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once a television series reaches a threshold of approximately 88 to 100 episodes it becomes a candidate to enter reruns in offnetwork syndication
 on september 30 1975 beginning with its telecast of the thrilla in manila boxing match between muhammad ali and joe frazier hbo became the first television network to use communications satellites to transmit its programming immediately expanding its distribution to ua columbia cablevisions fort pierce and vero beach florida systems and the american television and communications corporation system in jackson mississippi