Article: Through the Wire.(Comcast Corp. and Baltimore Orioles end dispute)(Anthony Bourdain's escapade in Lebanon)(John O'Hurley's commercials)

By Ted Hearn, Linda Haugsted, Linda Moss and Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Coulda Been "Martin a la Carte Sports Net"

Ted Hearn, Linda Haugsted, Linda Moss, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Never in its history has the Federal Communications Commission forced a cable company to initiate carriage of a commercial cable network. Never. Not once.

But that policy apparently is about to end, as the nation's top video regulator is expected to require Comcast Corp. to launch Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, the pay TV home of the Washington Nationals baseball team, prior to the start of the 2007 Major League Baseball campaign.

The battle between Comcast ...

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