BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : OCTOBER 23, 2000 ISSUE
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

Access Denied?


Critics worry that large cable companies may favor their own content

CABLE       NUMBER OF
COMPANY    SUBSCRIBERS*    SELECTED PROGRAMMING HOLDINGS

AT&T          16.3         Home Shopping Network, priceline.com,
                           MTVi**

TIME WARNER   13.0         Warner Bros., CNN, Cartoon Network

CHARTER       6.2          Home Shopping Network, priceline.com,
                           drugstore.com**

COX           5.7          Atlanta Constitution, 16 smaller daily
                           newspapers

COMCAST       5.6          QVC, E! Television, Philadelphia 76ers


* Millions
** Owned through related companies, some holdings minority interests

SOURCE: NATIONAL CABLE TELEVISION ASSN., COMPANY REPORTS


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