1.   An acquisition would enable NBC to eliminate fees paid to LIN Television stations for carrying network programming.

2.   And aside from local newscasts by UPN affiliates, there is no UPN network news programming.

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

4.   -- End price controls on most cable television offerings, except the most basic tier of service such as the rebroadcast of network TV programming.

5.   A lot of viewers on the upper tier of the United States came to appreciate Canadian broadcasting, which is always a mature alternative to American network programming.

6.   But it is not clear how easily the Us brand name can be assimilated into network programming.

7.   But there are clearly some reasons this show, more than any other, has survived the challenges of time and network programming.

8.   Congress is working on legislation that would restore network programming to home satellite dish owners such as Lisa Bazzano of Norfolk.

9.   Current law restricts consumers from receiving satellite retransmission of network programming if local channels can be received by an antenna.

10.   Echostar chairman Charles W. Ergen has long sought permission to broadcast the network affiliate programming into homes.