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This has created a window of opportunity for potential rivals. (These rivals received a significant boost from the 1992 Cable Act, which requires that cable programmers like HBO and Showtime offer their services to any competing delivery system at comparable prices.) The oldest of these competitors is so- called wireless cable, which collects programming with large satellite dishes and sends it to homes via microwave transmitters. Wireless companies provide a low-cost alternative to cable in a number of cities, such as Houston, New York City and Cleveland, Ohio, but have traditionally been hampered by limited capacity (only about...
Kids, not surprisingly, have been among the most enthusiastic. "I like the music channels, the Disney Channel, HBO and Cinemax," says 11-year-old Brynn Dziewiatowski. "I watch twice as much TV as I did before." Isabelle Moren, 74, who is homebound because of emphysema, is just as big a fan, particularly of the Discovery Channel: "I like all that scenery, and it's educational." Town councilman Ed Hotaling, 42, who runs a florist shop, thinks the new TV offerings are "just great. At least it's something to see from the outside world. I used...
Mondi is in charge of videotaping the event for Joel's archives, but he denied rumors that an HBO special may be made of the event...
...players: HBO hit the bullseye with its "When It Was a Game" series several years ago. The show talked about the 1920's, '30s, '40s, '50s, and '60s, when it was an honor and it was fun to play a game called baseball...
Instead of adding new basic services, cable systems have turned their attention to channels that can bring in revenue unhindered by the rate caps: premium services (such as HBO and Showtime), home-shopping networks (from which cable operators get a portion of the sales income) and pay-per-view movies. One of the biggest growth areas is adult-movie channels -- a lucrative business, since the cable operator typically can keep 70% or more of the $4 to $5 customers shell out for an evening of soft-core...