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After unsuccessfully trying to acquire Disney, Comcast (owner of E! Entertainment Television) will bite back with “Minnie and Winnie (The Pooh): The True Hollywood Story...
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX To eliminate the cumbersome set-top boxes that are required to get HDTV or digital TV, TV manufacturers have partnered with cable companies. By this fall, Comcast and Time Warner Cable (which, like this magazine, is owned by Time Warner) are scheduled to distribute industry-standardized "cable cards" to customers who buy new cable-card-ready TV sets from Panasonic, Pioneer, Samsung and others. With the right card, you don't need...
Coca-Cola culture is everywhere. Name brands have slithered into most sectors of American society, appearing on TV, radio and as subliminal advertisements in movies. Brands have even permeated the ivory walls. In 2002, Comcast signed a deal with the University of Maryland to rename its sports arena the Comcast Center. At the University of Louisville, the stadium was recently dubbed Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium...
There's the rub--one that pay-for-service wi-fi providers are quick to point out. Such companies as Comcast and SBC grumble about free wi-fi services the way parents complain about their teenagers, calling them unreliable, irresponsible, spotty and insecure. They may have a point. "A company providing only free access would defy the laws of economics," warns Mike Short, senior vice president of engineering at the Silicon Valley wi-fi firm Gric. He and others believe that somewhere along the line, somebody is going to have to pay for the connection...
...score, the WUSA, founded in 1999 after the U.S. team's dramatic World Cup victory, must prove it can cut spending and find new owners in New York and Philadelphia, where Time Warner and Comcast, respectively, have backed out. "This isn't that much money for these companies," says Lisa Delpy Neirotti, a George Washington University sports management professor. "They'll be saviors in the eyes of thousands of little kids and their parents. It's a no-brainer...