Word: blur
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...question is whether they will have all the money they need to survive. Some special-interest offerings may be able to attract related advertising or even blur the distinction between advertising and programming. Others will have a tough time gaining enough advertising revenue to support themselves in the increasingly fragmented TV marketplace. Charging subscribers -- either directly as a "pay" service or indirectly through the cable operator -- is one alternative, but that might be difficult at a time when both viewers and federal regulators are unhappy about soaring cable bills...
...networks' advantage," says Herb Granath, president of Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises, "in that it will be more and more difficult for people to identify what they're watching. You keep flipping with the remote from channel to channel, and after a while it all becomes a blur." Overwhelmed viewers may continue to seek refuge in the networks' old and familiar nightly lineup...
...Dress Codes" examines the cultural codes which produce gender distinctions, and in doing so, demands a revaluation of the presumed stability of gender. The exhibition also deals effectively with the concomitant issues of sexuality and sexual orientation within the gender binarism these artists seek to resist, blur and break...
...WIRE WAR IS HEATING UP. AS THE PACE OF DEregulation quickens and emerging new technologies blur the boundaries separating their markets, the telephone and cable-television industries are set on a collision course. The confrontation moved another step closer when Southwestern Bell, based in St. Louis, Missouri, agreed to acquire two cable-TV systems in the Washington, D.C., area from Hauser Communications for $650 million. If approved, the deal will mark the first time any of the seven so-called Baby Bells owns a cable-TV franchise. Until now, the former Bell System companies have only formed joint ventures with...
...Rosenfeld's parents split up when he was 15, and the young man recalls brutal physical fights with his hard-drinking father. Several months ago, the hacker literally hacked his wrists with a razor, in his second attempt to kill himself since 1991. "Most of my childhood is a blur, partly because of LSD and partly because I just don't want to remember," says Rosenfeld, who is open, insightful and very likable when he removes the cybermask. "I have no clue...