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  2. Dish Network - Wikipedia

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    In order to migrate existing customers to DISH 500, DISH Network provided value-added channels in addition to local channels that could only be received with the DISH 500 and newer systems. Some of the channels exclusive to these newer systems were H 2 , Boomerang , Science , Planet Green , PBS Kids Sprout and Comedy Central .

  3. Bell Satellite TV - Wikipedia

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    The phone line simply automates the process of ordering pay-per-view by dialing out the Event ID and other information that would be requested by manually calling the pay-per-view phone system. Support and warranties. Bell Satellite TV provides technical support 24/7, however it will only support its products.

  4. Multichannel television in the United States - Wikipedia

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    2.2 million people subscribed to C-band service requiring 6-foot dishes costing as much as $1,500; this number remained steady, while digital satellite service with 18-inch dishes experienced phenomenal growth, reaching 4.5 million subscribers by the end of 1996, up by about two million subscribers in a year. Cable television services had 65 ...

  5. Set-top box - Wikipedia

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    An Inview Neelix set-top box manufactured in 2012. It allows simultaneous access to television broadcast and internet applications. A Sky Q set-top box in the UK. A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable box or receiver and historically television decoder or a converter, is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV-tuner input and displays output to a television set and an ...

  6. Pay-per-view - Wikipedia

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    Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast. Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program guide , an automated telephone system, or through a live customer service representative .

  7. Criticism of Dish Network - Wikipedia

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    ] The new deal is 1.50 for each subscriber on Dish Network, up 50% from the old deal of 1.00 per. UFC pay-per-view events. On April 22, 2015, Ultimate Fighting Championship announced that Dish Network will not carry further pay-per-view events from the mixed martial arts promoter, starting with UFC 186, citing

  8. Here TV - Wikipedia

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    Here TV. Here TV is an American premium television network targeting LGBT audiences. Launched in 2002, Here TV is available nationwide on all major cable systems, fiber optics systems, and Internet TV providers as either a 24/7 premium subscription channel, a video on demand (VOD) service, and/or a subscription video on demand (SVOD) service.

  9. Blockbuster (retailer) - Wikipedia

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    For US$10 per month the members would have access to both a streaming service and movies and games-by-mail. The package was only available for subscribers of Dish Network's pay-TV service, and it eventually folded. A "now closed" Blockbuster store in Ypsilanti, Michigan undergoing a liquidation sale in 2013