1.   As it turns out, the winning group includes The New York Times Co., which wants the Red Sox for a Boston Globe regional cable network.

2.   A regional cable news channel, New England Cable News, won a silver baton for in-depth reporting on a range of regional issues.

3.   Across the country, regional cable channels are chipping away at the ratings of broadcast stations, especially on weekday mornings, according to Variety.

4.   Comcast, a regional cable operation, showed no more of the incident in its newscast, but resumed the interview a few minutes later after Roth recovered.

5.   Consolidation has enabled regional clustering, Mansell said, and a regional cable operator better leverages personnel, office space and network equipment.

6.   Deutsche Telekom has said it will sell some regional cable companies to Liberty Media and shed real estate to reduce indebtedness.

7.   Foreman also likes Mediacom Communications, a regional cable company based in Middletown, N.Y., but that primarily serves the Midwest.

8.   New regional cable outlet ESPN West has announced a deal with DirecTV for satellite carriage.

9.   Several teams already have stakes in regional cable networks.

10.   Still, even without acquiring any more teams, the power Murdoch has consolidated over regional cable sports is extraordinary.