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2. Dish Network - Wikipedia

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   The company was formed in 1980 as EchoStar Communications by Charlie Ergen, Candy Ergen, and Jim DeFranco, as a distributor of C-band satellite television systems. [2] In 1987, EchoStar applied for a satellite television broadcast license with the FCC and was granted access to orbital slot 119° west longitude in 1992.

3. Satellite dish - Wikipedia

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   A satellite dish is a dish-shaped type of parabolic antenna designed to receive or transmit information by radio waves to or from a communication satellite. The term most commonly means a dish which receives direct-broadcast satellite television from a direct broadcast satellite in geostationary orbit.

4. Satellite television in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In December 1975, RCA created Satcom 1, the first satellite built especially for use by the then three national television networks (CBS, NBC, and ABC). Later that same year, HBO leased a transponder on Satcom 1 and began transmission of television programs via satellite to cable systems. Owners of cable systems paid $10,000 to install 3-meter ...

5. US satellite-TV providers DirecTV and Dish are in talks to ...

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   Telecom operator AT&T and its joint-venture partner TPG are in early-stage talks to merge their DirecTV satellite TV service with EchoStar owned Dish, a person familiar with the matter told ...

6. 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 ...

7. Hughes Network Systems - Wikipedia

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   EchoStar. ASNs. 6621, 63062. Website. www.Hughes.com. Hughes Network Systems, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar. [4] It is headquartered in Germantown, Maryland and provides satellite internet service. [5] HughesNet has over a million subscribers in the Americas in late 2023, [6] down from 1.4 million in early 2022.