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ViaSat-1 cost $400 million to produce and launch. [99] ViaSat-2, which launched in June 2017, expands the capacity and coverage of the Viasat Internet service. [100] [101] [102] Initially the satellite broadband internet was launched as a response to the lack of coverage provided by terrestrial services. [94]
D2/P12 cards were introduced in 2005. D2 cards can be identified by a two-toned blue dot pattern resembling the DirecTV logo in addition to the DirecTV logo and the words "DirecTV Access Card," while the P12 card has a picture of a satellite on the front. The P12 card is the only card that will work with R15, H20, and HR20 series receivers.
In American television in 2023, notable events included television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; information on controversies, business transactions, and carriage disputes; and deaths of those who made various contributions to the medium.
Dish Network had also expressed interest in bidding, as did Carl Icahn, despite calling Blockbuster "the worst investment I ever made". [92] Dish eventually won the auction on April 6, 2011, agreeing to buy Blockbuster for $320 million and the assumption of $87 million in liabilities and other obligations. [12]
Card Sharks is an American television game show.It was created by Chester Feldman [5] for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. Contestants attempt to predict the outcome of survey questions to gain control of a row of oversized playing cards, then determine whether the next card drawn is higher or lower.
Elon Musk in 2023. Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$486 billion as of December 2024, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, and $464 billion according to Forbes, primarily from his ownership stakes in Tesla, Inc. and SpaceX.
Visa Inc. (/ ˈ v iː z ə, ˈ v iː s ə /) is an American multinational payment card services corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. [2] [5] It facilitates electronic funds transfers throughout the world, most commonly through Visa-branded credit cards, debit cards and prepaid cards.
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is the primary public transport agency in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operating the majority of the city's bus and rail services. It is the oldest and largest of the urban transit service providers in the Greater Toronto Area, with numerous connections to systems serving its surrounding municipalities.