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  2. Dish Network - Wikipedia

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    DISH Network L.L.C., often referred to as DISH, an abbreviation for Digital Sky Highway, [1] is an American provider of satellite television and IPTV services and wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation.

  3. 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.

  4. Satellite television - Wikipedia

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    The reception of the channels carried on the K u-band FSS satellite's respective transponders has been achieved by both DirecTV & Dish Network issuing to their subscribers dishes twice as big in diameter (36") than the previous 18" (& 20" for the Dish Network "Dish500") dishes the services used initially, equipped with 2 circular-polarized ...

  5. Dish Network cancellation penalty: What do I do? - AOL

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    Dish Network says too bad, you owe us $200+ for early termination fee, plus $99 to reimburse us for the "free" installation. I can see reimbursement of the installation fee, but the fee seems ...

  6. SuperDish - Wikipedia

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    Local channels in most major cities were available as digital broadcasts over DISH Network using Super Dish, but HDTV has since been moved to the 61.5 and 129 satellites. In 2007, most of the services at the 121° location were moved to the Anik F3 satellite at the 118.75° location. Existing Super Dish subscribers were retrofitted with a ...

  7. Hopper (DVR) - Wikipedia

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    The Hopper provides standard television functionality, including an electronic program guide, picture-in-picture support, and digital video recorder functionality. [1] The "Primetime Anytime" feature uses one of the three tuners on the unit to automatically record primetime programming being broadcast by the four major U.S. television networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox) and presents them in a ...

  8. Parabolic antenna - Wikipedia

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    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 . It functions similarly to a searchlight or flashlight reflector to direct radio waves in a narrow beam, or receive radio waves from one particular direction only.

  9. List of multiple-system operators - Wikipedia

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    A multiple-system operator (MSO) is an operator of multiple cable or direct-broadcast satellite television systems. A cable system in the United States, by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) definition, is a facility serving a single community or a distinct governmental entity, each of which has its own franchise agreement with the cable company.