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2. Parabolic antenna - Wikipedia

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   A parabolic antenna is an antenna that uses a parabolic reflector, a curved surface with the cross-sectional shape of a parabola, to direct the radio waves. The most common form is shaped like a dish and is popularly called a dish antenna or parabolic dish. The main advantage of a parabolic antenna is that it has high directivity.

3. 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]

4. Satellite television - Wikipedia

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   Satellite television. 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 ...

5. T10 (satellite) - Wikipedia

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   Longitude. 103.0° West. Transponders. Capacity. 500 MHz. T10 (formerly DirecTV-10) is a Boeing model 702 direct broadcast satellite that provides high-definition television (HDTV) to DirecTV subscribers in North America. [1] It was launched by International Launch Services on July 7, 2007 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard an ...

6. Will a DirecTV-DISH Network Merger Happen? - AOL

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   In 2002 federal regulators blocked an attempted merger by satellite television rivals DirecTV and DISH Network . Now DISH Chairman Charlie Ergen has approached DirecTV CEO Mike White to put a deal ...

7. Transponder (satellite communications) - Wikipedia

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   A communications satellite 's transponder is the series of interconnected units that form a communications channel between the receiving and the transmitting antennas. [ 1] It is mainly used in satellite communication to transfer the received signals. A transponder is typically composed of: an input band-limiting device (an input band-pass ...

8. 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 ...

9. DVB-S2 - Wikipedia

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   DVB-S2. Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite - Second Generation ( DVB-S2) is a digital television broadcast standard that has been designed as a successor for the popular DVB-S system. It was developed in 2003 by the Digital Video Broadcasting Project, an international industry consortium, and ratified by ETSI (EN 302307) in March 2005.