11.   Analysts said the partners would probably build on this pay-television installed base of Premiere to launch into next-generation digital television.

12.   And that means that only people who had bought digital televisions, or converter boxes, would be able to watch.

13.   And the advent of digital television demands greater capabilities that old-style televisions cannot easily provide.

14.   And only a relative few are purchasing the new, still pricey digital television sets and electronic decoder boxes that are capable of receiving it.

15.   And since computers control digital television, the new sets hold endless possibilities.

16.   And the same Dolby Digital receiver that plays DVDs will also decode Dolby Digital broadcasts received on satellite dishes and on the new digital televisions.

17.   And the expansion of digital television has led to fierce bidding wars for pay-per-view broadcasting rights from American studios.

18.   And with the arrival of digital television, as FCC Chairman Reed Hundt says, the change will be so extreme, many people have not grasped it.

19.   And thousands of consumers would find that their digital television receivers no longer worked.

20.   Another favorite is Murata Manufacturing of Japan, which makes components for telecommunications equipment, digital television and hand-held wireless devices.