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Get Well Soon, Char

Multi sends good wishes to CTAM CEO Char Beales, who fell yesterday and suffered a broken ankle. With the CTAM Summit, in Denver , about eight weeks away, she’ll have recuperation time, but ouch. We’re sure we’ll hear more about it on Sept. 17 when the cable marketing organization plans to host a conference call with the media to discuss details about the Oct. 25-27... More

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BBC America HD Launches in NYC on TWC

BBC America says it has signed a Time Warner Cable distribution pact, with New York City the first region adding the channel. It goes on the system today, on channel 685. More details to come but wanted to get the news out to hopefully calm the legions of fans disappointed when the channel went unseen during the July launch week which featured such sci-fi HD treats as Torchwood: Children... More

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Football (English) is Coming

English Premier League football (soccer), so tempting a product ESPN snapped up U.K. game rights and has reformated a channel there to show them on, returns Saturday, amid the buzz of FIFA 2010 World Cup and UEFA Champions League qualifying matches. UEFA Champions League, you know, the tournament that will even be seen on FX next May, hence the promotional ads you might have seen for... More

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Digital Cable Takes the Lead

Digital cable in 2008 overtook direct-to-home satellite TV as the leading digital pay-TV platform. Pop the Champagne ! This comes from U.K-based IMS Research , promoting an upcoming report on … worldwide digital TV. Digital cable was about 4.5 million customers behind DTH systems at the start of last year, but added an impressive 32 million subscribers to 16 million for the DTH... More

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Time for More Access

Cablevision’s refusal to sell the HD versions of its regional sports networks in New York to Verizon could be an issue that seals the case for eliminating the so-called terrestrial loophole that lets cable companies withhold some of its programming to competitors, avoiding program-access rules established by Congress that helped make satellite TV and telco TV businesses possible. Or... More