71.   Four other people also have begun hunger strikes against another cable provider in Fall River and New Bedford, both of which have large Portuguese communities.

72.   Globopar is also said to be seeking big-name foreign partner for both Globo.com and for cable service provider Globocabo.

73.   Some cable providers already have announced rate raises for the year.

74.   The National Geographic Web site allows users to type in their ZIP code to determine if their cable provider carries the new channel.

75.   The new channel, Mediteve, will be available Friday in about half a million households through three cable providers, according to the commercial network.

76.   They were also having trouble securing deals with cable providers and other consumer-electronics companies.

77.   United Broadcasting Corporation became the lone cable provider when International Broadcasting Corporation and United Television Corporation merged two months ago.

78.   The venture was between Malaysian telecommunication services contractor, Mega Mark Enterprise, and Hungarian telecom cable technology provider Hungaro-Kabel Co. Ltd., Bernama news agency reported.