You can't exist too many years like that without having some kind of endowment backing you. We just weren't near any metropolitan areas where you could draw regular attendance.

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What's really behind all of this is that there were expectations for international data growth, business services growth, Internet growth and the higher value-added segments that just have not transpired.

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And Vivendi has dramatically transformed itself over the past few years into having quite a balanced distribution portfolio relative to what people thought it would have two years ago.

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All his friends and associates that used to come here, they would come out of respect to Ted, having breakfast with him and talking to him. He was a lure.

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When you look at Viacom and AOL Time Warner, their cash flow being generated by their businesses has enabled them to reduce debt and to focus on their businesses.

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It's not going to be given away or sold in any way. It's going to be broadened and more and more people will be exposed to these things.

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It is a sold cable channel, it's also a platform of diverse programming interests.

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Marconi's communications to the markets over the last six months have constantly disappointed.

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Among the U.S. operations like Viacom, AOL Time Warner, Disney, all of them have been making acquisitions. But all of them have been generating very strong cash flow.

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