41.   HSN gets the USA and Sci-Fi networks, among others, and programming that Diller needs to build up his existing national string of local cable stations.

42.   I again called my local cable monopoly.

43.   How much will Cablevision extract as its revenge to put the network on its local cable systems?

44.   However, cable viewers may face higher subscription prices down the line as ESPN is forced to pass its costs along to local cable operators, industry watchers said.

45.   I looked up my local cable operator to find out who to call to disconnect my service.

46.   If a given home can get, say, the Dish Network, that home can get the Dish Network whether the local cable company is tiny or huge.

47.   In a grid format on the television screen, the system displays seven days of programming, which can be keyed to your local cable system.

48.   In a moment of insanity, I leased the local cable access television station for a few years.

49.   In some communities, including the Washington, D.C., suburb of Alexandria, Va., irate viewers have prodded their local cable systems into restoring C-SPAN.

50.   In the all-important New York City market, NBC kept Fox off the dial by signing a deal first with the local cable operator, Time Warner.