* Dish Network and DirecTV in the U. S. satellite provider market.

DirecTV and Dish Network provide direct broadcast satellite television including both local and national channels to area residents.

The player would call an account server over the phone line to charge for viewing fees similar to the way DirecTV and Dish Network satellite systems handle pay-per-view.

A television deal signed with Comcast SportsNet in 2007 has also been criticized for not ensuring access to Blazer games via cable company Charter, as well as satellite television providers such as DirecTV and Dish Network, both of which compete with Comcast's cable television operations.

Although the new 20-inch Dish 500 was slightly larger than the then-current 18-inch Dish 300 and DirecTV Dishes it had the distinct advantage of obtaining signals from EchoStar's two adjacent satellite locations for a theoretical 500-channel capacity.

Three of its multiplex channels, Showtime Family Zone, Showtime Next and Showtime Women, are not as widely distributed by most pay television providers in comparison to the rest of the Showtime multiplex, with availability of any of the three channels on most cable providers varying depending on market ; Dish Network does not carry any of the three channels, while DirecTV does not carry Showtime Family Zone.

The term is rarely used in recent times due to the general move towards pay television and subscription-based DBS services like DirecTV, Dish Network, Bell TV, and Sky TV, although it is still sometimes used to refer to receiving digital TV " backhaul " feeds from FSS-type satellites.

TVRO was once the sole, and later the main means of consumer satellite reception in the United States, until the mid-1990s and the arrival of services such as PrimeStar, USSB, DirecTV, and Dish Network.

Large dishes have higher antenna gain, which can be an advantage when used with DBS signals such as Dish Network and DirecTV, virtually eliminating rain fade.

DirecTV and Dish Network are also popular as an alternative to cable television in Portsmouth.

DirecTV, Verizon FiOS, and Dish Network are also popular as an alternative to cable television in Poquoson.

DirecTV and Dish Network are also popular as an alternative to cable television in Hampton.

DirecTV and Dish Network provide direct broadcast satellite television including both local and national channels to area residents.

DirecTV and Dish Network provide direct broadcast satellite television including both local and national channels to area residents.

DirecTV and Dish Network provide direct broadcast satellite television including both local and national channels to area residents.

DirecTV and Dish Network direct broadcast satellite television including Tampa Bay Area local and national channels to Sarasota residents.

** Satellite TV is provided by DirecTV, Dish Network.

** Satellite is provided by DirecTV, Dish Network.

** Satellite is provided by DirecTV, Dish Network.

** Satellite is provided by DirecTV, Dish Network.

** Satellite is provided by DirecTV, Dish Network.

** Satellite TV is provided by DirecTV, Dish Network.

** Satellite TV is provided by DirecTV, Dish Network.

** Satellite TV is provided by DirecTV, Dish Network.

MLB also owns 67 percent of MLB Network, with the other 33 percent split between several cable operators and satellite provider DirecTV.

DBS technology is used for DTH-oriented ( Direct-To-Home ) satellite TV services, such as DirecTV and DISH Network in the United States, Bell TV and Shaw Direct in Canada, Freesat and Sky Digital in the UK, the Republic of Ireland, and New Zealand and DSTV in South Africa.

DirecTV and Dish Network also offer both Nickelodeon feeds, though unbranded as most of their children's networks have both time zone feeds by default.

It is available on New England cable systems, and nationally ( in both standard definition and high definition ) through satellite TV providers DirecTV ( Channel 628 ) and Dish Network ( Channel 434 ).

However, The Movie Channel and The Movie Channel Xtra are both offered either as a separate channel and as part of the Showtime Unlimited package on Dish Network and DirecTV.

The Movie Channel provides simulcast feeds of both channels that broadcasts a moderate-to-large schedule of programming in 1080i high definition, which is carried by most of the major American television providers, including Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Xfinity by Comcast, Cablevision, AT & T U-verse, DirecTV, Dish Network and Verizon FiOS.

TV Globo International in the US is carried by both satellite services ( Dish Network, DirecTV ) ( which also offer Globosat's Brazilian soccer channel Premiere Futebol Clube ) and by cable Time Warner Cable in Manhattan, New York, ( Comcast in Miami, Boston, New Jersey, Bright House Networks in Orlando, Tampa, RCN in Boston and Atlantic Broadband in Atlanta ).

Mahoromatic including both seasons and the summer special is currently available through The Anime Network's free video on demand service, found on many cable systems and DirecTV.

The remaining Starz multiplex channels, Starz Cinema and Starz In Black, launched their HD simulcast feeds on June 23, 2010, with DirecTV becoming the first provider to offer all six channels ( including both coastal feeds of the primary Starz channel ) in HD.

To date however, the three networks remain conspicuously absent from many of Time Warner and Brighthouse Networks ' systems, most notably in New York City, as well as both major satellite TV providers ( DirecTV and DISH Network, respectively ).

In addition to repeaters in Greensboro ( WDVZ-CA Channel 3 ) and Demopolis ( WJMY-CA Channel 25 and WJMY-LD Channel 22 ), WVUA is available on most cable operators within the DMA In 2006, WVUA was added to the Birmingham local stations lineup for both Dish Network and DirecTV, adding a substantial number of potential viewers.

KGTV is also available on its customary channel 10 position ( in both standard definition and in high definition ) on DirecTV and Dish Network.

KFMB is also available on its customary channel 8 position ( in both standard definition and in high definition ) on DirecTV and Dish Network.

KVCR is available on both Dish Network and DirecTV satellite services.

In the US, both DirecTV and Dish Network direct broadcast satellite systems use digital encryption standards for controlling access to programming.

KOIN was also in a dispute with DirecTV over HD broadcast, as both sides claimed the other to be the problem. As of August 2008 KOIN HD is now carried on DirecTV.

On satellite, it is available on channel 4 in both standard definition and high-definition on Dish Network and DirecTV.

KREM can be seen in high-definition on Comcast channel 102 for the Spokane area, channel 702 on Time Warner for the Coeur d ' Alene area and for the Palouse, and channel 2 ( both standard definition and high definition ) for both Dish Network and DirecTV viewers.