For the Record
By Staff -- Multichannel News, 6/6/2004 8:00:00 PM
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Simpson’s Back On Court TV Sharpton Getting Time on CNBC Cebridge Closes Systems Buyout Dish Net Adding Six Chinese Nets Korean Net Due Under ICN Flag Cascio to Chair Stand-Up Channel |
Simpson’s Back On Court TV
New York — Just like 10 years ago, O.J. Simpson is set to rule Court TV again.
Catherine Crier will host Simpson in a live interview in an hour-long primetime edition of Catherine Crier Live, “Ten Years After O.J. Simpson,” Wednesday, June 9 at 9 p.m. Prior to Crier, the network will air a one-hour documentary, The People v. O.J. Simpson: Unfinished Business.
Separately, Court TV’s efforts to bring cameras into New York State trial courts continued last Wednesday as oral arguments took place in the state Appellate Division.
“State court judges should have the discretion in New York, as they do in most states, to grant the electronic media the same right to cover trials as the print media,” Court TV chairman and CEO Henry Schleiff said in a statement.
All 50 states currently allow cameras at least in appellate proceedings, but New York is one of nine states that do not allow cameras in trial courts.
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP founding partner David Boies is overseeing Court TV’s representation.
Sharpton Getting Time on CNBC
Fort Lee, N.J. —CNBC said the Rev. Al Sharpton will join its political team of contributors and commentators covering the upcoming Democratic and Republican National Conventions.
Sharpton will contribute to Capital Report, Dennis Miller and McEnroe, as well as other weekend programming on the network.
“Having run for the Democratic nomination, Rev. Sharpton brings to our viewers an insider’s perspective on presidential politics,” CNBC vice president and supervisor of political coverage Cheryl Gould said in a prepared statement.
Cebridge Closes Systems Buyout
St. Louis — Cebridge Connections said it closed the purchase of systems with about 19,000 customers in Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia from Tele-Media Corp.
Cebridge Connections now serves more than 445,000 customers in 18 states. Cebridge plans to begin upgrading a number of Tele-Media systems this year to provide high-speed Internet access and other advanced services.
Daniels & Associates worked with Tele-Media. Terms were not disclosed.
Dish Net Adding Six Chinese Nets
Littleton, Colo. — EchoStar Communications Corp.’s Dish Networkhas added six networks under the banner of a “Chinese Super Pak” to its lineup.
The suite comprises six Mandarin-language channels from ETTV, a leading Chinese media provider, and carries a price tag of $21.99 per month. Dish already offers the “Chinese Plus Pak,” which features three Mandarin and three Cantonese-language channels with content from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, for $24.99
Korean Net Due Under ICN Flag
Denver — International Channel Networks will invest in Television Korea 24, known as tvK24, and distribute the channel to cable and direct-broadcast satellite operators.
Under a deal announced last Tuesday, ICN officials said the 24-hour Korean language channel, set to launch in the fourth quarter, is being positioned digital-basic network dedicated to serving Korean-American communities across the United States.
Cascio to Chair Stand-Up Channel
Chicago — ECMI Corp., parent company of the fledgling Stand-Up Comedy Television, has appointed former Animal PlanetandA&E Networkexecutive Michael Cascio as vice chairman of the board.
Cascio, the former executive vice president and general manager of Animal Planet and senior vice president of programming for A&E, will play an integral role in the development of Stand-Up Comedy Television, which is slated to bow in January.
“In this advisory role, Mike brings to us his immense knowledge of the cable business,” said co-chairman of the board Joseph Fox in a statement.
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