Historically, cable companies have not had to pay for broadcast channels. They compensated broadcasters by buying access to sister networks.

有线电视公司以往从不用为任何公共电视台的播放花一分钱，他们仅以购买那些电视台持有者旗下众多付费频道的形式作为一种酬谢。

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Verizon's FiOS TV offers access to a few user-generated Web sites; Comcast and Time Warner cable are rolling out services that let subscribers stream cable channels to their PCs.

Verizon的FiOS电视提供访问一些用户生成的网站，Comcast和时代华纳有线正在推出的服务，让用户通过电脑即时观看有线电视频道。

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The flow of TV and cable channels that will allow individuals to access a revolutionary variety of entertainment, news, communications, home-shopping, etc.

电视和电讯通道的信息传输，这些信息通道让个人获得大量的娱乐、 新闻、通讯服务和在家购物等，其种类令人目不暇接。

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Unlike Time Warner Cable, which is offering an app that provides access to a limited array of live cable channels, Cablevision's app provides its customers with access to all the programming they receive on their TV through their cable box, including ESPN.

WSJ: ESPN Launches App for Mobile-TV Devices

Some 44m homes will soon have access to their cable operator's choice from 32 news channels, about ten of them in English.

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