Satellite - BBC may launch free satellite service

BBC may launch free satellite service
Pocket-Link.co.uk - 28 February 2007 - The BBC Trust has provisional approved plans to launch a free satellite TV service as a joint venture with Channel 4 and ITV. BBC channels are currently available for free through Sky's Freesat service, which requires a set-top box

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PRWeb - Hauppauge launches Subscription-Free Satellite TV Box Hauppauge introduces tiny satellite TV decoder for the UK market, the Hauppauge DEC 3000-s. Smallest satellite product available and ideal for second TVs in the kitchen and bedroom. In addition

BBC to press ahead with free satellite TV
Independent Online Edition - The BBC yesterday added to BSkyB's problems by announcing that it is to press ahead with plans to provide a free digital satellite television offering. Rupert Murdoch's Sky is currently fighting regulators to be allowed to keep its 17.9 per cent

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New Haven Register - One Texas community of 125 people changed its name in 2005 from Clark to "DISH" in order to get free satellite TV service for its residents. New Jersey and other states also are investigating the possibility of generating revenue through similar

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Slate - The town of Clark, Texas, agreed to change its name to "DISH" on Tuesday, after the town council worked out a corporate deal that will give every resident free satellite TV. The founder of the town, L.E. Clark, was disappointed by the change. "I