41. With the advertising business hurting so badly, it hardly seems the moment to start selling commercial time on a new television network.
42. Paramount and its stations have been forced to sell advertising time at discounted rates.
43. Another would allow ad agencies to sell time to only two networks.
44. He had the network produce its own shows and then sell commercial time to several advertisers, helping fund the medium.
45. Industry executives say a change in the law would force them to sell ad time at drastic discounts.
46. It only advertises products unavailable in retail outlets and is negotiating with companies about selling air time.
47. That enables the networks to make more money by selling ad time to other clients.
48. The credits enabled ABC to sell commercial time that it was otherwise obligated to give to the government.
49. The memo was written nearly two years ago by Katz Media Group, a company that represents television, radio and cable stations in selling air time to advertisers.
50. The network is attempting to make back that money by selling commercial time to Olympic sponsors, including Anheuser-Busch.