Show Cable TV Representatives Speak At Career Connections I. I s Y Joe Bonica Borneo by Rob Kjar Managing Editor Cable television Joe Bonica and Mindy Jeffries visited Career Connections Oct 25 in the Copper Room to discuss the cable industry and the impact it has on consumers Joe Bonica Controller for Telecommunications Incorporated Incorporated- began by giving a brief history of cable TV From a man in a secluded part of Wyoming in 1955 cable has as grown to a highly sophisticated industry with subscribers in the 50 millions Speaking of the future of the ever-changing ever cable market Bonica said We dont don't know what the future technology will bring but well we'll be in the middle of I Al it t it Getting into the middle of the market was the topic of discussion as Bonica turned the podium over to Mindy Jeffries in charge of marketing Addressing questions put to her by students in the session Jeffries explained that the public has many misconceptions about what cable TV has to offer A basic up set which delivers about 30 20 channels channel in Utah costs th the consumer an average of 10 and covers everything from MTV to the Nickelodeon channel These stations contain no R rated movies an idea that Jeffries stressed while explaining ining that such movies are available as an option HBO and Channel One for example are offered to cable subscribers as an option Th These e can be added to the basic system at the time of installation at a cost of about 10 According to Jeffries about 82 percent of all basic subscribers also ask for one of the optional stations In response to questions about the censorship of certain R Ru and hard R movies she indicated that it is difficult to put off the Liberal Eastern who want harder R movies while people in Utah have been restrictive 01 ot such programs When we buy programming it is for the whole world not just for Utah said Jeffries She said that for those people who find certain basic programs offensive a special trapping device can block out the signal before it reaches the home t. t tv v. v Beginning around the first of the year Telecommunications Inc will be blitzing the Utah market with a 2 1 million tv campaign designed to target the conservative market The Vision of Utah ads will begin with statements like I didn't know that I could get Cable TV without R rated movies For the future cable will push towards electronic newspaper on tv similar toa to toa toa a teletype video machine helpers and other methods to utilize the ready cable ups hook-ups on VCRs |