71.   For years, the cable industry has been bracing for the long-expected invasion of their market by the local telephone companies.

72.   Gates told the group he believed the cable industry had been slow to upgrade its systems.

73.   Gilbert said analysts had been much too pessimistic about the rate at which the cable industry would offer digital services.

74.   Given the weakness of the cable industry, Hostetter may not have wanted to start peddling his company from scratch.

75.   Government regulators permit the cable industry to gather data on customers.

76.   He attributed the gains to growth of the cable industry and satellite industry for the improvements at HBO.

77.   He said it might be difficult for the cable companies to block the new channel without raising questions of monopoly control over the cable industry.

78.   His spokesman said the source of the information was in the cable industry.

79.   However, the consolidation of the cable industry could present challenges to the Atlanta-based company.

80.   In response to growing political pressure, both the broadcast networks and the cable industry have recently pledged to reduce the amount of violence they show.