One big problem: Sky Angel distributes its signals over the Internet instead of a conventional cable-TV system.

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We are not seen on conventional cable or satellite television yet in the U.S. Globally, we're up to over a hundred million homes though.

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The five-year-old firm, a cable-TV operator with about 30, 000 Manila customers, began offering Internet-over-cable in July as an alternative to conventional dial-up access.

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CTC, a cable-maker working with the University of Southern California, think this composite cable could carry twice as much power as a conventional one.

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Satellite and conventional over-the-air broadcasting will remain the primary high-def program sources until cable operators decide to carry high-def content and Hollywood delivers prerecorded HD cassettes or discs.

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Strikingly, the CBI - which represents the interests of big companies - and the ABI, which represents the interests of some big shareholders, have both told Mr Cable that they think the threshold for victory in a remuneration vote should be the conventional one of 50% plus one vote.

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