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M ost of the US residential satellite TV market is shared between two giant service providers, DirecTV and Dish Network. Although very similar in their gross offerings, there are differences in their programming packages in regard to the price, number of channels and contents offered. You may want to consider it more closely before deciding which one suits better your particular needs. The fallowing is a brief recap of who the two service provider are. Follow the links for more detailed information.
Great variety of channels includes sports, movies, music, art and culture, local channels, adult programming and a number of international channels. They are offered both, as packages and a la carte (a piece). Dish Network offers mainly high-definition (HD) channels, w/4K HD service also available.
Fleet of 11 DirecTV satellites serves over 15 million subscribers. In all, DirecTV offers over 250 channels. Serving all the US, states, it provides local channels to 93% of the territory. Unlike Dish Network, in its quest for subscribers base expansion it is more oriented toward large cities and metropolitan areas. DirecTV's contents offer, while about as abundant as that of Dish Network's, isn't quite as liberal. At present, it offers somewhat fewer HD channels than Dish Network. However, both offer many HD channels. One is certain: HDTV is a major trend, and it is the two satellite TV providers who are running the show. DirecTV's big exclusive is the NFL Sunday Ticket. ______________________________________________________ Home Remember those happy days with no cable television, no satellite TV? Only a single analog TV service available, and everything about getting and using it was as simple as: get it, click, go... Cable or satellite TV? Which one is better: satellite TV or cable? In most any comparison, the answer seems to depend on whom you ask... Cable TV Cable TV is how the television entered American homes. In its early stages, cable TV service was quite different from the modern cable TV we know now... Direct Broadcast Satellite Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) TV service is a high-powered broadcast service to homes using satellites as the primary form of signal transmission. Its high transmission power makes possible use of relatively small dish antennas for efficient signal reception and utilization. Commercial satellite TV, as we know it, is a DBS service... Dish Network Dish Network is the second largest direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service provider in the US. Together with DirecTV, it shares the US home satellite TV market. Dish Network started commercial DBS broadcasting in 1996, after its first TV satellite - EchoStar I - has been launched in 1995... DirecTV DirecTV is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service provider, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Launched in 1994 by Hughes Electronics Corporation, it was the very first high-powered (mini-dish) DBS service in the world... High-speed INTERNET Whether you spend many hours browsing the Internet on daily basis, or use it less frequently, high-speed Internet connection appears to be irresistibly convenient. While it comes at added cost, most people find its benefits worth added expense, which can be quite low... High-definition TV Are you too mystified and intrigued by this new kid on the TV block: high-definition television. Expectations run high, but so is the uncertainty - what is really different about it, when compared with standard-definition television (SDTV)?... Satellite Radio If you like listening to radio programming, satellite radio has some goodies to offer. Great variety of channels, most of them commercial-free, high quality sound when it is needed, possibility to listen to your favored programming wherever you are... News Wire The latest in the satellite/cable industry... |
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