 By May, just eight programs were left on the network, with only inexpensive shows and sporting events keeping what was left of the network going through the summer.The network also largely abandoned the use of the intercity network coaxial cable, on which it had spent $3 million in 1954 to transmit shows that mostly lacked station clearance.The company only retained network links for live sports programming and utilizing the company's Electronicam process to produce studio-based programming.