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  2. Satellite television in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In November 1990, Primestar launched as the first North American direct-broadcast satellite service. Hughes's DirecTV, the first national high-powered upper K u -band satellite TV system, went online in 1994. The DirecTV system became the new delivery vehicle for USSB. In 1996, EchoStar 's Dish Network went online in the United States and has ...

  3. DD Free Dish - Wikipedia

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    DD Free Dish (formerly known as DD Direct Plus) is an Indian free-to-air satellite television provider owned and operated by Public Service Broadcaster Prasar Bharati. [1] It was launched in December, 2004. In March 2022, It has a reach of over 43 million households which is more than 25% of the total TV households in the country.

  4. Satellite dish - Wikipedia

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    A satellite dishis a dish-shaped type of parabolic antennadesigned to receive or transmit information by radio wavesto or from a communication satellite. The term most commonly means a dish which receives direct-broadcast satellite televisionfrom a direct broadcast satellitein geostationary orbit. History. [edit]

  5. Dish open to merging satellite TV business with AT&T's ... - AOL

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    Shares of Dish rose as much as 6.3% after the report on Friday, while AT&T's stock edged 1.9% higher. Both Dish and DirecTV have been losing subscribers as viewers continue to shift to cheaper ...

  6. United States Satellite Broadcasting - Wikipedia

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    USSB was founded in 1981 by Hubbard Broadcasting President Stanley S. Hubbard, who is widely considered to be the father of modern satellite broadcasting. Hubbard spent most of the 1980s raising awareness and money to launch a digital satellite television service. In the 1990s, he had teamed up with Thomson Consumer Electronics and Hughes ...

  7. DirecTV fixes satellite problem that was causing ... - AOL

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    The DirecTV snafu comes on the heels of an outage for AT&T mobile customers last week affecting more than 70,000 users and resulting in the company offering $5 refunds to affected customers.

  8. Satellite Wars: Investors Should Dump DISH and Go DIRECTV - AOL

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  9. High-definition television in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Satellite television companies in the United States, such as Dish Network and DirecTV, started to carry HD programming in 2003. Satellite transmissions in the U.S. use various forms of PSK modulation. A separate tuner is required to receive HD satellite broadcasts. Cable television companies in the U.S. generally prefer to use 256-QAM to ...