Alpha Moms Get VOD Offering
by Isabel
By R. Thomas Umstead In this story: ‘SPOTTY’ UNTIL NOW VORTEX FROM CORUS Comcast Corp. is reaching out to parents and kids through two new on-demand services. Parents can tap into three hours a month of informational programming on raising children through a new free VOD service dubbed "Alpha Mom TV," Comcast officials said. The [...]
Alpha Mom network serious about baby talk
by Isabel
By Darla Atlas There are no movies of the week on the Alpha Mom channel. The network, which launched on Comcast’s digital On Demand service in May, has little in common with the female-friendly fare on Lifetime or WE: Women’s Entertainment. While those channels are largely about diversion, Alpha Mom is focused on the day-to-day [...]
Savvy Mommy Radio: Interview with Alpha Mom TV Founders
by Isabel
Show synopsis (air date: July 1, 2005): This week’s Cool Mom Inventions segment featured Isabel Kallman and Vicky Germaise, co-founders of Alpha Mom TV the first 24/7 parenting channel available on-demand. Other Guests: Dr. Cathleen London informed us about ways good nutrition can be fun for the whole family. Child Psychoanalyst Michelle Ascher Dunn spoke [...]
Are Independents’ Days Over?
by Isabel
By: Shirley Brady The message on the Ice Channel’s website says it all. “As we begin the new year, financing prospects for the channel now appear to be bleak,” reads the Jan. 3 message from the start up network’s president and CEO, Michael Rosenberg. His plans to launch the skating oriented service Ice Channel are [...]
On-Demand Channels: A Niche Frontier
by Isabel
By: Nat Ives “… Last week, for example, Comcast Cable’s 8.5 million digital subscribers started receiving a free on-demand parenting network called Alpha Mom TV. That channel is seeking its first advertisers.”
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