MEDIA NOTES

     The FCC is expected to release its plans "spelling out just
how the phone companies can offer video programs" over their own
network.  The seven baby bells have been "lobbying hard" to get
the right to send video over their phone lines ("Bloomberg
Business News," PBS, 10/20)....TCI is expected to announce an
alliance today with Acclaim Entertainment.  Analysts expect TCI
and Acclaim to announce a service where game players will be able
to play against each other through a nationwide network
("Bloomberg Business News," 10/20)....  American Radio Systems
cited the NHL lockout in suspending the pay of longtime Bruins
radio announcer Bob Wilson (Kevin Paul Dupont, BOSTON GLOBE,
10/20).