--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Evening Bridge - December 15, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY -- Time Warner Cable, the second largest U.S. cable company announced the first "family-friendly" package of television channels to be rolled out in the first quarter of next year. Designed to ease pressure from lawmakers, regulators and parental groups upset over provocative television content, the offering will provide subs a 15- channel package of cartoons, news and educational shows.
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Networks announed a distribution agreement with Movielink that will make here! content available on the video-on-demand service. --------------------------------------------------------------------- BRIDGE Bonus --------------------------------------------------------------------- >From this week's BRIDGE on interactive TV: "Today PlayJam and other gaming programmers are moving heavily into a category known as Skill with Prizes wherein players are rewarded with case and other prizes in exchange for completing various skill-based tasks. Said U.K. PlayJam Managing Director Mickey Kalifa in an interview with itvt.com, 'We think this (skill with prizes) has the potential to be a very hot area, and particularly in the U.S.'" For more on The BRIDGE and to subscribe, visit: http://www.mbc-thebridge.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- PrimeTime Players --------------------------------------------------------------------- Close Pts. + % Chg 52-Week T 24.85 - 0.02 - 0.08 % 21.79 - 26.17 BLS 27.65 0.02 0.07 % 24.32 - 28.85 CVC 24.29 0.25 1.04 % 21.69 - 33.90 CHTR 1.29 0.03 2.38 % 0.88 - 2.36 CSCO 17.76 0.07 0.40 % 16.83 - 20.25 CMCSA 26.89 0.28 1.05 % 26.05 - 34.50 CSGS 23.47 - 0.09 - 0.38 % 15.74 - 24.76 DTV 13.63 0.05 0.37 % 13.17 - 17.01 DISCA 15.55 - 0.45 - 2.81 % 13.51 - 16.30 DISH 26.41 0.22 0.84 % 24.44 - 33.98 GMSTE 2.84 - 0.03 - 1.05 % 2.24 - 6.14 GE 36.00 0.23 0.64 % 32.67 - 37.51 ICCI 11.73 0.01 0.09 % 8.31 - 12.15 IACI 27.46 - 0.01 - 0.04 % 23.49 - 57.82 L 7.73 - 0.08 - 1.02 % 7.59 - 11.07 LBTYA 22.51 - 0.09 - 0.40 % 21.84 - 52.32 MCCC 5.32 - 0.09 - 1.66 % 4.75 - 7.59 MSFT 26.92 - 0.17 - 0.63 % 23.82 - 28.25 MOT 22.82 0.10 0.44 % 14.48 - 24.99 MBND 1.27 0.07 5.83 % 0.95 - 1.75 NNDS 39.78 - 0.08 - 0.20 % 29.27 - 41.70 NWS 16.76 - 0.09 - 0.53 % 14.76 - 19.41 NXTLM.PK 540.00 0.00 0.00 % 5.00 - 617.24 OPTV 2.41 - 0.07 - 2.82 % 2.07 - 4.02 OUTD 14.91 - 0.09 - 0.60 % 12.57 - 17.49 PAX 0.99 0.02 2.06 % 0.37 - 2.15 Q 5.82 0.12 2.11 % 3.30 - 5.84 SFA 43.75 0.27 0.62 % 26.73 - 43.90 SIRI 7.17 0.17 2.43 % 4.42 - 8.48 STM 18.35 - 0.17 - 0.92 % 13.96 - 19.85 TWX 17.84 - 0.05 - 0.28 % 16.10 - 19.90 TIVO 5.30 - 0.07 - 1.30 % 3.45 - 7.75 VZ 30.61 0.07 0.23 % 29.13 - 41.44 VIA 33.99 - 0.65 - 1.88 % 30.02 - 39.26 DIS 24.74 - 0.26 - 1.04 % 22.89 - 29.99 XMSR 30.95 0.95 3.17 % 26.16 - 40.89 ===================================================================== For all the industry critical news - see: The BRIDGE War Room - http://www.mbc-thebridge.com/research.cfm SkyREPORT - http://www.skyreport.com SkyRETAILER - http://www.skyretailer.com The BRIDGE - http://www.mbc-thebridge.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- -To modify your subscription to The Evening Bridge, visit http://www.mbc-thebridge.com/register.cfm We welcome your comments and suggestions. 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