The network has also continued to build its stable of network offshoots such as ESPN U (focused on college athletics) and ESPN 360 (linked interactively to the online property).
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.
It was a complex but relatively stable world defined by a network economy that was extremely rigid in some ways, and fluid in other ways.
"Nevertheless, we have to make decisions to close branches in order to put the network on a more stable footing for the future and achieve this in a way which best meets the demands and concerns of its customers, " he added.
He says recent checks with distributors, CIOs and network managers suggest that demand is stable, not weakening.
Still bolder (and riskier): The network plans to serve up the stable of half-hour comedies as an all-new two-hour comedy block on Wednesday evenings.
Apart from this, the continued demand for its premium network HBO, and the high dependence on stable cable networks business will ensure future profit growth for the company.
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They tapped into their network of friends from high school and soon built a stable of trend-spotters.
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And though there's rarely an ideal time for a work stoppage, a fall strike would likely exact the most immediate and irreparable damage on network television, which is having trouble maintaining its relevance even with a full stable of writers at work.
Eager to grow ABC's comedy stable with what he believes is still a strong series, McPherson's Walt Disney-owned network swooped in and granted the hospital comedy new life on its schedule.
The researchers used data from the global network of solar monitoring telescopes (Gong) as well as the Soho satellite positioned in a stable orbit 1.6 million km (a million miles) closer to the Sun than the Earth.
Windows Phone 7.5 is stable, it works well, so why go to all the hassle of reworking the operating system push it through network qualification, and then do a worldwide roll-out with hardware partners and multiple devices.
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