TIME WARNER OFFERING REFUNDS.Byline: Valerie Kuklenski Staff Writer Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. subscribers will get a free month of a company-owned premium channel and credit for two days' worth of basic service because of this week's 36 1/2-hour ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. blackout, officials announced Friday. And KABC KABC Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (Channel 7) said it has given away thousands of vouchers for free satellite television systems - an anti-cable retaliation strategy that it will continue through the weekend, further escalating the battle of the entertainment titans. Eric Brown Eric Brown is the name of several people:
San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. , Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, and San Gabriel valleys. The refund, which varies slightly among areas of service and even between neighbors (an apartment complex may have a group rate and therefore a lower refund for each tenant than the house next door), will be posted automatically on customers' bills. Similar offers were made to customers in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Houston and other affected markets. Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, customers will also receive one free month of HBO Family HBO Family is an American premium cable television network from sister station HBO. It was launched in 1996 as a family friendly version of HBO. Programming Schedule , a premium channel showing G-rated movies, Brown said. Customers will be advised by ads and mailers of the start date and other details about HBO Family, valued at about $10 a month. It comes as no surprise that Time Warner chose a direct competitor of The Disney Channel, one of the services at the heart of the adversarial contract talks between The Walt Disney Co. and Time Warner that led to Monday's ABC blackout. Officials at KABC Channel 7 reported brisk demand for its rebates for purchase and installation of DirecTV satellite dishes. Station spokesman Bill Burton said the company gave away all 1,000 of its $198 rebates for DirecTV within 25 minutes of the launch Wednesday. ``(Thursday) we upped it to 2,000 and that sold out in about two hours, and today we're just about to sell out,'' Burton said midday Friday. KABC will continue offering 2,000 rebate certificates per day at least through Monday and will consider extending the plan if demand warrants it. The two media giants had been negotiating for several months over the fees Time Warner Cable must pay Disney - parent company of ABC, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , The Disney Channel and other TV networks - for the right to carry its cable channels. Their latest extension expired April 30 at midnight, and while Disney wanted to keep ABC running until the end of the current ratings sweeps, Time Warner pulled the ABC signal for 3.5 million households nationwide. Some 350,000 in the Los Angeles area were affected. Time Warner reinstated the signal Tuesday afternoon under a temporary extension that lasts until July 15. Executives from both sides have been comparing their schedules and may resume talks as soon as next week. The blackout threw a spotlight on the acrimonious negotiations, which started late last year. Time Warner contends that Disney is trying to overcharge the cable company for its channels, which would drive up customer rates. Disney has accused Time Warner of acting like a monopoly and throwing its weight around in anticipation of its merger with America Online, which will make it the world's largest entertainment corporation. But Brown of Time Warner said the apparent success of the satellite rebate program indicates otherwise. ``I think it sort of refutes some of the statements about us being a monopoly,'' he said. ``People do have choices as to where they get their nonbroadcast channels.'' |
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