Cabler Demands Note from Man in Coma

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Memo To Mr. Charles Dolan

Ted Hearn writes about moves by the pay TV industry inside the Beltway.

Where Does Cable Stand on Customer Care?

Cable marketing strategies and industry issues such as customer service are the focus of Char Beales’ column.

Everybody (Could) Know Your Name

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Ready for Reddy Megabit?

Marketing technology is the focus of the column from Dwayne Goldsmith, a partner in the Daventry Group.

Cable Needs More Women

Issues impacting women are often the focus of columns from Geraldine Laybourne, the founder and CEO of Oxygen Media.

Stretching the Lead

Bigger Doesn’t Mean Better

Television programming and competition in the pay TV business are key topics covered by Henry Schleiff, the president and CEO of Hallmark Channel parent company Crown Media holdings.

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Analyst Jimmy Schaefler covers a wide variety of topics, including direct broadcast satellite competition.

The Key to Cable's Future

Issues impacting cable engineers are the focus of the column from John Clarke, the president of the Society for Cable & Telecommunications Engineers.

Curtain Call for a Soprano

George Vernadakis writes about pay TV programming and other issues impacting the industry.

Make Regulation the Exception Rather than the Rule

National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Kyle McSlarrow writes about the cable industry’s position on legislative and regulatory issues.

Strong Brand Is Key to Future

I'm Your Vehicle, Baby

Levi Maaia often writes about issues impacting small cable operators.

Bornstein's NFL Network Pitch

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Lindsay Gardner, director, global media development, MediaTech Capital Partners

Diversity Delivers For Customers

Insight Communications president Michael Willner writes about issues impacting cable operators.

‘Atlantis’ Hits the Mark

Multichannel News editor Kent Gibbons covers issues impacting pay TV providers, programmers and technology suppliers in his regular column.

Brian Besieged

Oprah Spreads Her Wings On Cable

Tom Umstead focuses on TV programming in his column.

I'll Buy That For $1,200

Jinxed Jerseys

A New Era for Political Ads

Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau president Sean Cunningham writes about cable advertising strategies.

The Right Messages

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Kiss the Beijing Olympics Goodbye

When the 2008 Summer Olympic Games start this August in that wonderfully polluted Chinese capitol of Beijing, you can bet NBC will cover it in all its glory from the opening ceremonies to the close.

I’m sure it will be breathtaking and memorable, especially if the US dominates the medal count and no one flunks the drug tests.

With NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen and the Weather Channel carrying the Games (only kidding about Weather Channel, I think – the bids for the Landmark Communications property have not been revealed yet), there will be enough TV platforms covering the Games to give even the sorry sport of boxing a shot – even if it may be at 3 a.m.

With all the hoopla and money to be made pimping, I mean exploiting, I mean shilling, I mean broadcasting the Games, I for one hope to avoid as much of the Olympics as possible.

I don’t know, maybe, it has a tad to do with how the Chinese government dictates to its people how to live – or not. Remember, China is a one baby per family utopia.

The little issue of Tibetan independence and the Chinese government’s crackdown on its people leaves me feeling uncomfortable to say the least. I know the American Revolution does not compare with Tibet’s attempt at self-governing, but will it take a monk or three igniting themselves to bring attention to what the Chinese government is doing?

I know, in the eyes of the Chinese government, the Dali Lama is akin to Osama Bin Laden, and yet, even President Bush has met the Dali Lama, but he needs to go much further.

He needs to avoid attending the Beijing Games just like he did the Hurricane Katrina games. Just give it time and the whole ugly mess will be forgotten – or at least he’ll be out of office.

I know my job is to watch at least some of the Summer Games and maybe interview a writer or two, but it’s hard to watch an event like the Beijing Olympics when you need the roar of the crowd to drown out a cry for help from its people.

U-S-A! ... U-S-A! ... U-S-A! ... just might do the trick especially if the Chinese government can fool, I mean hire, I mean use Stevie Wonder to lead the cheers.

Lighten Up Viacom! (Enough with The Annoying Screen Crawl)

May McNamara focuses on TV programming in her column, which is updated at least three times weekly.