Broadcasting & Cable - May 5, 2002

Jim Robbins has closely studied ATmp;T Broadband's operation, spending four ultimately futile months angling for a way to beat out Comcast Corp.'s hostile pursuit of the MSO. Losing the fight was a big disappointment to the Cox Communications chairman. ATmp;T Broadband has the largest, perhaps the best collection of urban and suburban clusters in the business, dominating such markets as San...

• Business
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• HDTV, after all

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• Fifth Estater
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• The cable programmer
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• Station Break
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• MSOs: Playing hard to get

• Technology
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• Top Stories
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• B and C Eye
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• Top of the Week
• Doing the ABC reshuffle
• EchoStar's chances: slimmer
• The week that was

• Voices
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• Another DTV threat

• Washington
• From the concession stand
• Telco-dereg bill hits the Senate
• IN BRIEF
• IN BRIEF