1.   Cablevision was starting regional sports services in areas where it owned cable systems, including New York, Chicago and San Francisco.

2.   Cablevision will keep management control of its current regional sports networks, which will be renamed Fox Sports.

3.   Cablevision will keep management control of its current regional sports networks, including MSG.

4.   Chernin, for instance, could try to induce a cable company that needs one of the Fox regional sports networks to also take FX.

5.   Cowboys-Rangers-Stars would certainly be an interesting package for a regional sports cable network ... right, Mr. Hicks?

6.   Disney may still launch a regional sports network in Southern California to counteract the two Fox Sports West channels.

7.   Each race will be televised, either nationally on Fox Sports or on a Fox regional sports channel.

8.   During the playoffs, the NBA has dominated regional sports sections and radio talk shows.

9.   ESPN wants to jump into the regional sports cable business and could find building a local channel anchored by the powerful, highly rated Yankees irresistible.

10.   ESPN has wanted to get into the regional sports channel for years, and saw this deal as one to fulfill its desires and block Fox.