The more local programming that a satellite operator offers to broaden its appeal, the higher are its costs.
So, were the only two big satellite firms to merge, this would leave most Americans with a choice of one cable and one satellite operator.
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Finding an American satellite operator to plug the gap in Sky Global Networks may well seem to him to be the crowning jewel in a glittering business career.
Out the door have gone a motorcycle factory and brewery in Shanghai, a stake in Chinese satellite operator Apstar, and a string of other non-core ventures in an effort to pay down debt.
Basically, these guys just got regulatory approval last week to buy satellite operator SkyTerra, combining about 23MHz of spectrum through slivers of ownership in the 1.4GHz and 1.6GHz terrestrial bands with 10MHz of L-band satellite space.
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In May 1993, according to Quintana, they signed a detailed letter of intent to form a 50-50 joint venture with a company called Merkury, a Russian satellite operator licensed by the Russian government to make certain satellites available for commercial use.
This could mean that EchoStar is the better satellite TV operator and it could do better still with more.
Staff Sergeant Justin DeCrow joined the Army right after high school, married his high school sweetheart, and had served as a light wheeled mechanic and satellite communications operator.
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Similarly, Telesat, Canada's satellite-fleet operator, has said that ITAR is one of the reasons it has selected European satellite builders in recent competitions.
To distribute legally in such countries, a satellite-TV operator needs the local government on its side.
The football package is not offered by any other satellite-program operator.
Despite the league's potency on DirecTV, exclusive NFL content couldn't prevent Sirius, the satellite-radio operator, from struggling until it was ultimately forced to merge with rival XM.
So much so that now Televisa, which controls around a 70% share of the broadcast television market in Mexico and is also the principal satellite and cable TV operator in Mexico, will lean on Univision to begin conquering English speaking audiences.
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Satellite broadcasters were added after the Supreme Court decided in 1991 that a direct-broadcast satellite company was a cable operator.
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One of President Ciampi's stated reasons for rejecting the bill was that it reversed a decision of Italy's highest court ordering Mediaset to move one of its channels, Rete4, to satellite broadcasting on the grounds that no operator's share of terrestrial output should exceed 20%.
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