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SPORTSFRIDAY, PAGE D1 Emmys Cast Eye on Cable HBO's "Six Feet Under" earned a leading 23 nominations, signaling interest in the creative strength of cable.

The News Corporation, benefiting from one-time gains and the continued strength of cable channels like Fox News, on Tuesday posted earnings that generally exceeded analysts' expectations.

Traditional network viewership is waning — in part because of the rise of DVR use and the increasing strength of cable programming — and though "Idol" remains a juggernaut, it hasn't been wholly immune to the changes.

The Walt Disney Company announced a 21 percent increase in quarterly profit, up to $1.14 billion, on the strength of cable fees for ESPN and increased business for the company's resorts and cruises.

"Six Feet Under," the darkly comic series on HBO about a troubled family running a funeral business, earned a leading 23 Emmy nominations today, a signal once again of the creative strength of cable over the networks.

Cable stress relaxation causes tension loss at high stress in high-strength structural cables, thereby influencing the stiffness and strength of cable-supported or tension structures.

Airlines are supposed to test the strength of the cable before they install it, she said, adding that pilots can compensate for a broken cable with other control systems.

Because aerial cables are frequently subjected to severe environmental stresses, alloys of copper or aluminum are sometimes used to increase the mechanical strength of the cable, although at some detriment to its electrical conductivity.

Both Comcast and the CBS Corporation reported strongly positive first-quarter earnings Tuesday, in one case reflecting largely the strength of its cable television holdings, in the other its strength in advertising sales for its broadcasting operations.

As a sign of the strength of the cable side, Mr. Moffett noted that Cablevision recently passed Verizon Communications as the largest provider of fixed-line phone service on Long Island.

Jeffrey L. Bewkes, chief executive of Time Warner, called the networks business the "highlight" of the quarter and said the strength of the cable channels "illustrates that our investments in content and technology are paying off".