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...tradition of spurned loves, a visitor to the Quincy Qube bemoaned his fate. "Oh my dearest Betsy--if only you weren't seeing that dreadful Law School student, we could have the greatest life together. Oh woe is me, my lovely...
Often, the graffiti artists will stop complaining about their lack of companionship long enough to speculate on whom they would most enjoy as a companion. In the Quincy House Qube, an ongoing battle is raging to pick the prettiest girl in Quincy...
Eventually the system expanded to five other cities and became a joint venture of Warner and American Express. But last week a key part of Warner Amex's ambitious Qube experiment joined the growing list of cable-TV casualties...
...Qube service enables subscribers using hand-held terminals to participate from their homes in programs ranging from quiz shows to televised public opinion polls. But after finding a lack of interest in the two-way offerings, Warner Amex decided to virtually close down its Qube network, which had been supplying 90 minutes of nightly two-way programming to 325,000 homes in six cities. While Qube subscribers will still receive up to two hours of locally originated two-way shows each day, they will have only occasional access to new network programs...
...blackout represents the latest cost-slashing move by former Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis, 52, who left the Reagan Cabinet last January to become chairman of Warner Amex. It currently operates 121 cable systems in addition to the six Qube outlets in Columbus, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Houston and St. Louis. Under Lewis, Wirner Amex has embarked on such steps as an effort to cut existing cable service in Dallas, Pittsburgh and Milwaukee. Even so, some analysts expect Warner Amex to run up more than $100 million in losses this year, on top of an estimated 1983 deficit of as much...