CABLE AND INTERNET NEWS

BALENZI (2006) THE WEEK/ 2/17/14

MTV is making mush out of kids in Rwanda. The network now arrives in Africa and pre-teens and teens watch it all the time. Unfortunately, they know nothing else. Thus Pais Hilton who does not really do anything for anybody about any issue takes precedence over a civil war in a neighboring country, they know more about Paris Hilton's dog and how many bullets FIFTY CENTS took in his massive frame.

_______(2006) BUSINESS WEEK/ 2/ 11/ 56-57.

If you really want to know about a corporation, don't go to their web site or to a broker page. Go to the BLOGS. GOOGLE knows has a collection of BLOGS and they have a search engine with it. This is also true of DAYPOP.com/  Both sites will show you numerous BLOGS. Please remember, the blogs may be very prejudiced or biased. You may be hearing from an outsider who has a special non-objective grudge.

_____(2006) THE WEEK. 2/24/ 38.

It appears that cable channels will unbundled according to this source. Perhaps, you have 100 channels. Do you want them? So, surveys show that most want 10 to 15 channels. The Left wants this so that prices can  be cut for poor folk. The Right wants it to block out trash television. Neither may be happy. Rates may not go down and some trash tv may turn to sponsors so that they can still be televised like the commercial channels. For those who like movies and sports and aren't crazy about westerns and all the rest, it will be great.