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<br />ReA to halt <br />service on <br />pay channel <br /> <br />Ie/By Ralph Dunagin <br /> <br /> <br />J <br />.... <br />:~ <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />~ <br />ItUT...Oo1anoos.......... <br />F___~ <br /> <br />'YO . . . you just blew up that load <br />rordered'" - <br /> <br />,.~ce/By H. Ketcham <br /> <br /> <br />,~-- <br />i _.. <br />, , <br /> <br />, ' <br /> <br /> <br />. J show ya how to wear 'em <br /> <br />'. ly William Hoest <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Associated Press <br /> <br />New York, N,Y. <br />The Entertainment Channel, RCA's <br />Joint venture loto pay television, will <br />stop service March 31, a victim of <br />"adverse economic conditions:' Ar. <br />thur Taylor, Its president, said Tues. <br />day. <br /> <br />The 'demise of The Entertainment <br />Channel as a pay service follows by <br />three months the. collapse ot another <br />network-related cable operation, <br />CBS Cable. RCA is Ihe parent compa. <br />ny of NBC. <br /> <br />Taylor said The Entertainment <br />Channel will return in the spring as <br />an adverliser-supported. bAsic cable <br />service "with an American movie <br />component in its program mix:' No <br />date was given for resumed opera. <br />lions. <br /> <br />"The country's depressed economic <br />condition delayed the reconstruction <br />of cable systems to accommodate <br />additional pay channels and discour. <br />aged consumers from subscribing to <br />as many pay.TV services as they <br />might otherwise;' Taylor sail\. <br /> <br />The advertlser-supported CBS Cable <br />service, which concentrated on th.e <br />arts and culture. ceased operations <br />at the end of 1982 after loSing a <br />reported $30 million to $35 million. <br />CBS. Inc., this month reported Josses <br />from discontinued operations in tbe <br />last year of $37.5 million. <br /> <br />Sources In the cable TV industry <br />indicated The Entertainmeot Chan. <br />nel, run Jointly by Rockefeller Cen. <br />ter Cable, Inc., and RCA Cable, fnc., <br />will have lost at least that much. <br /> <br />I <br />i <br />} <br />i <br />I <br />1 <br /> <br />The. Entertainment Channel, <br />launcbed }une 4, was provided to <br />cabte- TV subscribers for an extra <br />fee, generatly $9 to $11 a month. <br />much in the manner of industry <br />giant Home Box Offic~_ <br /> <br />The Entertainment Channel offered <br />subscribers a schedule of shows ac- <br />quired from the British Broadcastlog <br />Corp. as wetl as TV adaptations of <br />Stage plays and some original pre>- <br />gramming. .. <br /> <br />The service was dislributed by 84 <br />cable systems serving 2.5 million <br />homes, though the actual number of <br />subscribers was believed to be far <br />below that totaL <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />,,~.\:, <br />~\4_ <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />Special <br /> <br />Offer! <br /> <br />Buy any membership <br />tonight and get another <br />for just one penny more! <br />"Being an actress and model is hard work. <br />So J eat right and shaoe up with a regular <br />.exercise program., .lhe Grecian Health Spa <br />Way At GreCIan, it s easy to be some body, <br />to look and feel your best Come on In' Start <br />now, and get another complete membership <br />for you or a friend for just a penny more <br />You'lIlove the Spa And you II love the prlcet., <br />AEROBIC DANCE' TURKISH STEAMS <br />. HEATED SWIMMING POOL' SAUNAS' <br />WHIRLPOOLS . LATEST EXERCISE <br />EOUIPMENT'COMPLETE FITNESS <br />PROGRAMS FOR MEN & WOMEN <br /> <br />.Be Some Body at Grecian Health Spas:' <br /> <br />8'(IO~I,n Cenl. <br />e'OO~(la\c SI".Jp/J<"O C""lel' <br />:''I='OCo RCl 10 <br />561-0670 <br /> <br />735-6440 <br /> <br />Ed,... <br />S..ull\O..:..:;h....,,('M"')Cenlel' . <br />l'hllW/OI.,SI <br />920-6420 <br /> <br />A~i1" <br />l~;>';S~I"nq.\..enueN('.." <br /> <br />636-1424 <br /> <br />Qteciarr, He~ltQSRas <br /> <br /> <br />TllKB-OUT <br />The <br /> <br />-fSinal ~'" .~~..'.~ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Phoneoheodforevenfos'errerv!cel . . ' <br /> <br />. ~~n@ ~@;~. <br />. Dina-o.....-Take. ~ <br />~ereve'youGo... Vr'e'reonfhe ~ <br /> <br />S44OBrooklyn Park 561-8820 <br />6140 France Ave: ~.:.. 92S-29n <br /> <br />7801 Nicollet Ave. <br />925 45th Ave. N.&. <br /> <br />881-8606 <br />571.2540 <br />