1.   And earnings were up significantly at the ESPN sports cable channels, the company said.

2.   And that means sports channels, MTV, late-night TV and even highly rated prime-time shows.

3.   As it is, there are several national cable sports channels and scads of regional ones.

4.   Columnists hooted at the prospect of a Saudi princess owning an NBA team, and she was a featured item on cable sports channels.

5.   Combined with recently bought rights to Pistons games, Fox is planning to start a Detroit sports channel to compete with the established service, PASS.

6.   CNN also had a sports news channel, but most cable TV systems never carried that network either.

7.   Dolan responded by taking the sports channel off the systems for several months.

8.   Disney already owns the premium Disney Channel, ESPN sports channel and an interest in the Lifetime channel.

9.   Each race will be televised, either nationally on Fox Sports or on a Fox regional sports channel.

10.   ESPN has wanted to get into the regional sports channel for years, and saw this deal as one to fulfill its desires and block Fox.