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MSOs Respond To FCC Rate Investigation - Multichannel Online
Washington—The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing two years of cable rate information submitted Thursday by 13 companies threatened with monetary fines for noncompliance. The agency, at the direction of chairman Kevin Martin, is ...

BBC Worldwide Channels Launches Its First Spanish-language Channel in ... - PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BBC Worldwide Channels today announced the launch of its first wholly-owned, Spanish-language channel in the United States. CBeebies, the BBC-branded channel dedicated to preschoolers, will be available ...

Mark Cuban charged with insider trading - Baltimore Sun
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators today charged Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban with insider trading for allegedly using confidential information on a stock sale to avoid more than $750,000 in losses. Cuban disputed the Securities and Exchange ...

Nigerian satellite launched by China loses power - Forbes
A Nigerian communications satellite built and launched by China has been knocked out of service due to a power failure, a spokeswoman for China's launch services provider said Thursday. The Nigerian Communication Satellite, or NIGCOMSAT-1, ceased ...

Nigeria opposition tasks government of 'faulty' satellite - Afriquenligne.fr
Lagos, Nigeria - Nigeria's main opposition Action Congress (AC) party has challenged the federal government to ''come clean'' on what has happened to the 40-billion-naira Nigerian communication satellite (NigComSat) that was launched into orbit last ...

Nigeria's Chinese-built satellite goes dark - Asia Times
In May 2007, the Nigerian government rejoiced as the Chinese-built Nigeria Communications Satellite - 1 (NIGCOMSAT-1), was sent into orbit by a Chinese rocket at the Xichang launch facility. Nigeria was upbeat and looking forward to 15 years of ...

Smaller Satellite Aims To Widen Path To Outer Space - Redorbit.com
It’s not much bigger than a softball and weighs just 2 pounds. But the “pico satellite” being designed and built in a University of Florida aerospace engineering laboratory may hold a key to a future of easy access to outer space — one where ...

Nigerian satellite fails in space - BBC News
But on Wednesday Minister of State for Science and Technology Alhassan Zaku told journalists it had lost power and had to be "parked, like you would park a car". "If it wasn't parked and it lost all its power there would be no energy to even move it ...

Satellite tech keeps tabs on Cornwall's rubbish - Silicon.com
Local authorities in south-west England are using satellite technology to keep track of their rubbish collection fleets. Caradon and North Cornwall District Councils have been using Masternaut Three X to monitor their fleet online since June this ...

The complete guide to Freesat - Techradar.com
A free satellite service has long been recognised as a way of filling the gaps in Freeview's coverage that didn't force viewers to sign up to Sky, but it's taken a long time to go from dream to reality. The road to Freesat started five years ago ...