Two satellite types are used for North American television and radio: Direct broadcast satellite ( DBS ), and Fixed Service Satellite ( FSS )

Direct broadcast satellites generally operate in the upper portion of the microwave K < sub > u </ sub > band.

Direct broadcast satellite ( DBS ) is a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception.

* Direct broadcast satellite, a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception

A similar idea was the French C Plus Direct satellite channel which used different, higher speed technology to broadcast PC software.

However, two major companies offer direct broadcast satellite delivery as an alternative to cable: Bell TV, which is a division of BCE Inc., and Shaw Direct, which is a division of Shaw.

Direct broadcast satellite dishes use an LNBF, which integrates the feedhorn with the LNB.

Direct broadcast satellite service.

Category: Direct broadcast satellite services

Category: Direct broadcast satellite services

All games are broadcast on television by Altitude, the official television partner of the Rapids, or else via nationally-available channels, including ESPN-2, Fox Soccer Channel, and Telefutura, or the MLS Direct Kick package.

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The SPOT technology used MSN Direct network services, delivered across the United States and Canada based on FM radio broadcast signals in about 100 metropolitan areas.

Category: Direct broadcast satellite services

Category: Direct broadcast satellite services

Shaw Direct is a direct broadcast satellite television distributor in Canada which is majority-owned by cable TV operator Shaw Communications Inc. As of 2010, Shaw Direct had over 900, 000 subscribers.

* Late, 2012: Shaw Direct will broadcast from 3 satellites instead of 2.

Category: Direct broadcast satellite services

Category: Direct broadcast satellite services

A deal in July 2004 meant that Vector Direct began to broadcast their presentations exclusively on the channel, this led to the channel being striped of its identity.

Category: Direct broadcast satellite services

Shaw is the parent of Shaw Broadcast Services ( previously Shaw Satellite Services, Canadian Satellite Communications, or Cancom ) and, through Shaw Broadcast Services, Shaw Direct, one of Canada's two national direct broadcast satellite providers.

Direct broadcast satellites and digital cable services, because of their digital format, are free to use more robust security measures such as the Data Encryption Standard ( DES ) or the RSA and IDEA digital encryption standards.

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.

There is also a grey market in the United States for Canadian satellite services such as Bell TV or Shaw Direct.

In addition, Yoopa launches, as Yoopa makes the first satellite TV debut solely on Shaw Direct since Big Ten in December 2008, and the first TV channel to debut under the Shaw Direct name but not on rival Bell TV.

A Shaw Direct 45x60cm dish, with new triple satellite LNB compatible with Anik F1, Anik F2 and Anik G1

One of the leading VSAT service providers is Syscomptech, they were voted the best Direct VSAT Marketers in 2008 and maintains satellites with direct footprints over Nigeria.

Direct flights between Victoria and the San Francisco Bay Area ( San Francisco, Oakland, Silicon Valley ) began service on June 5, 2008 ( Victoria Times Colonist, February 6, 2008 ).

Direct distance dialing ( DDD ) or direct dial is a telecommunications term for a network-provided service feature in which a call originator may, without operator assistance, call any other user outside the local calling area.

Direct service will be available to Washington, D. C., Hampton Roads, Charlotte, Raleigh, Baltimore, and Philadelphia.

AT & T offers basic DSL (" Direct Express ") without a phone line for $ 24. 95 / month, potentially negating any savings from canceling the phone service.

Full-service VoIP phone companies provide inbound and outbound service with Direct Inbound Dialing.

For Ku satellites in DBS ( Direct Broadcast Satellite ) service ( 12. 2-12. 7GHz in the U. S .) dishes much smaller than 1-meter can be used because those satellites are spaced 9 degrees apart.

Both have seven-day service to Hoboken Terminal as well as Midtown Direct service to New York Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.

Midtown Direct, initiated in 1996, offers service directly into Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan, and has since caused a surge in real estate prices as the commute time to midtown dropped from about 50 minutes to 30, as the service eliminated the need for passengers to transfer to PATH trains at Hoboken.

NJ Transit currently operates weekday rail service between Netcong and Hoboken Terminal, with service to Penn Station in New York City via Midtown Direct.

The Little Falls and Montclair State University Stations of the New Jersey Transit both serve Little Falls, offering service on the Montclair-Boonton Line to Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey, or from Montclair State University Station on Midtown Direct trains to New York City's Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan via the Secaucus Junction.

Wayne is served by the Mountain View and Wayne Route 23 New Jersey Transit stations, offering service on the Montclair-Boonton Line to Hoboken Terminal, with connections to Midtown Direct trains to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.

The Hackettstown station is the western terminus of the New Jersey Transit Morristown Line and the Montclair-Boonton Line, which both provide service to Hoboken Terminal with connections to Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan via Midtown Direct trains.

This was replaced in 1962 by a slower service called the Direct Orient Express, which ran daily cars from Paris to Belgrade, and twice weekly services from Paris to Istanbul and Athens.

1976 saw the withdrawal of the Paris – Athens direct service, and in 1977, the Direct Orient Express was withdrawn completely, with the last Paris – Istanbul service running on May 19 of that year.

The withdrawal of the Direct Orient Express was thought by many to signal the end of Orient Express as a whole, but in fact a service under this name continued to run from Paris to Budapest and Bucharest as before ( via Strasbourg, Munich, and Budapest ).

Direct services were operated from London, Manchester, Leicester, Birmingham, Leeds, Peterborough and Sheffield, but today a service to Norwich is all that remains.

An online service called ProQuest Direct was launched in 1995 ; its name was later shortened to just ProQuest.