101.   Digital television is coming.

102.   Digital television set manufacturers blame the shortage of programming for slow sales of the devices, which are in fewer than a million homes.

103.   Digital televisions are also expensive and have many bugs yet to be worked out.

104.   Each of the digital television channels will be able to carry as many as six simultaneous programs and the radio channels will carry six.

105.   Earlier this month, he announced a sweeping reorganization plan for Telecom to cut costs, to rethink a costly foray into digital television and to forge international alliances.

106.   Even backgrounder seminars for industry heavyweights have turned into cheerleading events for high-definition, plasma and other digital television formats.

107.   Equipment makers and broadcasters worked for eight years to develop a new standard for digital television broadcasting.

108.   FCC Chairman Michael Powell unveiled a voluntary plan earlier this month to speed the transition from analog to digital television.

109.   FCC commissioner Susan Ness beseeches broadcasters to show more wiles in pitching the digital television revolution to consumers.

110.   First among such services is digital television, which offers more channels, a sharper picture and greater viewer control.