Word: channelized
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...bleak economy and mounting resistance to higher basic-cable rates made 1991 a blah year for the pay-cable TV industry. According to media-research firm Paul Kagan Associates, subscriptions for the largest pay-cable services were flat or down. But the Disney Channel announced last week that it grew 11% in 1991, adding 633,000 households. That brings its base of 6.25 million into a virtual tie with No. 3, Cinemax...
Disney has persuaded a number of cable-system operators to lower monthly fees, whether for Disney alone or as part of a package with other pay services. In either case Disney reduces its own fee. The channel freely capitalizes on the promotional value of the Disney name by sending classic cartoon characters to malls, parades and ribbon-cutting ceremonies. Says Christopher Dixon, a media analyst for Paine Webber: "Disney has a very clear franchise, and they promote it extensively...
...sure if there are any other channels for Asian Americans to get in touch with [the government], "Huang said. "This will be a very important channel...
...Haverford College, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and practiced briefly before joining Time Inc. in 1972. His notion of bouncing movies off satellites and into living rooms from Boston to Berkeley helped transform Home Box Office from a struggling service into the biggest pay channel in the U.S.; combined with its sister Cinemax service, it now has nearly 24 million subscribers...
Cable operators see telecommunications as just another service offered on their new networks. These high-capacity systems could provide 300 or more channels in the future. In December, Time Warner (the parent company of TIME magazine) launched the nation's first 150-channel cable system. Located in the New York City borough of Queens, the 1,800-mile fiber network includes 50 channels of movies and is capable of providing interactive television. Time Warner is also planning to use extra channels on the Queens system to test a new portable phone service that could greatly expand the use of mobile...