| Title: |
Ralph Roberts
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Cable Center. Barco Library. Special Collections
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| Collection: |
Cable Center Oral History Collection
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| Description: |
Tension had reached an all-time high in the executive conference room of Comcast Corp., where principals were wrestling with the idea of bidding for QVC. The cable shopping channel's proposed merger with CBS was the talk of Wall Street, where investors relished the idea of combining QVC chairman Barry Diller's renowned programming skills with the foundering CBS empire.
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| URL: |
http://www.cablecenter.org/education/library/oralHistoryDetails.cfm?id=163
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 2000 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Roberts, Ralph, 1920(?)-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1920
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| Speaker occupation: |
Broadcasting executive; Business executive; Military personnel
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| Age at speaking: |
80
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| Document location: |
Philadelphia, PA
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| Document date: |
27-Jul-2000
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| Interviewer: |
Southwick, Tom
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Broadcasting; Cable television--United States; North America; Oral history; Telecommunication cables; United States
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0033777-37065
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