01-25-1988 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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.,..Ai nail Kl news - Uecrmaer 28, 1987 Law -QonBnusd Nest year Cmagrem probably wal aleu be looking into then4n- Position of ayrdicated eadwivity and the compulsory license sun. set —two I— that the FCC received comments. an but has no: yet issued rum] rulings. The par year sin marked etgpedrrp rhetorle nBin g cable an`poid plrtdmorgpoly^ban the Motion Pkoae Aarrdatiord Amer". whirhrepeatedly woo- ed' broadcast and municipal org.Z.a. to help in it fight against the National Coble Television Association. Several meeting, held during the year between MPAA presi. dent lack Valmvi and NCFA president Jam" Moomy in an effort m reach • eompmmue un the rerromuring d copyright W euji tsandmnpukaylire wars unwto"a1W. ()the, imues Mton to be debated by policymskesain 19M include utilityaanpany entry inm the cable b ......., theova- build phenomenon and who-' then the Cable Am minds m be emended. Q I Highlights 1987 s Turner Bra .adcaeting System Inc. began talk. with multiple systems oper.mn about equity infusion lab TBS in January. The Federal -1hade Conarrusission cleared the way in May for the closing of the s.k of 37 perc en t d the company to Tele-Communteatiov. United Artist Canmuaicatiooe Inc., United Cable Television Corp.. Home Box fWtm Inc., American Television d can- muaicatioos Corp., Warner Cable Communications Corp. and ContineoW Cabkvuine; 22 MSO.are Dow involved. In adult tion. TBS began mged.tiom. with National Broadcasting Co. in November. Various scenarios dia-coed by rum,, included a deal whereby NBC would buy 25 pereant of TBS fa g/80 million. Nodeal h.d bean signed by prim time. a TBS chairmen 'fed Turner Proposed launching avow tnt- work-7hmer Network Tele- vislon—in February. He penvid- ed initial detilsof the network in a .perch during the Atlantic Show in Omobey saying the rem would be sold to franchised operators only. Programming might include events such as the F.mmy Awards and the 1992 Olympic Oren". W. 76rneand el the time. By November, the TBS board had liken nun vaeon the go-ahead for the oew network. s TCI motimued its buying span in February by offering 111135 mBlinn for Heritage Com- municat om Inc. Under the plan. Heritage management would remain in file, and the95g,(Ipa sahwxiber MSO would sty bev- M m Dee Moines, IA, ToW met would be about 111.5 billion. when about g700 million of debt war sa,l:med. Heritage... loot of the deal, was mepmoff is bnadcart prupenies to other members of roanytemeni. e Piston Intrmstiooal board approved a management' led leverWd buyout offe in January. but National Amuse. menu Inc. made. counted e, the fur week in February. A elicit .1 committee of Vi cm. board accepted . A3.4 billion dfe Imo Nations] Amur is the for weak in March. and was completed Jere 9. Frank Biondi war named pr"ident and chief tiectaiI. effher of Viacom July 24. Me, Biagi. Inanely chairman and TCI-board members shot CEOofCoce-Col. Tekvisiem,in voted to purchene Tempo Enter- lure hied Tony Gxae president pores Inc. in early November for of Shawtime/77re Movie Chan- f46 million. TO president John reel Inc. Mr. Co. war most Malone mid thefutumol Tempo reeendyaTime Inc. eaecutivr, Televleion, unlike that of other god both beard Mr. Biondi were Tempo holdings, u". big unom- with Home Boa OBire at one tnnty."and noted be was inviting time. cuemmen, programmers and . System sal" abounded this operators m come up with year. Some d the deals included "mperioridem"forthenetwhirh Cauke Gblevision's pmcharof curnentlyvv"same12.5tndben McGw Gblevision and First Teosubrp. Tel Ssion a that Carolina Corp.. Continental Tempo Television would be Gbkvision.pumlmaeofAmer- tmtdarmi into Turin Network {m Cableeptema, Gblevision Television cirmdrted throughout the indoury at the time of the Symms' purchase of Adams- anrroucadmerger. RuseallsndSmttGble'.buyrut s Thebslt!efortle righumtbe of Simmons Communiratiau. National FastW league games UACI tried m buy United Cable got under way in January with last fall, but the deal fell through Horne Box Ofr" myingitwould a week after being macunad. have it poet position in the core- Story Cable Communications petition. Fox Broado.. an# Corp, went an the role block, cord Wks aim mid it would"go all out" to were ongoing at press time. gain rights to the football games. Harte-Hanks Communications In addition, a group of MSO, Inc. will likely get more than headed by Heritage'. James 82,000srublorthesevensyrems Cowrie, afro began negotiating that comprny is selling, broker for the games. In the end, the sourer• said in early D be. group of gam" win given m s Dennis Patrick was tapped to ESPN Inc. for $153 million in a repbuieFedreWCammuslarlons package .Bowing EPSN to wk. Canmimioo chairman Mark cast games over the nest three Fowl" April 17. Mr. Pauih', years. ESPN will carry gamesters nerve m FCC dab left so open the fuW eight Sunday nights of seat an the 5-mmnbm cammia- theregularameooseweBasfoar .ion, which was'w31 oaftikd in pnaes,o. games and the Pm pre" time The White House had Bowl game. Ratings for the nominated Bradley Holmes, gam" ahstterrd ntinga rends chid of the FCC. polio" sod with ESPN getting impruvad ntinga with virtually each g.me. rd" division of the Ms" Mel is In We Dee. 6 telecast. ESPN Bureau, but the appointmem pulled an estimated 14 r.tirrg/21 hadn't been realized. Commis, share in the net. uoiver"d 45.3 sioner Mimi D.w.oe leht the fur million hones. of December to tske over the Department of TFsespoeation, sleo leaving an open seat an the mmmission. teat lac weak. the White House ofrdsll oaai- nsted W�sington, CIC, attorney Susan Wing m rfB 'he .pea left open by Ma. D.wwn. n s In March, the Supreme Court let stand . g.15.8 million Federal Appeal. Curt decision that cable tekviske in Jeffrmn City. MO, its numd moaq.dv and that TCI rw.l.ud federal andtnn.t kv in its right Iw an esclusive Irearhue there.