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“We’re perfectly positioned to repurpose video,” said Paulus, noting the newautomated subsidiary channels and websites cost little or nothing to start, so they arehighly profitable.Knopf said he was repurposing News 12 coverage to create five new local newschannels to serve cable subscribers who have new digital set-top boxes. In addition tothe basic News 12 New Jersey channel, the digital service includes an all-weatherchannel, a channel devoted to nothing but breaking news, a channel for long-forminvestigative and health features, an on-demand channel serving a looped video tour ofNew Jersey, and an on-demand channel with clips from the News 12 archive.That also positions the local news channels to market their video news services tocustomers with broadband Internet service, a growing market. And as othertechnologies gain favor, from news on video cell phones to neighborhood-level andeven apartment-house newscasts, the 24-hour local news channels will be there to helpserve the market and extend their local news franchises.Sources (partial list but includes all who are quoted)Robert Aglow Executive Producer, News, MSNBC, One Microsoft Way Redmond,Washington 98052, interviewed in Los Angeles, March 6, 2003.Walter R. Bender, Executive Director and Senior Research Scientist, M.I.T. MediaLaboratory, interviewed at his office, 20 Ames Street, Room E15-208, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, on February 24,2003.Christy Carpenter, member of the board, Community Television of SouthernCalifornia (KCET-TV), 4401 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90027,interviewed in Los Angeles, January 23, 2003.Susan Clampitt, General Manager and Executive Director, WAMU Radio, interviewedat her office in the American University Brandywine Building, Washington, D.C.20016-8082, on January 29, 2003Barbara Cochran, President, Radio Television News Directors Association, interviewedat her office, 1600 K Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20006-2838, March21, 2003.Steven Cohen, Diverse Talent Group, interviewed at his office, 1875 Century ParkEast, Suite 2250, Los Angeles, California 90067Stephanie A. Crockett, News Producer, Black Entertainment Television, 2000 M StreetNW, Suite 602 Washington, D.C. 20036, interviewed at the University of Florida,Gainesville, Florida, on February 7, 2003.66Feedback April 2003 (Vol. 44, No. 2)