At 11:55 AM -0500 3/22/05, Manfredi, Albert E wrote: >What sold cable, what had guys chasing after the cable van >back in the early 1980s, was largely the *more* sports. > Sports is STILL a driving force in premium market segments, but in the expanded basic tier the ratings leaders are thing that you cannot get over the air: Discovery Channels The Weather Channel News Channels - CNN CNN/HN, Fox, MSNBC, CNBC Music Channels - MTV, VH1, CMN etc HGTV The Food Channel And then there are the re-run channels, but increasingly these networks are creating original content. Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.