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...lawyers who argued the Ligon case had another sort of stress to deal with, arising from the crush of TV cameras that descended on the courtroom. Local stations covered the trial extensively. So did a soon-to-be-launched cable channel devoted entirely to judicial proceedings. A CBS crew was there too, roaming the hallways and offices as well as the courtroom. "The whole second floor up here was just one gigantic production room," grouses Bruce Hudock, who prosecuted the case. "I definitely found it distracting...
Courtroom activity will go round the clock with the July 1 debut of the Courtroom Television Network, a judicial version of CNN. The new cable channel (owned largely by Time Warner) will cover some trials live -- with play-by- play commentary from legal experts -- and others on tape in nightly wrap-up programs. The network hopes to premiere with the Los Angeles trial of four police officers charged in the videotaped beating of Rodney King...
...company's stunning success has bulldozed others out of an industry in which more than 350 major firms are trying to compete. Channel Home Centers, a New Jersey-based chain that has been saddled with a $268 million load of debt since it went private in 1986, entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy last January and plans to sell or close 34 of its 86 stores. Hechinger Co., a major Maryland- based chain of 115 centers, lost $800,000 in last year's fourth quarter before rebounding with a $7.2 million profit in the first quarter this year. That was down from...
News 12, launched in 1986 by Cablevision, is the vanguard of a growing array of efforts to provide local news -- and lots of it -- on the same basis as CNN. In Orange County, near Los Angeles, an all-news channel was started last September by the Freedom newspaper chain, owner of the Orange County Register. TCI Cable and the local Fox station are teaming up to create a 24-hour news channel for Chicago, set to debut this summer. A similar operation for the Washington area will be launched in September by Albritton Communications, and Time Warner has announced plans...
Long Island's News 12, for example, starts each morning with a news radio- style mix of news, weather and the inevitable traffic reports, live from key points on the Long Island Expressway. The channel has extensively covered everything from unsolved cop killings to controversial local issues like garbage dumping. Boasts executive producer Drew Phillips: "Nobody can make a move without us knowing about...