The ESB distance learning materials are also used by a number of other program providers.

The findings can be used to guide the work of policy makers, researchers, and program providers.

Cable system operator and program provider can own more than one broadcaster and transmission line.

"The designer community will be a built-in program provider, much as the record industry is a built-in music video provider."

"The program providers get the higher profits and we get stuff that doesn't work right."

A return path to the program provider is not necessary to have an interactive program experience.

The company, which would not disclose details, said it was "far along" in its negotiations with the major program providers.

It is also purely a distributor of entertainment at a time when many distributors are vertically integrated with program providers.

However, this practice modifies the characteristics of the original sound, altering it from what the program provider intended.

But program providers have not taken action against VCR manufacturers because those devices are generally more difficult to use.