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2. Satellite television in the United States - Wikipedia

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   U.S. residential satellite TV receiver dishes. Currently, there are two primary satellite television providers of subscription based service available to United States consumers: DirecTV and Dish Network, which have 21 and 10 million subscribers respectively. [1] [2]

3. Satellite dish - Wikipedia

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   The front cover of the 1979 Neiman-Marcus Christmas catalog featured the first home satellite TV stations on sale. [2] The dishes were nearly 20 feet (6.1 m) in diameter. [3] The satellite dishes of the early 1980s were 10 to 16 feet (3.0 to 4.9 m) in diameter [4] and made of fiberglass with an embedded layer of wire mesh or aluminium foil, or ...

4. Television receive-only - Wikipedia

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   Originally, the dishes used for satellite TV reception were 12 to 16 feet in diameter and made of solid fiberglass with an embedded metal coating, with later models being 4 to 10 feet and made of wire mesh and solid steel or aluminum. [4] Early dishes cost more than $5,000, and sometimes as much as $10,000.

5. DirecTV is pushing its pay TV bundle — without a satellite dish

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   As pay TV distributors — both satellite and cable companies — have seen customers flee for streaming, DirecTV is trying to get the message out that a clunky satellite dish is no longer needed ...

6. Satellite television - Wikipedia

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   A number of satellite dishes. Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location. [1] The signals are received via an outdoor parabolic antenna commonly referred to as a satellite dish and a low-noise block ...

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8. Dish Network - Wikipedia

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   DISH Network satellites; Satellite Location (degrees west) Launched Type Notes EchoStar I: 77: December 28, 1995: Lockheed Martin Astro Space Series 7000 (AS-7000) Can carry a limited number of services on odd numbered transponders. DISH is not licensed to serve CONUS customers in the United States from this location but may transmit local ...

9. PrimeStar - Wikipedia

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   PrimeStar was an American direct broadcast satellite broadcasting company formed in November 1990 by seven cable television companies including Comcast Corp. and TCI Communications Corp. [1] PrimeStar was the first medium-powered DBS system in the United States but slowly declined in popularity with the arrival of DirecTV in 1994 and Dish Network in 1996.