It's the phone man at the door - and he has a deal on cable TV; as competition breaks out, a traveling salesman finds a jaded audience; a high-tech 'Brady Bunch.' (Company Business and Marketing)
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Ameritech is offering cable-TV service throughout the upper Midwest as part of a plan to provide home users with a single bundle of voice, video and data services, according to Chmn and CEO Richard Notebaert. The Baby Bell began challenging established Comcast, Tele-Communications (TCI), Time Warner and other established companies in 1996. Ameritech holds cable franchises in more than 50 cities in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois. One of every three targeted households signs up for the service, according to Ameritech. Cable TV was expected to develop competition in large cities as a result of the 1996 telecommunications law, but most big phone companies instead are focusing on their core business. Cable operators hold 87% of the domestic multichannel video market, according to the FCC. Customers are benefitting from Ameritech's presence, because incumbent providers are boosting their selection, price and service.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1997
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Murdoch's Sky, British Satellite agree to merge
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British Satellite Broadcasting Ltd (BSB) and Rupert Murdoch's Sky Television have agreed to a joint venture that ends the costly battle between the two competing satellite television networks. The new venture will be called British Sky Broadcasting and will be half owned by Murdoch's News Corp and half by a consortium of BSB financiers including Reed International Plc, Granada Group Plc and Pearson Plc. The combined network will operate with only five channels, and will use Sky Television's Astra technology. Currently the two separate networks operate nine channels and BSB's subscribers will have to convert their satellite technology to receive the Astra signals. Analysts say the success of direct satellite broadcasting in Britain will effect how quickly it is implemented elsewhere in the world.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1990
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'Interactive TV' test is watched to see who's more than remotely interested
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ACTV Inc is surveying 300 cable television viewers during eight weeks to determine the potential of an interactive television market. Interactive television allows viewers to decide camera angles, select programs tailored to their interests and participate in game shows. Advertisers are interested in the emerging technology since it would allow them to specifically target an audience. Some glitches remain with equipment failure and lack of variety; viewers may also be reluctant to pay the extra fee for the service. ACTV Inc first installed the technology, which adds about $16 to the cable television bill, in 3,000 homes in Montreal, in 1989.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1990
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