Its Sky Mexico satellite television business, which accounts for about 20% of total revenue, has 1.4 million subscribers and is the satellite market leader.
There is little sign that the gulag is any less brutal: a report by Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a human-rights group, pieced together what is known from defectors' accounts and satellite imagery.
Today, Mr. Yousef who is known locally as Alaa tours the Idlib area with his satellite phone and records the dead on video, uploading his footage and accounts to Skype chat rooms and the Web.