11.   Some companies plan to sell the boxes to private owners, and others intend to lease them.

12.   The boxes are sold on the black market to cable television subscribers to pirate premium channels.

13.   The state could sell sky boxes.

14.   The transaction also gives NextLevel a partner with a strong presence in retail distribution -- boosting its ability to sell its boxes to consumers.

15.   Typically, it is not until the final two or three years of the cycle that the hardware makers start to make money from selling the boxes themselves.

16.   WebTV set-top boxes are sold by Sony and Philips.

17.   Livengood remembers selling boxes of Krispy Kreme doughnuts in high school.

18.   And Philips and Sony, among others, are planning to sell set-up boxes that convert televisions into Internet-ready devices.