11.   As a result, the TV manufacturers say the first sets will offer high-definition TV first and advanced digital services later.

12.   As part of the terms for renewal, Fox has demanded that Cox carry its two new cable channels on its new digital service.

13.   At times rolling out digital services has been so frustrating that Cox Communications President and Chief Executive Jim Robbins has wrung his hands in public.

14.   Because the digital service does not work in some of the mountainous areas near Seattle, he needs to keep the analog phone.

15.   Bell Atlantic, which rolled out digital service about a year ago, has stopped all promotion and is switching to an alternative digital technology.

16.   Both BSkyB and Kirch have been losing money as they invest in digital services and spend aggressively.

17.   A deal appeared probable a year ago when SK Telecom won a new license for advanced digital cellular services.

18.   A subscriber will have to add a new cable box to receive the digital service.

19.   Afterward, Rheam said he had heard good things about the new digital services.

20.   All of these players could learn from Cox Communications, which Wall Street considers the industry leader in offering digital services.