Issue 17

Committed to the First Amendment

So does Northpoint, as MDS America tries to get in on the action

Commission asks for public comment on how D.C. court's scrapping of cable cap affects decision to require asset spin-off

FCC nominee Kathleen Abernathy has spent over a decade as a regulator, lawyer and lobbyist

New MTV show is also distributed by satellite, Internet

Successful network debut spurs plans for syndication spot

Viacom in the saddle and ready to whip UPN programming into shape

Public access denied in closed-circuit airing of execution

VH1 streams an album to buyers before its release

Time Warner Cable creates newsroom for the future

Pares subscriber-growth projection for this year

The cable Internet service is running out of cash

Raydyne ComStream rescues Tiernan Communications

Mandler builds programming that expands the TV experience