Broadcasting & Cable - November 25, 2001

Except for one missing elementa long stint in drug rehabVH1 could qualify for its own episode of Behind the Music. First, the network struggles for years seeking recognition, putting out a couple of popular shows but never getting much of a fan base. Then, it scores a breakout hit (Behind the Music itself), and ratings soar.

• Business
• Changing Hands
• Changing Hands

• Cover
• Staying the course

• Editorials
• Editorials

• People
• Fates and Fortunes
• Fates & Fortunes
• Fifth Estater
• News-technology guru

• Programming
• Station Break
• Station Break
• Syndication Watch
• Using the incubator strategy

• Special Report
• Can TNN keep popping?
• Kaching! QVC
• Top 25 TV Networks
• Staying the course

• Technology
• Set-tops get into the action
• Add users, not bandwidth
• Technically Speaking
• Coping with limits

• Top of the Week
• Scatter makes a comeback
• Absolutely positively Bill McGorry
• A Cloud Over Clear Channel
• Aaron Brown's prime presence
• ABC airing angers airline pilots
• Nielsen's Dimling to retire
• The Week That Was
• B and C Eye
• B & C Eye

• Voices
• Airtime
• The Peabody cachet

• Washington
• The unending must-carry war
• Staying noncommercial
• Merger modeling