So they now have a disincentive to resolve the case, because they are making a fortune out of the back end. If you do I've got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn, right down the block, Greta. Any Show, Any Time Oracle founder and CEO Larry Ellison said Tuesday that his company is developing a system that will allow cable subscribers to watch virtually any program they want when they want. The system also offers e-mail and other Internet features. The program relies on footage taken by a social worker who wore a tiny camera on his eyeglasses at a Charter facility in Charlotte.
Charter alleges that the broadcast breaches patient confidentiality.
CBS, however, argues that the faces and voices of any patients caught on camera have been distorted so that they cannot be recognized. For the second time this season, CBS' venerable magazine show 60 Minutes topped the weekly Nielsens. The network also won the week in total homes. But there was good news for NBC and Fox as well. Seven of the top ten shows on the Nielsen list were NBC offerings.