"But if you did a deal with the cable universe and 80 million homes, then you'd have a whole different scenario."

The two Rangers-Flyers games on Fox - available to the entire local market of 6.7 million homes, not just the cable universe - are set for the next two Sundays.

But those other networks can provide more coverage to their broadcast and cable universes.

But OLN isn't widely available, even in the expanding digital cable universe.

"The mid-80's were really a time for finding your niche in the cable universe, and Discovery came at the right time."

These are the prosaic pleasures that make for hits in the cable universe.

She was not specific about future commitments to the channel, saying that about "40 percent of the cable universe will get the channel within the next three years."

And finally, soaps face the problems confronted by all network shows in a new cable universe full of hundreds of choices.

"The systems in Canada are among the most technically clean systems in the cable universe," he said.

The six networks are seen by almost double the number of viewers of the total cable universe.