11.   It offers channels of distribution and a reputation for quality in its properties that are second to none.

12.   Netscape already offers secured channels to browsers, and customers routinely get on-screen messages warning them if their messages are not secured.

13.   Nevertheless, digital television offers fewer channels than either satellite or cable television.

14.   Similarly, Prime Star, which is owned by four major cable companies, has no plans to offer local channels.

15.   Some radio and TV channels may be offered free.

16.   That is why EchoStar does not talk so much about offering local channels to existing customers but is promoting the new local services to attract new customers.

17.   The audience decides which of the dozens of channels to watch, but the cable providers decide which channels to offer them.

18.   The channel will be offered as a full-time service for cable and direct-broadcast satellite distributors, the paper said.

19.   They said other channels would be offered the same deal, and that some channels might soon follow CNNFN.

20.   Though other portals offer shopping channels that prominently feature certain retailers, Yahoo instead offers categories of goods, like outdoor apparel or music.