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Ziff Davis Inc. launched its computer-oriented cable network, ZDTV, and companion Website www.zdtv.com, with live, original programming May 11 from studios in San Francisco. At launch, ZDTV claimed less than a million subscribers, including a carriage deal with Harron Communications.
ZDTV President Larry Wangberg is optimistic that the channel will "sign carriage agreements with operators reaching 25 million subscribers," and will be seen in "more than 6 million homes" by the end of second quarter 1998.
ZDTV announced a carriage agreement with TeleCommunications Inc. on an individual-system basis the day after its launch, and it has an agreement with TCI's...