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An indigenous cryogenic engine will power India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) for the first time when it launches in April. The exact launch date is to be announced soon.

The United Kingdom has launched its own space agency, which is to manage what is now a loose partnership of government departments and research councils dealing with space.

Digital Video Broadcasting is a novel technology standard that makes the transmission of video, audio any other sort of data signals, possible. In this case the signals are disseminated as the receivers, may be limitless, usually several millions of people in one or more countries. The most accepted type of transmission handled by DVB is television, which comprises of a video stream, an audio stream, and typical teletext data and an Electronic Programme Guide.

The phenomenon of using a popular musician in a movie is nothing new. After all, one of the earliest sound pictures featured none other than Al Jolson as its star in The Jazz Singer.
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A short while back, baseball fans sat back and waited for the big game of the week. Following This Week in Baseball, the Saturday afternoon broadcast featured two of the all-time greats – Joe Garagiola and Vin Scully – on the microphones.
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In today’s world even if you have something good you are going to want to get something better…that is a snapshot of the soul of our society, of what has driven us to such great heights and what has turned us into such competitive people. This sentiment applies in virtually all aspects of life, including the kinds of services which we enjoy within our home (specifically such services one might say). Within the home perhaps no service reflects this orientation of the modern consumer quite so much as the television service, especially considering just how much of a TV-infatuated nation ours really is.
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There aren’t that many television viewers out there anymore that find it surprising to learn that satellite TV has got the most tempting and satisfying packages on offer, way beyond what cable providers are able to offer. It is a fact that is really not even subject to questioning any longer, and which is confirmed by the nearly decade-long reign of satellite television on the customer satisfaction charts.
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We’ve all said it at one point, even if we weren’t necessarily trying to impress someone. Whether on a date or at a dinner, someone’s gone on and on about a film that is an absolute classic, a must-see. And then suddenly, this person has turned to you and said, “you’ve seen it, right?” Rather than explain that no, you actually haven’t, it is often a lot easier to just nod yes. Because after all, if everyone is going on and on about why this is such a fabulous film or assuming that everyone in the room has already seen it–well, why haven’t you?
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