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  2. Satellite dish - Wikipedia

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    A satellite finder (or sat finder) is a satellite field strength meter used to accurately point satellite dishes at communications satellites in geostationary orbit. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Professional satellite finder meters allow better dish alignment and provide received signal parameter values as well.

  3. Satellite television in the United States - Wikipedia

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    90cm multiple-LNA toroidal satellite dish The majority of ethnic-language broadcasts in North America are carried on K u band free-to-air. The largest concentration of free-to-air programming is on Galaxy 19 at 97° W. Pittsburgh International Telecommunications and GlobeCast World TV offers a mix of free and pay-TV ethnic channels in the ...

  4. Will DirecTV and Dish Merge? Satellite TV Operators Are ... - AOL

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    DirecTV and Dish have launched internet-delivered pay-TV packages, but those have not offset losses on the satellite side. Together, DirecTV and Dish have nearly 20 million customers, which is ...

  5. DirecTV agrees to buy Dish for $1 - AOL

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    Under the deal, DirecTV will pay Dish’s owner, EchoStar, just $1 for Dish in exchange for assuming its billions of dollars in debt. Private equity firm TPG, meanwhile, will acquire AT&T’s ...

  6. Parabolic antenna - Wikipedia

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    In small dishes such as home satellite dishes, where the size of the feed structure is comparable with the size of the dish, this can seriously reduce the antenna gain. To prevent this problem these types of antennas often use an offset feed, where the feed antenna is located to one side, outside the beam area. The aperture efficiency for these ...

  7. Satellite service DirecTV buys rival Dish as it fights the ...

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    DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling, a deal it has sought to complete for years, as the company seeks to better compete against streaming services that have become dominant. DirecTV said Monday that ...

  8. EchoStar XI - Wikipedia

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    EchoStar XI, also known as EchoStar 11, is an American geostationary communications satellite which is operated by EchoStar on behalf of Dish Network.It is positioned in Geostationary orbit at a longitude of 110° West, from where it is used to provide direct broadcasting services to the United States.

  9. DirecTV is pushing its pay TV bundle — without a satellite dish

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    Satellite TV providers like DirecTV and EchoStar’s Dish were once some of the biggest distributors of the TV bundle. The competition ramped up when cable TV companies began offering broadband.