then, ATmp;T gobbled up MediaOne Group Inc. in 2000. That was followed quickly by the mega-merger of equals between America Online Inc. and Time Warner Inc.

• Broadband Week
• Vivendi-EchoStar Deal Boosts ITV, Canal Plus
• RCN Offers VOD on Comcast's Turf
• DivXNetworks Sets Table With 'Full Meal' MPEG-4
• Advent Can Take 'Share' Out of Cable Connection
• Always On
• Pipe Dreams, Pipelines and Cable's Hubris

• Finance
• Battered NTL Says It'll Meet Guidance
• Sanders, Payer Out At MSO Millennium
• Industry Stocks
• Challenges Await S-A

• Marketing/Advertising
• Discovery Health Touts New Look
• Clients Plan to Gauge TV Ad Effectiveness
• Forrester Bullish on Outlook for ITV Ads

• Op-Ed
• Backtalk
• Two New Giant Redwoods
• Forum
• Holiday Wish List

• People
• People

• Policy
• FCC Eliminates Attribution Rule
• FCC Lets More Stations Cash Out
• Wright to Lead DBS Trade Group
• USTA Plans to Slash Staff 20%

• Programming
• USA's 'Smush' Stumbles Out of the Gate
• WUSA, Pax Net TV Soccer Pact
• Review
• A Gorgeous, Empty 'Ambersons'

• Through the Wire
• Through the Wire

• Top Stories
• CNN, FNC Share Crown
• Comcast Plunges Into Telephony
• DBS to Keep $5.99 Local-TV Prices
• ABC Family Sues to Bar DBS Drop
• FX Mulls More Primetime Movies
• Dolan Strikes Out in Red Sox Bid
• Analysts Split on Further Consolidation
• Holiday Notice
• The Winner Is…
• Nets Expect MSO to Want Fees Cut
• Lifetime Leads the Niche Nets' Reign
• Turner to Lose Research Ace
• NBA Presses for Cable Deals
• Messier Drops Second Shoe, Buying USA Content Assets
• Clarification
• This Just In
• This Just In