1.   Billick said he expects Disney to show a little weakness in its cable properties later in its fiscal year.

2.   CBS did not have any cable properties on which to show baseball.

3.   Gaylord has other broadcasting and cable properties, as well as the Grand Ole Opry, the mother church of country music in Nashville.

4.   Jakks will also be developing ESPN board games, sports-oriented activities spun off from the Disney-owned cable property.

5.   Mannesmann had wanted to bid on several cable properties, but was turned down flat.

6.   Q. Why would Comcast want to spend that much for the cable properties?

7.   That means that Comcast is valuing the Scripps cable properties at about the same as other cable properties involved in recent sales.

8.   The sale comes against a backdrop of consolidation and surging values for cable properties such as USA Network.

9.   The sale comes against a backdrop of consolidation and surging values for cable properties.

10.   The sale comes amid a time of consolidation and surging values for cable properties such as USA Network.