11.   Part of the problem, competitors say, is that laws should be changed to guarantee that they have the same access to programming that their cable competitors enjoy.

12.   Regulations that could force the new cable competitors to pay franchise fees are just being considered in Washington.

13.   That trend has become increasingly painful for CNN with the rise of cable competitors that have whittled away at its ratings.

14.   The major networks have once again pulled a summer vanishing act, leaving prime-time TV to endless loops of reruns and to their cable competitors.

15.   The problem is that current law is unclear on whether DBS companies are permitted to air local TV signals, even though their cable competitors do.

16.   Watching Koppel jump to a cable competitor could be a big blow for CNN.

17.   While the Bell telephone companies could emerge as cable competitors, technological and regulatory snags have slowed their progress.

18.   Its main cable competitor, Sky television, which focuses on British news, says the channel should not be publicly funded.