1.   -- Australian pay-TV cable network Foxtel, a joint venture with Telstra Corp., the state-run telephone company.

2.   Comedy Central still fights the perception that it has evolved from a tiny cable network to ... well, a tiny cable network.

3.   Fashion shows fill the need for inexpensive programming, he said, and that is one reason that cable networks like E!

4.   For example, it owns Group W Satellite Communications, which distributes both broadcast and cable networks via satellite.

5.   Likeminds, for instance, went on line for such clients as Columbia House, the cable network Cinemax and the Web site Moviecritic.com.

6.   NBC has decided not to join the other broadcast and cable networks n adding the V, S, L, D and FV code letters.

7.   The cable networks, on the other hand, are most responsible for televised violence and would be least affected by the V-chip.

8.   The cable network, the home of endless congressional committee hearings, political speeches and public-policy discussions, does not typically attract a large crowd Saturday nights.

9.   While not available on most cable networks, but fully accessible to satellite dish owners, Knowledge TV presents classroom instruction constantly.