The Nielsen Company has monitored TV audiences since 1950, but soon it will expand that definition from solely households with antenna, cable or satellite access, but also those that have dropped those options but still get video over the internet.
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That's a tough sell to customers who, by definition, don't want to be tied to anything -- which is why the company just launched prepaid satellite internet access for the continent.
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While there's some comfort to be had in knowing that technologies like satellite internet access are available if the lines go dark once again, we just hope that peace comes to the country instead.
Inmarsat is also entering a new field, the fixed satellite business ("fixed" refers to the customer, not the satellite) and will access very-small-aperture terminals (VSATs) of the type maintained by fixed satellite service purveyors like Intelsat.
Direct marketers, in particular, covet access to satellite TV viewers because this pool of consumers expands and complements their national advertising footprint.
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In exchange they were allowed to share meals and pray together, have nearly round-the-clock recreation time as well as access to satellite TV, computer games and classes.
All four multimedia models offer access to satellite radio from SiriusXM with SXV200 SiriusXM Connect Vehicle Tuner (sold separately, SiriusXM subscription required) and will support advanced features such as SiriusXM Replay.
It stuffs a hard drive that can store music, photos and video into a box with a DVD player, Internet access and a satellite or digital cable decoder.
They described limited access to Internet and satellite service, with some soldiers sharing just a few DVDs or CDs with an entire unit.
Viewers of satellite and cable services already have access to HDTV.
Many rural communities are several miles from a telephone exchange - too far for high-speed broadband to work - while satellite connection for high-speed access is very expensive and carries the risk of added technical problems.
The hackers were, according to the report, gain sufficient access to actually command the satellite, though apparently they did not do so.
Even now, when mapmakers have access to tools such as satellite images, there is still no objective and universally accepted map, argues Mr Brotton.
In turn, the utility can offer its ratepayers a package of some two dozen consumer services, including Internet access, appliance protection, satellite television, long-distance telephone service, carbon-monoxide protection and security.
But she does see in India, as in other fast developing countries, a growing interest in western standards of beauty - driven in part by increasing access to US media via satellite and an ensuing fascination for all things American.
It has broadband Web access, telephone lines, a satellite link and a conference room for press events, she says.
International companies cannot access an inventory of vital American satellite components and place orders as the need develops because each component must run the gauntlet of export controls.
Despite the fact that we were crossing some of the most desolate terrain in the United States, we had access to hundreds of channels of satellite radio, turn-by-turn navigation, and voice communication to anywhere in the world.
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The new Catapult centre in satellite applications is intended to provide businesses with "access to orbit test facilities, to develop and demonstrate new technologies".
For satellite companies, which don't provide Internet access or phone service, slowing growth in their core video service is more worrisome, and has companies looking for new revenue streams.
The regulatory structure was already creaking before New Labour entered office, struggling to deal with such complex gatekeeper issues as fair access for broadcasters to digital cable and satellite systems.
Licensed broadcasters encrypt satellite signals, with subscribers needing a decoder card to access them.
They gained illegal access to the roof, secured a remote satellite in an out-of-the-way place, and situated it so that the signal beamed off the next-door building into Billy's office.
The FCC is even asking if radio should still be considered a discrete market, in which ownership restrictions are evaluated as if consumers didn't have access to the Internet, digital cable and satellite, wireless Palm handhelds and the myriad other noisy forms of media that intrude on their daily existence.
Compaq also announced its new Triple Play broadband Internet access program, which offers customers a choice of three high-speed Net access options: cable modem, DSL, and satellite.
Satellite providers on their own can't offer high-speed Web access or voice services.
The introduction of Internet-ready HD TVs in the next few years presents a major threat of disintermediation for TV operators (cable, satellite, and telecom companies), as consumers will be able to access high-quality online video directly through their HD TVs.
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It scans all the shows from cable, satellite or broadcast and records ones you want on a hard drive you can access whenever you please.
From broadband Internet to latest-generation wireless technologies, from aeronautical and maritime navigation to radio astronomy and satellite-based meteorology, from convergence in fixed-mobile phone, Internet access, data, voice and TV broadcasting to next-generation networks, ITU is committed to connecting the world.
Its customers are able to watch satellite TV and listen to streaming music on their cell phones, as well as access the Internet over broadband connections.
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