So will cash flow, helped by lower interest payments, lower satellite launch costs and lower costs for programming.

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Consequently, service providers are looking to drop sports programming from lower-end packages to control costs for customers.

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As far as NBCUniversal is concerned, it is the cable networks and broadcasting business that matter, and they saw a decline in profits due to higher programming costs and lower licensing revenues.

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Time Warner Cable hinted during their earnings that they will be introducing low-cost programming packages to address lower end of the market.

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Sesame Workshop relies on PBS to distribute its programming to U.S. children, and they both share a mission to provide all children, especially ones from lower-economic brackets, access to educational programming.

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So the movement of work abroad in search of lower labour costs is no longer confined to manufacturing but now also includes white-collar jobs, from computer programming to copywriting and back-office legal tasks.

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