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Telesat Successfully Launches Nimiq 4 Broadcast Satellite (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

September 20th, 2008 by

NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2008 — Loral Space & Communications Inc. today announced that Telesat, which is 64 percent owned by Loral and the world’s fourth largest fixed satellite services operator, has successfully launched its state-of-the-art Nimiq 4 satellite.

Telesat successfully launches Nimiq 4 broadcast satellite (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)

September 20th, 2008 by

Telesat, the world’s fourth largest fixed satellite services operator, has successfully launched its state-of-the-art Nimiq 4 satellite. Nimiq 4 is fully leased to Bell TV, and will enable Bell TV to expand its advanced digital satellite television services over Canada by offering more HDTV, specialty channels and foreign-language programming.

Canadian satellite separated from Russian rocket (Itar-Tass)

September 20th, 2008 by

MOSCOW, September 20 (Itar-Tass) — The orbital block, made up of the Briz-M booster block and the Canadian Nimiq-4 communication satellite, got separated from the Proton-M carrier rocket, which was launched off the Baikonur cosmodrome at 01.48 on Saturday, Alexander Bobrenyov, press secretary of the Khrunichev Research and Production Centre, told Itar-Tass.

Saturday’s college football schedule with TV, radio, satellite coverage in the Upstate (The Greenville News)

September 20th, 2008 by

* South Carolina State (2-1) at No. 23 Clemson (2-1), 1 p.m., FM-93.3/104.9, ESPN360 Internet video feed, XM-190 * Princeton (0-0) at The Citadel (1-1), 1 p.m. AM-660, Sirius-130 * Western Carolina (1-2) at Presbyterian (1-2), 1:30 p.m., AM-860 (Laurens) * Delaware (1-1) at Furman (2-1), 2 p.m., FM-96.3/103.3 * Lenoir-Rhyne (2-1) at Benedict (1-2), 6 p.m. * Kentucky Wesleyan (1-1) at North …

Library previews digital TV switch (Beaver Dam Daily Citizen)

September 19th, 2008 by

The switch to Digital Television is coming! Are you ready?Representatives of Wisconsin Public Television will present a guide to the Digital Television Transition at Beaver Dam Community Library, 311 N. Spring St., at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 22.The presentation will include:• Background on Digital Television• How to make the transition if you have cable or satellite a Digital TV tuner an older …

Consumer Reports: TV digital converter boxes (KATU Portland)

September 19th, 2008 by

People who have an older analog TV will need a converter box when television goes all-digital next February, unless they want to sign up for cable or satellite. Consumer Reports has tested two dozen converter boxes, costing from around $50 to about $80.

Russell Crowe - Saudi Judge Issues Fatwa Against Satellite Broadcasters (ContactMusic)

September 19th, 2008 by

The head of Saudi Arabia’s highest court, the Supreme Judiciary Council, has ruled that it is permissible for Moslems to kill the owners of satellite TV stations that …

Arabs Denounce Fatwa on ‘Immoral’ TV (ABC News)

September 19th, 2008 by

Many Arabs denounce Saudi cleric’s edict to kill owners of ‘immoral’ TV stations

Arabs Denounce Edict to Kill Satellite TV Station Owners (Fox News)

September 19th, 2008 by

Arabs across the ideological spectrum, from secular-minded liberals to Muslim hard-liners, are denouncing a top Saudi cleric’s edict that it was permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV stations that show “immoral” content.

Arabs denounce cleric’s fatwa on ‘immoral’ TV (Las Vegas Sun)

September 19th, 2008 by

Fri, Sep 19, 2008 (12:33 a.m.) Arabs across the ideological spectrum, from secular-minded liberals to Muslim hard-liners, are denouncing a top Saudi cleric’s edict that it was permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV stations that show “immoral” content.

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