El Segundo-based DirecTV, the No. 1 satellite provider and a unit of Hughes Electronics Corp., plans to offer free installation starting Oct. 15 for customers buying a dish and receiver, according ...

El Segundo-based DirecTV, the No. 1 satellite provider and unit of Hughes Electronics Corp., plans to offer free installation starting Oct. 15 for customers buying a dish and receiver, according ...

The Dish Network 332 Receiver is one of several customer premise equipment (CPE) boxes available for satellite TV programming. Using a constellation of nine satellites, Dish delivers digital video, ...

In the past, mobile satellite TV systems relied on large dishes or domed antennas that protruded 12 to 20 inches high to capture TV signals from satellites orbiting 22,300 miles above the Earth.

You must connect the dish to the receiver and place the signal meter inline to ensure the LNB is powered up. If this is your only dish and you are using SWM, you’ll also need to add a power ...

Assuming a worst case scenario, without a splitter, you can install the receiver at 100 feet from the dish. If you install a splitter 50 feet from the dish, each side can only go an additional 25 ...

You’ll notice the dish is pointed up quite a bit more than it would have been when receiving satellite television. The mount on the back of the dish has been turned 180 degrees to allow for this.

China is clamping down on the illegal use of satellite dishes -- and the effort is kicking in hard in Shanghai, where authorities began door-to-door inspections last week.The move follows a call ...