If enough companies do what the Naples, Fla. firm is doing, a new wave of competition could demolish the cozy duopoly between land-based cable TV and satellite competitors like DirecTV.

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And though the Pac-12 is still looking to land a sizable cable deal for its Pac-12 Network, that venture will likely yield even larger returns if it has even half the success of the Big Ten Network.

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Brown used the Mud Pond waterway across Brandreth land despite the landowner's no-trespassing sign and cable across the stream.

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This year's pitches are expected to highlight the ascendancy of cable television, which has for years struggled to land the same caliber of content as broadcast networks which draw bigger audiences.

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The longer the cable, the more expensive it is, so the distance from land is not set to become unlimited, explained Ms Gjorv.

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Lemon replies: "I'll go to cable where you can swear and really take time to let moments land, " at which point the scene abruptly shifts.

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These companies own big businesses tied to dying services (land-line phones) and low- or no-growth services (such as broadband internet or cable subscriptions), so profits and share prices generally went down.

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The sub-sea cable would go from Lewis, cross the sea into Little Loch Broom on the west Highlands coast and land at Dundonnel, near Ullapool.

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The Lib Dems have declared in recent weeks that scrapping the 50p rate is "cloud cuckoo land" (that was Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander) and "impossible" (Vince Cable).

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