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HDTV stands for High Definition Television, and if you live in the USA, Australia, or Japan you may already have experienced it. This article explains what HDTV is and how it differs from NTSC or PAL TV.
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At the request of the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC), Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems (ISS) has started the construction of the Ekspress-AM5 and Ekspress-AM6 telecommunications satellites.
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SES World Skies announced Solomon Telekom has signed an agreement for satellite capacity to extend its broadband services across the Solomon Islands.
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The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) announced new data for subscription TV penetration across the Asia Pacific, noting that the region now has 326 million pay-TV, up 26 million homes in 2009.
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Television has provided us, as a society (both for the old and the young) with an incredible variety of entertainment and viewing pleasure over the years, but at the same time television has also come to acquire a bad rap with time. Many disaffected television viewers think that all the tube is good for is the occasional escape from reality for entertainment purposes, and, other than that, nothing more that rotting one’s mind-especially in the case of children.

Tapping into the American love affair with television gives digital signage communicators instant rapport with their audiences. If you aren’t obsessed with communications, marketing and technology like I am, you may not be aware that media consumption patterns among the public are experiencing a dramatic change.
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