51.   The boxes sit atop TV sets and convert digital signals from cable providers into images.

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

53.   The company also has agreements with cable providers Rogers Communications Inc., Shaw Communications Inc., Marcus Cable Co. and Intermedia Capital Partners IV LP.

54.   The cable provider lags behind companies reportedly bidding for its operations.

55.   The goal is to encourage competition among cable providers but also allow companies to be profitable and invest in new technologies and entry into the local telephone business.

56.   The idea was that the telephone companies as cable providers were common carriers.

57.   The lawsuit depicts the cable provider as inefficient, disorganized and malicious.

58.   The music piping through them may come from the Net, or satellite radio, or your cable provider.

59.   The only viewers who will be able to participate in interactive programs are those whose cable providers have signed up with Wink.

60.   The vast majority of employees at the Houston cable provider have contact with customers on the phone or in the field, said spokeswoman Jill Mack.