The cable network set the standard for high quality original programming and its mobile service, HBO to Go is proving to be a bulwark against people cutting the cable cord.

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The news is particularly well-timed for the cable network, which is set to launch in January 2011.

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The Univision and ABC alliance, now limited to a website, will set up a 24-hour network cable to be marketed to providers nationwide.

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What remains is the cable set top business formerly known as General Instrument and Police and First Responder Interconnect systems plus some network business.

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