31.   At the same time more programming becomes available, consumer sales of digital televisions are picking up.

32.   ATLANTA -- Turner Broadcasting System Inc. expanded and reorganized its important sales unit to prepare for the explosion of new competing channels digital television will bring.

33.   At the end of the transition, digital-converter boxes will probably be put on the market for people who do not want to buy digital television sets.

34.   Based in Atlanta, the company also provides wireless telephone service, Internet access and wireless digital television service.

35.   Because of this, PBS stations could be a digital television laboratory, sharing insights with other public and commercial stations.

36.   BellSouth would like to use digital television as part of a package including phone service and Net access.

37.   BellSouth, for example, has an alliance with Disney to provide digital television in some markets, and another deal with MyWay.com for some localized Internet content.

38.   BellSouth also announced plans to deliver digital television via satellite throughout the Southeast.

39.   BellSouth bought the licenses for multichannel, multipoint distribution service with the idea of providing entertainment, including digital television.

40.   Bertelsmann and Audiofina, through their joint venture known as CLT-Ufa, plan to launch digital television in Germany in the fall.