In Greenburgh, for example, bills for service that included both the basic and middle tier went to $29.38, from $26.89.

It moved to the basic tier on channel 72 in December 2008.

"You'll have a free, basic tier available, and higher tiers of premium content people will pay for."

Japan's court system is divided into four basic tiers.

With the freedom to charge what the market will bear, cable systems have added channels to the basic tier and raised prices.

It is no longer offered on the system's basic tier.

But the sports networks all want to be on the basic tiers, where there are more subscribers and they can make more money.

Cablevision also said it would show a free preview of the network next week on its digital basic tier.

Other cable systems eventually began moving the channel to their basic tiers, either experimentally or on a full-time basis.

They're going to try to push Disney channels onto the basic tiers, because that's synergy.