(ARA) - Tired of the fuzzy picture on your TV screen? Or the cable going out at the most inopportune moment? Satellite may have seemed more costly upfront when it first surfaced, but these days it can be a better value than cable and just makes sense.

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Focus Enhancements, Inc., a worldwide leader in Ultra Wideband wireless technology, video conversion and digital media, announced its FS•456 TV-out encoder chip is powering the MBRO501A, a new portable satellite broadcasting receiver containing a 3.5-inch display, from the Japan-based Mobile Broadcasting Corporation for use with its satellite digital multimedia broadcasting service, MobaHO!

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On Wednesday, the third of 12 days of public hearings by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) into the granting of new satellite pay-TV licences to broadcasters, it became obvious that the application of the fifth applicant — the Ndabenhle Group — will most likely be dead in the water.

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Al Zawraa shows images of attacks on American troops. But efforts to shut it down bump up against a Mideast ally. WASHINGTON — Outraged by video footage of bloody attacks on American troops, U.S. officials have worked for about half a year to close down a satellite television station that promotes the cause of Iraq’s Sunni Arab insurgents to millions of viewers in the region.

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The competition for network television viewers and advertisers is brutal because of forums like satellite TV and YouTube. NBC has wound up on the bottom of the ratings wars.

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Google and Apple’s deal to show video clips is a major step in the race to bring Net entertainment to TV

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