In cable it was always, "No one would pay for television."

A. The core business in cable doesn't grow very much, about 1 percent a year.

For now, though, competition in cable seems more theoretical than real.

A Sony executive said the company is interested in cable.

And those telephone company executives who have been waiting to make a big move in cable may find it is getting to be too late.

Costello made a great effort, in cables many hundreds of words long, to get the old man to go too.

Think of the money it would save in interstellar cables.

The team brought in cables to provide light and power the fans to clear smoke from the burning cars.

"National advertisers invest over $1 billion in cable," he added.

Although Liberty's investment in cable could ultimately prove successful, it has yet to pay off.