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Diginet Channel Option For 24/7 Stations

TV stations that want a complementary digital channel have a new option: BizTelevision, an Arlington, Texas-based personal finance network. On the air since July in three marketsin three independently owned stations -- KFLA-LP Los Angeles, KPST Seattle and WBII-LP Memphis, Tenn. -- the digitnet wants affiliates in other markets.

BizTelevision is offering affiliates a split of the ad inventory. The split is subject to negotiation, with the station's end determined largely by its market size. Stations also get equipment for receiving the network's satellite feed (on Galaxy 23), for inserting commercials and for multiplexing the signal.

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