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2. 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 ...

3. Satellite television in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In 1977 Pat Robertson launched the first satellite-delivered basic cable service called the CBN Cable Network. In 1979, the Satellite Home Viewers Act allowed homeowners in the United States to both own and operate their own home satellite system, consisting of C-band equipment from a multitude of manufacturers who were making parts for systems ...

4. List of defunct television networks in the United States

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   Satellite Television & Associated Resources February 12, 1983: Launched in 1981. Formerly known as BEST and StarCase; replaced by Preview Star TV: 1984: San Francisco over-the-air channel like ONTV via KTSF-TV. Named Super Time during the late 1970s and Star TV in the early 1980s. SuperTV: Subscription TV of Greater Washington, Inc. March 31, 1986

5. List of United States pay television channels - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of pay television networks or channels broadcasting or receivable in the United States, organized by broadcast area and genre.. Some television providers use one or more channel slots for east/west feeds, high definition services, secondary audio programming and access to video on demand.

6. Shaw Direct - Wikipedia

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   A Shaw Direct 45x60cm dish, with new triple satellite LNB compatible with Anik F1, Anik F2 and Anik G1. The system requires an elliptical antenna of at least 45x60cm in size with a special LNB pair built as one unit to accommodate the narrow 3.8° spacing between satellites; the receiver uses the Motorola-proprietary Digicipher II system which has so far been virtually free of the problems ...

7. United States Satellite Broadcasting - Wikipedia

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   Hughes offered programming from most other cable television channels under the banner of DirecTV; viewers used the same satellite equipment, branded as the DSS (Digital Satellite System), to access both services (with USSB's channel lineup starting in the 900s range). Though it wasn't a requirement to subscribe to both services, many did ...