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2. Television receive-only - Wikipedia

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   The retail price for satellite receivers soon dropped, with some dishes costing as little as $2,000 by mid-1984. [4] Dishes pointing to one satellite were even cheaper. [8] Once a user paid for a dish, it was possible to receive even premium movie channels, raw feeds of news broadcasts or television stations from other areas.

3. Dish Network - Wikipedia

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   The DISH Network ViP722 HD DVR replacement for the ViP622 received generally positive reviews. [84] It could record up to 350 hours of standard-definition (SD) broadcasts, or 55 hours of high-definition (HD). These set-top boxes (STBs) allow for HD on the primary TV and SD on the secondary TV (TV2) without a secondary box on TV2.

4. PrimeStar - Wikipedia

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   PrimeStar was an American direct broadcast satellite broadcasting company formed in November 1990 by seven cable television companies including Comcast Corp. and TCI Communications Corp. [1] PrimeStar was the first medium-powered DBS system in the United States but slowly declined in popularity with the arrival of DirecTV in 1994 and Dish Network in 1996.

5. DirecTV - Wikipedia

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   Its primary competitors are Dish Network, traditional cable television providers, IP-based television services, and other over-the-top video services. On July 24, 2015, after receiving approval from the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice , AT&T acquired DirecTV in a transaction valued at $67.1 billion.

6. EchoStar - Wikipedia

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   In May 2024, Dish Network and Hughes Network Systems announced a new bundle of Dish satellite TV with Hughesnet satellite internet. [ 20 ] On September 30, 2024, EchoStar announced that it would divest its video distribution unit, Dish Network , to DirecTV in a debt exchange transaction that includes a payment of $1 and the assumption of ...

7. Satellite television - Wikipedia

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   The receiver uses the DiSEqC protocol to control the LNB mode, which handles this. [19] If several satellite receivers are to be attached to a single dish a so-called multiswitch must be used in conjunction with a special type of LNB. [19] There are also LNBs available with a multi-switch already integrated. [19]