For another thing, with economic growth, demand in the market for recreation and leisure has greatly expanded. Also, since the government gave up restricting the number of TV stations, professional baseball, which offers 300 games a year over seven months, has become beloved among programming-starved cable TV operators.
另一方面，隨著經濟成長，國人娛樂休閒的需求市場大開，而有線電視開放後，球季長達七個月、每年賽程多達三百場的職棒聯賽，更成為對節目需求孔急的有線電視台的最愛。