So it's not how many people--who wins the weekend, it's how much money a film generates for a studio, not merely from the box office, which is the smallest part--it's only 20 percent of the earnings--but from television sales where it's shown on television--network, pay television, cable--and, of course, DVD and video, foreign sales, toy licensing and even product placement.

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One possibility: complementary broadcasts on Golf Channel, such as featured foursomes or alternate on-course commentaries, while the main network broadcast is airing live.

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Not only do Google's spectacles receive curated updates from the network -- to keep you from being bombarded, of course-- but they allow users to add emoticons to a friend's post and reply with comments.

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Christine Poorman, executive director of the Chicago office of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, which provides an entrepreneurship course for at-risk youths, says students are encouraged to walk around their communities and evaluate business needs.

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Of course, a season-end victory for NBC would do more for network egos than it would network pocketbooks.

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Of course, Omidyar Network is passionate about the growing recognition that a combination of non-profit and for-profit approaches can have the greatest impact.

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The satellite-linked network will show news, previews of ABC shows and Disney movies, and, of course, advertising.

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Of course, the results were driven largely by the unit's cable channels--USA Network, Bravo, Sci Fi, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen and The Weather Channel--and the Summer Olympics, which aired across its network stable.

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