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

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.

Direct broadcast satellite service has been available since the late 1980s with the arrival of free-to-air satellite Astra and subscription service Sky Television.

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.

Direct information has been obtained from rockets and satellites equipped with impact sensors.

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.

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.

* October 6, 2011: A software error knocks out Anik F2, one of the two satellites serving Shaw Direct customers, for approximately one day.

The standard 18 " DBS antennas used by other providers are not compatible with this system as the signals differ in both frequency and polarization, because Shaw Direct is relayed via FSS satellites, Anik F1 and F2 in this case.

* Shaw Direct, a Canadian broadcaster using medium-powered FSS satellites and larger dishes.

Services offered by Direct broadcast satellites

They are also available from Thor 6 and Intelsat 10-02 satellites at 0. 8 ° W through freeSAT by UPC Direct and Digi TV respectively and from Amos 3 at 4. 0 ° W through Magio Sat.

Direct contempt is an unacceptable act in the presence of the judge ( in facie curiae ), and generally begins with a warning, and may be accompanied by an immediate imposition of punishment.

Zubrin and Baker pitched Mars Direct at the Marshall Spaceflight Center, where reception was generally positive.

Direct investments generally range from million to million.

Direct microwave exposure is not generally possible, as microwaves emitted by the source in a microwave oven are confined in the oven by the material out of which the oven is constructed.

Direct methods are preferred because they are generally less costly in time and money.

* Direct administration funded through taxation ; the delivering organization generally has no specific requirement to meet commercial success criteria, and production decisions are determined by government.

Direct manipulation, as well as user interface design in general, for 3D computer graphics tasks, is still an active area of invention and innovation, as the process of generating CG images is generally not considered to be intuitive or easy in comparison to the difficulty of what the user wants to do, especially for complex tasks.

Direct intrahypothalamic administration of the drugs ( 16 micrograms procaine / animal ) induces a pattern of responses which is generally opposite to that observed for intravenous injection.

Direct competitors in networking products, switches and routers generally include ADVA Optical Networking, Alcatel, BATM Advanced Communications, BTI systems, Inc., Canoga Perkins Corp., Ciena, Cisco Systems, Cyan Optics, Inc., ECI Telecom Ltd., Ekinops SYS, Ericsson, Extreme Networks, Fujitsu, Huawei Technologies Inc., Nokia Siemens Networks BC, Omnitron Systems Technology, Imc., Optelian, RAD Data Communications, Ltd., Tellabs, Inc., Transition Networks and Transmode.

Direct push techniques are generally limited to shallow soil sample recovery in unconsolidated soil materials.

Most of BNSF Railway's and Union Pacific Railroad's track operates under CTC ; the portions that are generally lighter-traffic lines that are operated under Track Warrant Control ( BNSF and UP ) or Direct Traffic Control ( UP ).

Direct thermal printers are generally less expensive, but they produce labels that can become illegible if exposed to heat, direct sunlight, or chemical vapors.

Direct experience generally denotes experience gained through immediate sense perception.

Direct activation of an AAC system is generally the first choice of access method as it is faster and cognitively easier.