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| April 14, 2003 | Quindt, Fritz | COPYRIGHT 2003 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

No vacancy in the 500-channel universe: Funny, most of those start-up Why-didn't-I-think-of-that? channels can't find a place to stay. An exception is College Sports Television--"ESPN is a department store; we're the specialty store," says CEO Brian Bedol. Boasting such talents as Barry Tompkins and Jack Edwards and Notre Dame minor sports, CSTV premiered April 7 in 2 million DirecTV homes.

For Fox's extreme-sports channel, the Ice Channel, The Football Network, etc., the picture is fuzzier. The Tennis Channel, scheduled to ...

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