1.   Based at the University of Nebraska, NAPT distributes Indian radio programming on satellite and distributes video programming to public television stations.

2.   Both deals link entertainment studios with television networks for distributing that programming to the households of viewers.

3.   Echostar already has made deals with the major cable services to distribute their programming.

4.   In the merger, New World would gain control of a television production company and King World would assure itself access to stations to distribute new programming it develops.

5.   Now the company has another outlet for distributing the programming -- on a wireless not just a wired network.

6.   TCI owns a powerful fiber-optic ring that encircles the Bay Area, which it now uses to distribute television programming.

7.   The partners also plan to distribute the programming in Latin America and Spain, aiming at a potential market of more than half a billion Spanish speakers.

8.   SES will provide the satellites and platform for distributing the programming while Intel is helping develop the technology to connect to personal computers and to market the service.

9.   Tribune Entertainment, a subsidiary, develops and distributes TV programming.