1.   Also, unlike four years ago, the agency asked whether the industry should be obliged to offer some sort of local programming.

2.   Analysts have speculated that Diller will use local programming on those stations during the day and develop national shows for the prime-time evening hours.

3.   And DSS users still have to rely on conventional transmission or cable for local programming.

4.   And Sky would have to radically scale back the number of markets in which it offered local programming.

5.   And unlike satellite TV, it allows them to receive local programming, such as the nightly news.

6.   And while satellite offers high-quality pictures and a variety of channels, it has no local programming.

7.   As public television has struggled with growing competition and uncertain funding, it has largely discarded local programming as uneconomic and poorly watched.

8.   As those provisions approached a January expiration date, the satellite industry and congressional leaders wanted to expand the law to enable the satellite companies to carry local programming.

9.   Bevins said Fox affiliates carry more local programming and fewer hours of network programming than NBC affiliates.

10.   Bitterman insisted that the cutbacks did not harm local programming.