He was John MacDougall, a satellite dish dealer and installer in Ocala, Florida.
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For instance, though the MX has its own TV tuner, it can't change the channels of a satellite dish or cable box.
Sadly, his charitable career ended suddenly when he fell to his death while inspecting a satellite dish on the roof of his home.
One option is to combine a Stirling engine with a solar concentrator resembling a satellite dish that can harness the power of 1, 000 suns.
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"We've had people out who have put a satellite dish up and run a cable to it 500 yards long all to no avail, " he said.
The transmission from the Lyttelton theatre on the south bank of the Thames can be received in cinemas that have a digital projector and a satellite dish.
This device, developed at the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate in Quantico, Virginia, is a microwave transmitter the size and shape of a small satellite dish that pivots on top of an armoured car.
Back in 2002, the FCC rejected a proposed combination of the satellite TV providers Dish Network and DirecTV, asserting that a merger of the two companies would hurt consumers by reducing competition, in particular for rural customers who lacked local cable television service.
To receive content from a satellite, viewers must have their dish pointed at the angle of its orbit.
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They have a joint enterprise leasing SkyPerfect TV satellite dish receivers for televisions.
Or it could spur a merger between Dish and its larger satellite rival, DirecTV.
Last month Dish won a ruling to convert some satellite spectrum to be used as cell phone spectrum.
Curiously, a fee-based arrangement isn't the only topic of discussion, as it's also said that Sprint is exploring a spectrum sharing arrangement with Dish that would put the satellite company's unused spectrum licenses to use.
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DISH's Hopper features three satellite TV tuners and a two-terabyte hard drive that stores up to 2, 000 hours of video.
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It will be tough for Dish to realize synergies out of running a wireless mobile network and a satellite home service together, and hence little by way of cost savings can be passed on to the customers.
The satellite TV provider has apparently scrunched up its nose at a recent promotional advertising campaign in which Comcast claims that two-thirds of satellite customers felt "Comcast delivered a better HD image" when compared to DirecTV and Dish Network alternatives.
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The other big U.S. satellite company, DirectTV Group ( DTV), commands a PE of more than twice that of Dish.
According to the outlet's anonymous sources, Sprint has approached Dish Network with an offer that would allow the satellite company to establish itself as a wireless provider by using the Now Network's airwaves.
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When Dish Network won a bidding war for Blockbuster back in April, many wondered what a satellite provider wanted with a dying DVD chain.
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