* Nashville !, a commercial music channel on XM Satellite Radio controlled by Clear Channel Communications

ITV Digital operated out of Marco Polo House, the south London building home to shopping channel QVC and which had once housed The Observer newspaper, but perhaps most famous as the lavish headquarters of the ill-fated British Satellite Broadcasting.

In the United States, contemporary radio drama can be found on ACB radio, produced by the American Council of the Blind ; on the Sirius XM Book Radio channel from Sirius XM Satellite Radio ( previously Sonic Theater on XM ); and occasionally in syndication, as with Jim French's production Imagination Theater.

The Opry can also be heard live on Willie's Roadhouse ( XM Satellite Radio channel 56, and Sirius channel 64 ).

In early September 2007, CBC announced a new Hockey Night in Canada Radio show to air on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 122 ( Sports Play-by-Play 1 ) beginning October 1.

The channel launched on XM Satellite Radio channel 120 and Sirius Satellite Radio channel 90 on April 12, 2010.

* Syrian Satellite Channel, a satellite television channel owned by RTV Syria

Cinemax launched on August 1, 1980 as HBO's answer to The Movie Channel ( at the time, The Movie Channel was owned by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, a joint venture between Time Warner predecessor Warner Communications and American Express ; that channel is now owned by CBS Corporation through its Showtime Networks unit ).

* Fred ( XM ), channel 44 on XM Satellite Radio prior to 2008

The channel was originally created by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owner of MTV.

From 2003 to 2005, XM Satellite Radio aired a weekly " Best of Dr. Demento " show ( featuring a mixture of old and new material ) initially on the Special X channel and then on the 60s on 6, Deep Tracks, and Laugh USA channels.

* Maxim Radio, Maxim magazine's radio channel on Sirius Satellite Radio

A modified version of CBC Radio One, with local content replaced by additional airings of national programming, is also available on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 159.

As It Happens can be heard on CBC Radio One's channel 159 on Sirius Satellite Radio ( in both Canada and the U. S .), on an increasing number of American public radio stations, and on the Internet via streaming audio at the CBC's website.

It launched on March 7, 1983 as The Nashville Network ( TNN ), a joint venture of WSM, Inc. ( a subsidiary of National Life and Accident Insurance Company ) and Group W Satellite Communications ; Gaylord Entertainment Company acquired the channel a few months later.

DVB-S is used in both Multiple Channel Per Carrier ( MCPC ) and Single channel per carrier modes for Broadcast Network feeds as well as for Direct Broadcast Satellite services like Sky ( UK & Ireland ) via Astra in Europe, Dish Network and Globecast in the U. S. and Bell TV in Canada.

* Sunny ( XM ), XM Satellite Radio channel 24

In the 1989, the Satellite Shop was the launched as the first UK shopping channel.

PRI had its own 24-hour channel on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 136, which was discontinued in September 2006.

This has seen the arrival of institutions such as the University Centre in Svalbard, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and Svalbard Satellite Station.

The European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association ( EISCAT ) opened a radar in 1996, followed by Svalbard Satellite Station in 1999 and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in 2008.

Since the 1990s, several research and hi-tech institutes have established themselves, such as the University Centre in Svalbard, the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association, the Svalbard Satellite Station, the Svalbard Undersea Cable System and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

With the acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide on May 2, 2008 in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $ 2. 8 billion, the company began developing guidance technology for the TV, Cable and Satellite industry.

Nickelodeon's pre-history began on December 1, 1977 when QUBE, the first two-way interactive cable TV system was launched in Columbus, Ohio by Warner Cable ( owned by Warner Communications, and an ancestor of Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment ).

In 1983, Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment began divesting its assets and spun off Nickelodeon and two other channels, MTV and the now-defunct Radio Television Station ( RTS ) into the newly formed subsidiary ; in order to increase revenue, Nickelodeon began to accept PBS-style corporate underwriting for its programming.

In 2005, AirTran Airways began putting XM Satellite Radio on their aircraft, while in January 2006, JetBlue Airways added XM Radio to their aircraft.

WGN-TV began broadcasting on cable television throughout the United States in October 1978, after Tulsa-based satellite uplinker United Video Satellite Group uplinked the station's signal via satellite.

As of April 30, 2008, Octane 20 on Sirius Satellite Radio began playing a new song titled " Don't Question My Heart ", featuring Brent Smith from Shinedown.

The show was Executive Produced by David Rose, Managing Director and owner of Satellite Media and began in early 2004 with host Alex Behan.

In 2007, HKIA began the construction of a two-storey North Satellite Concourse ( NSC ) which opened in December 2009.

Under the guidance of the youth minister at their local church, the band began to play at a nearby Christian coffeehouse called the Solid Rock Cafe as an opening act for more notable bands, including Satellite Soul and Just Visiting ( now known as the award-winning, world-renowned group The Elms.

* Early to mid 1990s — Antenna began launching ANT1 in Cyprus, ANT1 Satellite for North American viewers, and ANT1 Pacific in Australia.

* Late 2000 — ANT1 Satellite and Pacific began broadcasting a twenty-four-hour program.

The station began to make reference of its new coverage area in its promotions and branding ; it adopted the " globe " logo it maintains today and modified its slogan to " Your Five-Star Satellite Network ".

Satellite TV also began a digital transition, well before over the air broadcasting did the same, to increase satellite capacity and / or reduce the size of the receiving antennas, and this also made it more difficult for individuals to intercept these signals.

Launched in 1981 by United Video Satellite Group, the TV Guide Network began its life as a simple electronic program guide ( or EPG ) software application sold to cable system operators throughout the United States and Canada.

Satellite imagery from ESSA 2 indicated that a large area of disturbed weather began merging with a frontal band in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.

Launched in November 2000, StarBand began selling the Gilat Satellite Networks SkyBlaster PCI card VSAT.

In the United States, the network began as two separate religious cable channels, the American Christian Television System ( ACTS ) and the Vision Interfaith Satellite Network ( VISN ).

In February 2008, Silver began hosting The Ron Silver Show on Sirius Satellite Radio, which focused on politics and public affairs.

Also, in 2004, Eminem and Rosenberg began a venture offered by Sirius Satellite Radio that saw the airing of their uncensored hip hop radio station, Shade 45.

The group began as The Royal Spades and had tried unsuccessfully to get a record made for the local Satellite Records even though tenor sax player Charles " Packy " Axton's mother and uncle owned that label.

In 2006, Sirius Satellite Radio began broadcasting " blog radio ", a show on the College / Indie Rock channel Left of Center.

Beginning in the late 1980s, Canadian Satellite Communications began distributing BCTV from Vancouver, ITV from Edmonton, and CHCH from Hamilton, primarily for distribution by smaller cable systems throughout Canada.

In June 2008 rumors began to surface that Silveria had joined a newly formed band called Satellite Syndrome, but it was eventually confirmed that the rumors were false and Silveria was not involved with the band.

Back in Memphis, he began an association with Satellite Records ( later Stax Records ), producing their first hit single, Carla Thomas's 1960 " Gee Whiz.