your home, all of the naughty bits intact. and then september 1975. we debuted coast to coast with the thrilla in manila, one of the all-time classic heavyweight fights, frazier-ali, and that s when hbo explodes. muhammad ali, end of the 14th round. before that, you re counting growth in tens of thousand of subscribers. after that, you re counting in millions. that s really day one for both businesses. hbo and the cable industry. if you are a fan, what you will see in the next few minutes to follow will convince you you have have gone to sports heaven. in the mid 70s in the sports world there were 3/4 giants. cbs, nbc, abc. and then in connecticut, somebody got a hold of a transponder. the picture you are watching, right now, has been taken by a camera sent through some sophisticated equipment to this earth transmitting system.