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...city's most successful project is a community residence operated by Shelter, Inc., through a joint financing arrangement between the United Way and the state's Department of Public Welfare...
...Cable (October 1981-November 1982), it marks the passing of The Entertainment Channel, a 24-hour pay cable service offering exclusive programming, much of it cultural. After nine months in business, analysts estimate, TEC lost close to $50 million for its joint owners, RCA Corp. and Rockefeller Center Inc. (RCI). Amid sundry explanations of its demise, the principal reason was clear: TEC could not entice enough subscribers to pay $8 to $12 a month to watch it. The service is transmitted via the Satcom IV satellite, which, because it is received by far fewer cable operators than Satcom...
...guiding spirit was Arthur Taylor, 47, a former president of CBS Inc. His vision, backed by a $100 million three-year commitment from RCA and RCI, was of a service providing "quality but popular" programming for viewers not addicted to the networks. TEC had a ten-year contract with the BBC for first rights in the U.S., and nearly 40% of its fare was composed of such British shows as the political spoof Yes, Minister and the detective series Shoestring. Besides showing distinctive foreign films (Federico Fellini's City of Women, Eric Rohmer's The Aviator...
According to Taylor's postmortem, TEC was caught in the crossfire between HBO, owned by Time Inc., with its 11 million subscribers, and Viacom International Inc.'s Showtime, with 4 million. Taylor predicted a rebirth for TEC in another form, however. He is planning to launch a scaled-down, advertiser-supported channel under the same name late this spring. It will seek a broader audience with fare including Hollywood classics and short-lived TV series from seasons past. RCA and RCI have not decided whether to back the new venture. It would be a gamble...
...most enduring dreams: the personal robot, programmed to do its master's bidding. Inside its molded skull a kind of sassy intelligence seems to be at work. "What strange-looking creatures," it intones nasally in the direction of some gawking visitors at its home base, Androbot, Inc., in Sunnyvale, Calif. "Where are your wheels...