Showtime embraced "Masters of Sex" as "an only-in-pay-cable idea," said David Nevins, the network's president for entertainment, and not because it bore a superficial resemblance to a certain esteemed cable drama also set in America's tumultuous mid-20th century.
Although MTV2 cameras documented Berke's entire run for office, his campaign did not gain much traction locally until Virgin Group CEO, Richard Branson endorsed his cable car idea.
But perhaps because this is basic cable, the ideas aren't pushed far enough to get more than a chuckle.
"We've said no to dozens of cable programming ideas that we didn't think had a chance of getting off the ground," Rattner said.
With the money made from the cartridges Colt turned back to Morse and his cable for ideas other than detonating mines.
And in a world where people talk to people, machines talk to buildings, homes talk to owners, bus-stops chat to commuters, cameras speak to police stations, clouds speak to cables and ideas speak to reality through 3D printing – the opportunities for businesses and brands to inveigle themselves into consumers' consciousness are endless.
Brian Barder London Good to hear that Vince Cable contemplates the idea of a state bank (Cable reveals £1bn backing for bank to fund small firms, 24 September).
Lord Oakeshott, who is close to Cable, described the idea as superficially attractive, but unworkable.
MANY years ago, when they first started talking about 500 channels of cable television, the idea seemed to be about bringing the wonders of the world into every living room -- news from Argentina!
"But I do think we're going to be really able to get a good chunk of the young male audience, the way they do on 'Adult Swim.' " Longer term, he said, the initiative was not specifically meant to create something like a digital cable channel – an idea that has been kicked around at the highest levels of Fox's parent company, News Corporation.
Mr Cable said: "The idea of taxing jewellery is completely impractical and intrusive".
