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STMicroelectronics Announces Dual DVB-S2 Demodulator to Enable Cost-Effective HDTV Watch-and-Record DVR Satellite … (SYS-CON Media)

February 28th, 2007 by

STMicroelectronics , the world’s leading supplier of silicon chips for set-top boxes (STBs)*, today announced a dual DVB-S2 satellite TV demodulator chip, intended for STBs that offer the viewer the ability to watch one standard or high-definition TV channel while recording another. The new multi-standard STV0900 provides in a single package the functionality of two of ST’s established STB0899 …

BBC gets approval to launch free satellite service (EARTHtimes.org)

February 28th, 2007 by

BBC Trust, the governing body of BBC, has provisionally approved plans for the setting up of a BBC-sponsored free-to-view satellite platform, saying such a service will have significant public value.

News & Commentary AT&T Calls TV Viewers — But Will They Answer? The telco offers nearly 30 different High-Definition … (TVPredictions.com)

February 28th, 2007 by

Washington, D.C. (February 28, 2007) — Looking for a high-def alternative to cable and satellite?

Satellite deal foes don’t hear message (Chicago Tribune)

February 28th, 2007 by

Regardless of whether the people paying for satellite radio are dissatisfied with regular old broadcast radio, they’re still listening to a lot of it.

STMicroelectronics Announces Dual DVB-S2 Demodulator to Enable Cost-Effective HDTV Watch-and-Record DVR Satellite … (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

February 28th, 2007 by

STMicroelectronics , the world’s leading supplier of silicon chips for set-top boxes *, today announced a dual DVB-S2 satellite TV demodulator chip, intended for STBs that offer the viewer the ability to watch one standard or high-definition TV channel while recording another.

Wireless TV Targets Vehicles (Wired News)

February 27th, 2007 by

An internet TV company wants you to be able to watch the tube from the back seat of your car on the web. Plus: Hybrid sales are up 28 percent. In Autopia.

Egypt Bans Pro-Militant Iraq TV Al-Zawraa (Nasdaq)

February 27th, 2007 by

(RTTNews) - Egypt has banned the transmission of al-Zawraa, a private Iraqi TV station which was carried on Nilesat, a government-owned TV satellite, accusing it of glorifying the Sunni insurgency in Iraq. The United States had asked the Egyptian authorities to stop transmission of al-Zawraa, which was broadcasting from a secret location.

Upstart TV Station Uses $10 Woks Rather Than $20,000 Satellite Dish (Addict 3D)

February 27th, 2007 by

It’s always nice to see a bit of ingenuity when it comes to technology. To be fair, he had done so before. A year earlier he had used a similar wok contraption to get wireless broadband to his home — and when the TV station was starting up, he figured he might as well try something similar.

Sick of Cable TV Service? Switch to Satellite (Derby Daily Reporter)

February 26th, 2007 by

(ARA) - Tired of the fuzzy picture on your TV screen? Or the cable going out at the most inopportune moment? Satellite may have seemed more costly upfront when it first surfaced, but these days it can be a better value than cable and just makes sense.

Former Easley resident sentenced in satellite TV case (The Greenville News)

February 26th, 2007 by

A former Easley resident will serve five months in federal prison for illegally modifying devices so friends could get free satellite TV, authorities said Monday.

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