• Hollywood Reporter, Tuesday, December 13, 2005 11:18 AM

Without citing any reasons, Comcast has scaled back plans for AZN Television, its English-language channel aimed at Asian-Americans.  Thirty jobs have been quietly eliminated in the AZN unit.  Among those to go: AZN's managing director, Steve Smith. In addition to cutting staff, Comcast has decided to kill plans for original programming on the channel, according to a report in The Hollywood Reporter. Unnamed sources at Comcast said the company is cutting back on AZN's budget because a number of corporate back-office functions are being combined.

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