21.   It is affiliated with five other regional sports channels.

22.   Its format includes intense coverage of regional sports, such as Stars and Mavericks games, with prime-time sports news programs and pregame and postgame shows.

23.   Liberty holds interests in an array of cable channels, including the Discovery Channel, TNT, Turner Classic Movies and a series of regional sports networks.

24.   Liberty Sports, which runs numerous regional sports channels, has the resources to create an outlet that could compete for team rights.

25.   Liberty also has a number of regional sports cable services that could provide some programming for the service.

26.   Murdoch wanted the Dodgers in part to provide his regional sports network in California with a marquee attraction.

27.   No other collegiate team or individual has been able to carve out any share of the regional sports pie.

28.   Quadrangle executives are well-versed in the value of regional sports networks.

29.   Rep. Kim Brimer, R-Arlington, said legislators are unlikely to approve statewide help for a regional sports event.

30.   Regional sports networks acquire rights to carry games of local teams and integrates those games with national programming.