• Multichannel News, Friday, December 1, 2006 10:30 AM

Live TV is rapidly becoming a distant memory--even in the entertainment and sports world. Janet Jackson's nipples and Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s death have driven network execs to introduce delays into live broadcasts.

Meanwhile, CNN's news and ESPN's "SportsCenter" are recorded and rebroadcast--over and over and over again. Take a moment to scan your cable guide in order to estimate the quantity of original, first-aired programming. Of the $45 per month subscribers pay for video, at least half is for replays. Essentially, the trade magazine claims, cable companies "are already centralized DVRs."

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