Satellite Television

TV networks woo advertisers as threats to viewership intensify
Los Angeles Times
Satellite broadcaster Dish Network Corp., which has more than 14 million customers who buy the service for access to broadcast and cable television, unveiled a feature on its digital video recording devices that makes it possible for viewers to never ...
Dish's Ads to End All AdsWall Street Journal
A DVR Ad-Eraser Causes Tremors at TV UpfrontsNew York Times
Dish's ad-skipping device irks TV execsKansas City Star
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CONSUMER ALERT: "Free" TV Too Good to be True?
WIFR
MADISON (WIDA) -- The letter begins: “DEADLINE NOTICE: Invention being distributed to Wisconsin residents pulls in Free TV with no cable or satellite bills ever.” Sounds pretty good, right? If you received this letter advertising a “razor-thin ...

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DirecTV announces 10 Mbps satellite broadband bundles for rural areas
The Verge
By Bryan Bishop on May 17, 2012 07:30 pm 8Comments Satellite television provider DirecTV has announced two new partnerships that will allow it to provide high-speed internet bundles across its entire US customer base — even to those in rural areas.
DirecTV To Offer Internet Service Through ViaSat, HughesSpace News
DIRECTV Video & High-Speed Internet Bundles Available Soon throughout the ...EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
DirecTV bundles available throughout the USAdvanced Television

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Japan Launches Space-Cargo Push
Wall Street Journal
Even Japan's heaviest users of launch services—top satellite-television broadcasters SkyPerfect JSAT Holdings Inc. and Broadcasting Satellite System Corp., which is half-owned by Japan's quasi-government television network—have eschewed their own ...
Japan in first commercial satellite launchPhys.Org
Three rockets launch six satellitesFlightglobal

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The Brand New Live Internet TV on PC Software Might Help People to Cut on ...
SBWire (press release)
New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/17/2012 -- Because of the steady interest in internet television, Satellite Direct TV walked as much as home plate and lately launched Satellite Television for Computers. Using this software any pc can be created into an ...

New pay TV comes to Zimbabwe
NewsDay
Faithful Marketing recently won a partnership deal to provide prepaid satellite television services for MyTv Africa. The company started trading on the platform last month. NewsDay Business Reporter Tarisai Tahungai (ND) spoke to MyTv Zimbabwe chief ...

Digital TV switchover moving forward
West Coast Sentinel
SSS and the Home Assistance Scheme (HAS) have been set up to assist residents to prepare for satellite television upgrades required to access Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) service. The Digital Switchover rollout has already begun around ...

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Colo. satellite TV provider adds faith family streaming service to lineup
Greeley Gazette
by Jack Minor -- DISH Network, an Englewood based leading pay-TV provider, is now offering more choices in family-friendly entertainment by adding G-Movies, the new faith friendly streaming movie service from GMC TV, to its on-demand programming lineup ...

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Exclusive: Satellite TV Firm Tunes In To New Owner
Sky News (blog)
The owner of satellite television channels including Popgirl and TrueMovies is being put up for sale with a price-tag of about £150m, I have learned. CSC Media Group, which is owned by the private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson, has hired Lepe ...

Lippo Set to Launch New Era in Satellite TV
Jakarta Globe
The satellite will bring information and television programs across 400 channels to millions of Indonesian homes. Rezlan Ishar Jenie, the Indonesian ambassador to France, said on Tuesday that the satellite launch was an important event in information ...

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