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

2.   And the networks are rapidly ending the compensation fees they have traditionally paid to the stations that carry their programming.

3.   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.

4.   Farr argued that striking down the must-carry provision would enable cable systems to carry the programming that their subscribers most want to watch.

5.   For their part, Thomas, Scalia and Rehnquist said cable operators had a First Amendment right not to be required to carry indecent programming at all.

6.   In return, the company will carry Chinese programming on its cable systems in New York, Los Angeles and Houston.

7.   NBC has tried to get cable operators to pay extra for CNBC and MSNBC during the Olympics, when those channels carry Olympic programming.

8.   Nynex has been cautious about its plans to build networks that can carry video programming.

9.   On the day of the tragedy, most local outlets carried news programming from their affiliated radio networks.

10.   Pacific Telesis has committed itself to an aggressive overhaul of its telephone network to enable it to carry television programming.