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satellite broadcasting

British  

noun

  1. the transmission of television or radio programmes from an artificial satellite at a power suitable for direct reception in the home

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Zaidi amassed a personal fortune in banking, satellite broadcasting and government contracting, founding Al Janoob Islamic Bank a decade ago as well as Al Awees, an importer of agricultural commodities for Iraq’s Ministry of Trade.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

With his ambitions for TV limited by entrenched local network affiliates, Turner expanded his independent station’s reach across the South and then the U.S. by embracing the new technologies of cable and satellite broadcasting.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

And while before HBO had been a pioneer in pay TV and in satellite broadcasting, now it was stepping onto well-trod ground.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2021

Although radio is still, by far, the dominant way to listen, NPR’s distribution chain now includes podcasts, Web text and streams, satellite broadcasting and social media.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2015

It has shut down the most popular Sunday newspaper in the world and prevented Rupert Murdoch's companies taking a virtual monopoly of satellite broadcasting in Britain.

From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2014

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