Company Profile for Sky Angel/Dominion Video Satellite Inc.A U.S. high-power direct broadcast satellite (DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) A one-way TV broadcast service from a communications satellite to a small round or oval dish antenna no larger than 20" in diameter. ) licensee and pioneer with corporate headquarters in Naples, Fla., Dominion Video Satellite Inc. owns and operates Sky Angel, which delivers via direct-to-home satellite in the contiguous 48 U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and via IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. in Canada more than 30 TV and radio channels of Christian-inspirational and family-friendly programming -- the widest variety of Christian faith-based channels available through a multi-channel television provider. Dominion was the second of nine initial companies to apply to the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. (FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. ) for a high-power DBS license in 1981 and is the sole surviving DBS pioneer from that first round of forward-thinking applicants. A free DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. video about Sky Angel and its U.S. service is available upon request at http://www.skyangel.com or 1-800-SKY-ANGEL (1-800-759-2643). Information about Sky Angel IPTV in Canada is available at http://www.skyangel-iptv.com or 1-866-640-7938. [TABLE OMITTED] |
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