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By Staff -- Multichannel News, 6/22/2003 8:00:00 PM
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Viacom Yanks Signals From Galaxy Cable Discovery's Miller Steps Down from Post Friday the 13th Is Sci Fi's Lucky Day |
Viacom Yanks Signals From Galaxy Cable
Austin, Texas— In a dispute over fees, Viacom Inc. last week pulled several of its channels from small MSO Galaxy Cable.
While neither side would reveal specifics of the dispute, sources close to the situation said the 85,000-subscriber MSO had failed to keep up with payments for services, including MTV: Music Television, VH1, TNN: The National Network and Country Music Television.
The first published report about the dispute cited an increase in TNN's licensing fee, but an MTV spokeswoman said Viacom's actions "had nothing to do" with the cost of that network, which Viacom hopes to rename Spike TV.
Anchor Pacific CEO Ron Dorchester, whose firm manages Galaxy, declined comment.
Discovery's Miller Steps Down from Post
Silver Spring, Md.— Chris Miller last week announced her resignation as executive vice president of marketing for Discovery Networks U.S., effective Aug. 1.
Miller, who moved over from her position as Discovery.com marketing chief to replace Chris Moseley in February 2001, wants to return to New York City, from where she's been commuting for three years, a Discovery spokeswoman said.
The search for her replacement will begin immediately.
Friday the 13th Is Sci Fi's Lucky Day
New York— Friday the 13th was good to Sci Fi Channel and Stargate SG-1. The show's seventh-season bow averaged a 1.9 rating from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. on June 13, according to Nielsen Media Research, the highest rating of any Sci Fi season premiere.
The show also was tops in basic cable among adults ages 18 to 49 and 25 to 54 that day.
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