Herb Granath on the start of the Lifetime cable channel
04:57
Herb Granath on the growth of ESPN and the launch of ESPN 2
17:53
Herb Granath on the birth of The History Channel
03:59
Herb Granath on the birth and management of CBS cable
04:23
Herb Granath on the birth of ESPN
19:34
Herb Granath on the formation of Eurosport
07:29
Herb Granath on becoming Co-Chairman of the Hallmark Network
06:01
Herb Granath on the most important component of creating a new cable network
01:00
Pat Robertson on buying WTOV, a local television station in Portsmouth, Virginia, which was the beginning of CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network)
08:21
Pat Robertson on the difficulty he had in maintaining his television station, and getting CBN off the ground
04:15
Pat Robertson on the early programming for his first CBN station
01:59
Pat Robertson on dealing with the early equipment at his first television station
02:17
Pat Robertson on the sources for early CBN programming, and on the start of The 700 Club
02:01
Pat Robertson on the early benefactor of CBN, and on the decision not to accept advertising
02:38
Pat Robertson on boosting the power of his early television station to reach more viewers
04:52
Pat Robertson on bringing CBN to cable
07:18
Pat Robertson on the transition from CBN to The Family Channel
04:45
Reese Schonfeld on an early proposed cable news network before CNN
03:22
Reese Schonfeld on meeting Ted Turner, and on the creation of CNN
06:29
Reese Schonfeld on staffing CNN along with Ted Turner at its inception
06:19
Reese Schonfeld on organizing CNN in secret, at first
01:07
Reese Schonfeld on Ted Turner's original idea for CNN, and on how Schonfeld developed it from there
04:59
Reese Schonfeld on CNN's innovative operating structure: "bottom/up," rather than "top/down" as network news did at that time
02:04
Reese Schonfeld on CNN's schedule when it first went on the air
03:39
Reese Schonfeld on CNN's early revenue
04:54
Reese Schonfeld on Ted Turner choosing the name "CNN," and on creating the CNN logo
02:22
Reese Schonfeld on how CNN covered breaking news around the world in its early days
06:24
Reese Schonfeld on Rome being the location of CNN's first main European base
03:24
Reese Schonfeld on hiring Ed Turner to be executive vice president of CNN
02:37
Reese Schonfeld on hiring Ted Kavanau as CNN's senior producer
03:50
Reese Schonfeld on hiring Jim Kitchell as CNN's vice president of production and operations
02:39
Reese Schonfeld on Burt Reinhardt's role in the development of CNN
08:24
Reese Schonfeld on CNN being completely computerized when it went on the air
01:22
Reese Schonfeld on the early technology used by CNN, some of which gave it a leg up on network news
14:05
Reese Schonfeld on the "open newsroom" look of the early CNN broadcasts
04:43
Reese Schonfeld on CNN getting the FCC to change the rules on live broadcasts
03:26
Reese Schonfeld on the early CNN graphics
04:50
Reese Schonfeld on CNN launch day, June 1, 1980
00:55
Reese Schonfeld on Ted Turner raising the capital to launch CNN, and on their early operating budget
10:07
Reese Schonfeld on CNN CFO Bill Bevins being at odds with Ted Turner over CNN investors, and on the potential threat of an early CNN competitor
04:40
Reese Schonfeld on striking a deal with Steve Ross at Time Warner to use one of their transponders for CNN
02:09
Reese Schonfeld on the challenges CNN faced overing its first big story, the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom
04:52
Reese Schonfeld on Ted Turner being hands-on at CNN in the beginning regarding content
05:14
Reese Schonfeld on CNN's initial advertisers
02:13
Reese Schonfeld on CNN's initial advertisers when it first went on the air
05:08
Reese Schonfeld on finding on-air talent for the first few years of CNN, including Bernard Shaw
07:47
Reese Schonfeld on his and Ted Turner's attempt to hire Dan Rather to be the main anchor at the inception of CNN
03:34
Reese Schonfeld on hiring Bill Zimmerman, Sandy Freeman, Lou Dobbs and various others as on-air talent at the start of CNN
10:27
Reese Schonfeld on the rules for their initial CNN anchors, including Kathleen Sullivan
02:12
Reese Schonfeld on teaching then-new CNN employees about journalism with "CNN College"
06:56
Reese Schonfeld on the first stories CNN covered, including an interview with then president Jimmy Carter
03:15
Reese Schonfeld on the decision to make CNN a non-union shop
00:55
Reese Schonfeld on dealing with the FCC on satellite delivery of television
07:25
Reese Schonfeld on the creation of the Food Network
08:30
Reese Schonfeld on the creation of the Food Network
07:06
Reese Schonfeld on Emeril Lagasse's early Food Network shows
01:17
Reese Schonfeld on running Julia Child's old shows on the Food Network, and on trying to position the network for women
04:21
Reese Schonfeld on the early personalities of the Food Network
01:28
Reese Schonfeld on what made the Food Network a success
02:24
Reese Schonfeld on Scripps Howard taking over the Food Network
08:00
Chet Simmons on leaving NBC Sports, and on the creation of ESPN
07:19
Chet Simmonson leaving NBC Sports for the newly created ESPN
03:41
Chet Simmons on ESPN founders Bill and Scott Rasmussen, and the other people at the network when it started
08:54
Chet Simmons on ESPN's early scheduling process
06:26
Chet Simmons on ESPN's early primetime schedule
06:16
Chet Simmons on the amount of live coverage ESPN did in their early years, and on the number of viewers and cable system at its launch
04:44
Chet Simmons on the first moments on the air at ESPN, and on the look and sponsors of the network at the time
05:40
Chet Simmons on ESPN's schedule when they first went on the air, and the demographics of the network and early success
03:22
Chet Simmons on ESPN's early offices, equipment, technology, and location
08:55
Chet Simmons on the growth of ESPN during his tenure
04:28
Frank Stanton on CBS getting into television, and the CBS network coverage in the early days
03:44
Frank Stanton on the FCC issuing the original licenses to television stations around the country, and CBS' failed color system
05:57
Frank Stanton on where CBS stood in relation to NBC in the earliest days of television, and on eventually surpassing them with I Love Lucy
04:23
Frank Stanton on the creation of CBS News for television, and Edward R. Murrow's reluctance to do television
05:48
Frank Stanton on the design and construction of CBS Television City in Los Angeles
04:30
Frank Stanton on the design and construction of CBS Black Rock in New York City
05:51
Frank Stanton on the design and construction of CBS Black Rock
02:07
Frank Stanton on the design and creation of the CBS eye logo
04:17
Frank Stanton on what he feels is the lack of adequate maintenance of CBS Black Rock
07:22
Frank Stanton on what CBS Black Rock meant to CBS
03:12
Frank Stanton on the creation of CBS News
04:42
Frank Stanton on CBS News' initial roster of correspondents
05:22
Ted Turner on the birth of CNN
05:20
Ted Turner on the premiere and early budget for CNN
01:53
Ted Turner on the budgetary constraints on forming CNN
01:46
Ted Turner on network resistance to CNN; on his concept for and naming CNN
03:47
Ted Turner on creating CNN II (Headline News)
05:45
Ted Turner on launching TNT
01:40
Ted Turner on purchasing Hanna-Barbera's library and creating the Cartoon Network
01:59
Ted Turner on creating TCM, Turner Classic Movies
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