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MSO NEWS & NOTES: CNN/SI IS FEELING MINNESOTA
Published January 7, 1998
CNN/SI will become part of an expanded basic package on
Paragon Cable in Minneapolis, adding 87,000 homes
(Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 12/30)....Classic Sports Network
will soon be available as part of MediaOne's expanded basic
cable package in all of the MSO's nearly one million homes
in MA and NH (Classic Sports Network)....SportsChannel OH
announced a deal with TCI Cable in Warren, OH, where the RSN
will be converted to basic cable, making it available to
about 45,000 more homes (SportsChannel Ohio)....TCI
Brookhaven, NY, repositioned SportsChannel NY from a premium
service to expanded basic, joining two other affils in the
NY area that moved MSG Network and SportsChannel NY in
recent months. In total, over 540,000 subscribers will now
see both networks on basic cable (SCNY).




