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the beta site Livestation has good quality live stream of the seven "official" partner channels via IPTV. ITN, France24, Russia Today, Al-Jazeera English etc. look pretty good. Also BBC audio is available. Presently it appears to be a free service on both sides. I personally don't...

Thank you to the three individuals who contributed their opinions and factual observations in response to my question (quest) for "better" un-biased coverage of the Olympic Games. Yes, I do remember PPV (Seoul 1988 ?) and multi-casting of Barcelona (1992). I especially remember Munich 1972...

Olympic Games on Canadian TV ? ( in states ) ? 08-08-08 Am rather allergic to domestic NBC Olympic Games "coverage" due to rampent "homers" that disrespect the hard-work and life-long commitment of the overwhelming majority of the athletes (from all nations). From what I've seen of prior...

Midnight hot on Fashion TV is worth a long look. Midnight hot on Fashion TV is worth a long look. It is in the clear on G25 (telestar 5).

The webpage of "Light Readings Cable Industry News" of October 3, 2007 Cable Digital News - Cable Digital - Comcast Ready to Reclaim Bandwidth - Telecom News Analysis contains some discussion of the capability of switched digital video and some other techniques to increase the perception of...

Thank you Iceberg. Sort of figured it was too good to be true. Thank you Iceberg for the information. I couldn't find it on Lyngsat. Sort of figured it was too good to be true.

Recently I have noticed two "CTV" placeholders on Galaxy 25 (IA5). The logo certainly looks like the major private independent Canadian network. It just says "soon". This could be really great news. Does anyone have additional information? Will it stay in the clear? Thank you. I'm in...

Free is a four letter word that starts with "F". It will never happen, but here is what I would like to see. I would like to see some latitude and understanding by management of the sat service that a consumer should have a reasonable option if the consumer is terribly dis-satisfied with the...

What is the definition of a reasonable expectation? Thank you for the forecast. I guess my real question is, "What is the definition of a reasonable expectation of how management and ownership will treat consumers who have signed two year service contracts?" Given that there is new ownership...

Yes, I'm excited about satellite television again. I paid $ 1 K or so on the first day, first hour it SD-satellite TV went on sale about 15 years ago. It was great back then. Dropped it ten years ago when everything became so compressed. Am really looking forward to reliving the excitement...