Satellite television Satellite television British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) was a company set up in 1986 to provide direct broadcast satellite television services to the United Kingdom. Though rival Sky Television was also suffering massive losses by 1990, BSB was in a worse position. The companies merged, though it was in effect a takeover by Sky to form today's British Sky Broadcasting or BSkyB. BSB shareholders Granada, Pearson and Chargeurs maintained an interest in BSkyB through BSB Holdings Limited, but gradually sold their shares throughout the 1990s. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Satellite Broadcasting"
British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television plc and British Satellite Broadcasting) is a company that operates Sky Digital, the most popular subscription television service in the UK and Ireland. It also produces TV content, and owns several TV channels. It is controlled by 36.8% shareholder News Corporation, an American company chaired by Rupert Murdoch. For the year to 30 June 2005 BSkyB had turnover of £4.048 billion, and made a profit of £631 million before tax and £425 million after tax. At 19 December 2005 it had 8 million direct to home customers. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Sky Broadcasting"
The Digibox is a device marketed by British Sky Broadcasting in the UK to enable home users to receive digital satellite television broadcasts ( satellite receiver). An internet service is also available through the device, similar in some ways to the American MSN TV. The first Digiboxes shipped to consumers in mid- 1998, and the hardware reference design is unchanged since. The units are DVB-S compatible, and usually carry the DVB logo on the front. However, their use as a DVB-S receiver for anything other than Sky services is seriously limited by their reduced choice of symbol rates (22,000 and 27,500), and their inability to store more than about 20 non-EPG channels without losing them. ...more on Wikipedia about "Digibox (Sky Television)"
Digiturk (or DIGITURK) is a Turkish Satellite television provider, initialized in 1999 and brought to life in mid-2000. They offer, both national cable TV channels and their own channels, national radios and music streams of different genres. Digiturk is also the current owner of the broadcasting rights of Turkish Premier Super League. In addition to Turkey, they offer service throughout Europe, mainly for gastarbeiter. Reportedly it has over a million subscribers worldwide. ...more on Wikipedia about "Digiturk"
DiSEqC (Digital Satellite Equipment Control) is a special communication protocol for use between a satellite receiver and a device such as a multi-dish switch or a small dish antenna rotor. It is compatible with the actuators used to rotate large C band dishes if used with a DiSEqC positioner. It relies only on the coaxial cable to transmit both bidirectional data/ signals and power. ...more on Wikipedia about "DiSEqC"
The DreamBox is a Linux-powered DVB digital satellite and cable decoder set-top box, produced by German multimedia vendor Dream Multimedia. Its firmware is officially user-upgradable, due to its Linux base, as compared to third-party patching of alternate receivers. All units support Dream's own DreamCrypt conditional access system, with software-emulated CAMs available for many alternate CA systems. Dreamboxes are relatively expensive compared to other STB's, and are more common among enthusiasts and those who intend to obtain services without payment. ...more on Wikipedia about "DreamBox"
Euro1080 was the first commercial broadcaster in Europe to air full time HDTV content. ...more on Wikipedia about "Euro1080" If you like you could tell us your opinion about shortopedia
Free-to-air (FTA) is a term used to describe television and radio broadcasts which are broadcast unencrypted and may therefore be picked up via any suitable receiver. The term should not be confused with Free-to-view (FTV) which describes TV which is available without subscription but which is encoded and may therefore be restricted geographically. Neither of these options can be described as pay-TV, however, which describes a subscription (or pay-per-view) service which is encrypted. The term usually refers to delivery by satellite television, but in various parts of the world where encrypted digital terrestrial television channels exist, broadcast on UHF or VHF bands, and it can also be applied to those systems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Free-to-air"
Granada Sky Broadcasting is a British television company. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITV plc and currently broadcasts just one television channel, Men & Motors (originally known as Granada Men & Motors). ...more on Wikipedia about "Granada Sky Broadcasting"
Hi-Vision is a synonym for HDTV, found in some Japanese marketing material. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hi-vision"
Hispasat is a group of Spanish communication satellites . They were developed by the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (National Institute for Technical Aeronautics) and the European Space Agency now belongs to Eutelsat (27.69%) and other private shareholders from Spain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hispasat"
Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting ( ISDB) is the digital television ( DTV) and digital audio broadcasting ( DAB) format that Japan has created to allow radio and television stations there to convert to digital. ...more on Wikipedia about "Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting"
MobaHo! is a Mobile satellite digital audio/video broadcasting service in Japan. MobaHo! services began on 20 October 2004. MobaHo! uses digital broadcasting specification of ISDB. Satellite providing this service is jointly owned by SK Telecom of Korea and MBCO of Japan. ...more on Wikipedia about "MobaHo!"
NBC Europe (formerly Super Channel) was a satellite television channel based in the United Kingdom that broadcast across Europe. It was picked up by various European cable television networks. ...more on Wikipedia about "NBC Europe" Don't hesitate to contact stuff on www.shortopedia.com shortopedia
NFL Sunday Ticket is a premium channel package offered in the United States by the direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service DirecTV that shows all of the National Football League (NFL) regular season games. Currently, DirecTV has an exclusive deal with the NFL, making them the sole provider of NFL Sunday Ticket in the United States until the contract expires in 2010, which effectively removes the competition from the market, who will not be allowed to provide the subsciption service on their own DBS systems. ...more on Wikipedia about "NFL Sunday Ticket"
Nordic Satellite AB (NSAB) is the owner and operator of the two SIRIUS satellites, which provide the Nordic countries and the Baltic states, with TV, radio, data and communications solutions. The company is owned by the Swedish Space Corporation and SES Global. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nordic Satellite AB"
Osterley Television Centre is BSkyB's upcoming biggest programme-making centre. ...more on Wikipedia about "Osterley Television Centre"
Our World was the first live international satellite television production, which was broadcast on 25 June 1967. Performers in twenty-six nations were invited to perform in separate segments featuring their country, and the six-hour event had the largest television audience ever up to that point: 400 million people around the globe were watching. ...more on Wikipedia about "Our World"
In satellite communications, rain fade refers to the absorption of a microwave Radio Frequency (RF) signal by rain or snow, and is especially prevalent in frequencies above 11 GHz. It also refers to the degradation of a signal caused by the electromagnetic interference of the leading edge of a storm front. Rain fade can be caused by rain or snow at the uplink or downlink location. It does not need to be raining at a location for it to be affected by rain fade. The signal may pass through rain or snow many miles away, especially if the satellite dish has a low look angle. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rain fade"
A satellite dish is a type of parabolic antenna designed with the specific purpose of transmitting signals to and/or receiving from satellites. A satellite dish is a particular type of microwave antenna. Satellite dishes come in varying sizes and designs, and are most commonly used to receive satellite television. ...more on Wikipedia about "Satellite dish"
Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. In many areas of the world satellite television services supplement older terrestrial signals, providing a wider range of channels and services, including subscription-only services. ...more on Wikipedia about "Satellite television"
Satellite TV signals are broadcast from satellites in the geostationary orbits 22,000 miles above the equator. They beam TV signals towards land where the bulk of subscribers are found, so reception from land is easy to receive and requires an antenna no larger than 18 inches in diameter. However, larger antennas are required for mariners because the TV signals “bleed” out over coastal waters and the signal strength weakens the further offshore a vessel travels. Signal strength also varies from satellite service to service, where services such as DIRECTV Latin America broadcast a weaker signal than say, DISH Network. ...more on Wikipedia about "Satellite TV services and coverage area for mobile antennas"
SBTV - Sistema Brasileiro de TV Digital ( English: Brazilian Digital TV System) is a digital television standard for Brazil. Developed by an association including Brazilian government and Universidade de São Paulo, folloied and by the civil society and communication companies, was presented in 13 November 2005 by Hélio Costa , Minister of Communications of Lula government. ...more on Wikipedia about "SBTV"
SES Americom is a major commercial satellite operator based in the United States. Formerly RCA Americom and GE Americom the company is now (with SES Astra) one of the principal parts of SES Global. ...more on Wikipedia about "SES Americom"
SES Astra SA, a subsidiary of SES Global, is a Luxembourg-based corporation which owns and operates the Astra series of geostationary satellites, which transmit approximately 1100 analogue and digital television and radio channels via 176 transponders to 91 million households across Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "SES Astra"
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