At 8:52 AM -0700 5/25/04, John Willkie wrote: >I'm sorry. Could you detail the cable companies in the U.S. that are >profitable? Please don't use press releases: one can only trust SEC >filings. > >John Willkie > >P.S. Oh, you were reaching for low-hanging fruit? Like that the cable news >operations are profitable? Who cares? Virtually EVERY TV commercial TV >station is profitable, not A SINGLE CABLE SYSTEM IN THE HISTORY OF THE US >HAS EVER BEEN PROFITABLE. This is another absurd reaction. Virtually all are obscenely profitable. Do not be deceived by the ways in which they hide this income from the regulators. With more than $52 billion in annual cashflow, somebody is making a few bucks... Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.