Cablers campaigning for votes

September 06, 2007 The nation's big cable companies are taking aim at one of broadcast television's last cash cows as they hope to turn their newfound ability to target small segments of voters into advertising dollars. Cable industry executives think they can help supplant broadcast television as the dominant political medium as politicians look for ways to reach smaller slices of the electorate. "Broadcast television is targeting by machete," Comcast executive vp David Cohen said.

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