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sattelite stories: 3 news summaries

Federal Court Ruling
Shakes Up Cable Industry

FCC limit doesn't take into account other sources of competition, court rules

Aug 28, 09 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a decision that could revolutionize the communications industry, a federal appeals court has struck down an FCC rule prohibiting a cable TV company from serving more than 30% of the market, Reuters reports. The court declared the rule "arbitrary and capricious,” noting that cable operators face competition... More »

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Congress • Comcast • FCC • Cablevision • US Court of Appeals • antitrust • sattelite • telecom • Cox Communications • Charter Communications

Japan Launches Super Speed Internet Satellite

Technology could
lead to fast access across Asia

Feb 23, 08 1:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Japan today launched a satellite that, if successful, will be able to sling information across Japan and remote parts of Southeast Asia at high speeds and low cost, the AP reports. The satellite, dubbed “Kizuna,” won’t be used commercially–instead, scientists will run about 100 experiments on... More »

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Internet • Japan • HDTV • space • sattelite • JAXA

Google Scores First Deal to Serve TV Commercials

Automated system allows advertisers to buy and track commercials

Apr 3, 07 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Drunk with its success at dominating the internet ad business, Google wants to start serving up TV commercials, too. The first company to sign up is EchoStar Communications, a satellite TV provider which will announce today a deal with Google to broker commercials across its 125 TV channels. More »

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television • technology • Google • Internet • advertising • commercials • sattelite • satellite TV

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