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Realizing that his model for Boston may set important precedents. Borton has emphasized the need for local cable to carry primarily local programs rather than shows produced by nation-wide companies. He has argued that Boston residents should have a say in who eventually has the right to control the...
These regulations have prompted observers such as The New York Times to call Boston's scrutiny of the cable industry "the toughest in the nation so far." Today, only two of the nine bidders who expressed interest in buying the Boston franchise remain in the running, in part because of...
The two companies still in the bidding for the Boston franchise--Warner Amex and Cablevision--say they want the contract here for their "track record" to bid for future projects across the country. Sheila Mahony, vice president of Cablevision, says her company is "anxious" to work with Boston because the...
A Miller High-Life franchise and the North Carolina legislature started it all. Alan Schafer, who owned the South Carolina rights to Miller, knew a lot of people would be thirsty by the time they had come clear across North Carolina, then dry as two-year-old tobacco. "He wanted...
Harvard Square may come back--summer nights, dope and music, a little politics. If it ever does, it will again need a paper like the Realp, the old verslon. Every community needs a rag. But the Square may never return to its late 60s heyday, it may melt away before...