81.   In the cable industry, cash flow is considered a better measure of strength than profits or losses.

82.   In that case, the court said that even though the cable industry enjoys First Amendment protection, it has an obligation to disseminate a wide variety of viewpoints.

83.   In the wake of deregulation, however, the cable industry seems far less able to play the predator than it was a decade ago.

84.   In particular, Kennard wants the cable industry to design set-top boxes on an open standard that allows any company to use them to offer new services.

85.   In recent months, the cable industry has been consolidating.

86.   In the last few years the cable industry has spent billions of dollars to make its networks communicate in both directions.

87.   In the same vein, Malone said the cable industry could not be shy about raising rates as needed to improve its financial health.

88.   Instead, CBS will expand by becoming more aggressive in the cable industry and overseas.

89.   Industry executives have blamed the slow transition to digital television partly on the reluctance of the cable industry to provide channels for both analog and digital signals.

90.   It is also a network created and financed by the cable industry itself, as a gesture of good citizenship and public relations.