These satellites are powerful enough to be received by an 18 inch dish. They use Ku-band frequencies. Companies that provide DBS services to consumers in the U.S. are DirecTV and Dish Network. Also called DSS.
A class of satellite service defined by the FCC and reserved for direct-to-the-home transmission with no intermediate re-broadcast or cable carriage needed. DBS satellites utilize higher powered transmissions than regular satellites so that consumers may receive signals with small inexpensive antennas.
Subscribers receive programs via a small satellite dish. The signal is digitized and compressed via a proprietary format and decompressed by a set-top box. In most cases it is viewed on a analog TV. Some DBS companies are beginning to offer DTV and HDTV content. To receive these services you must have a special receiver and DTV set.
Direct Broadcasting satellite is an american transmission system based on high-powered Ku-band satellites (120-200 watts per transponder). The signals can be received using a small 18 inch dish.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. Satellite service which can be received using an antenna on the subscriber's premises.
Direct broadcast satellite, or DBS, is a relatively recent development in the world of television distribution. "Direct broadcast satellite" can either refer to the communications satellites themselves that deliver DBS service or the actual television service. DBS systems are commonly referred to as "minidish" systems. DBS uses the upper portion of Ku-Band. Direct TV is an example of a DBS.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. A satellite service whose signal is delivered directly to a viewer's home via the use of the viewer's own earth station dish. DBS is different from traditional satellite systems because they use a smaller more versatile dish to receive programming at higher frequencies (KU-Band).
Direct Broadcast Satellite. a satellite designed with sufficient power so that inexpensive earth stations, or downlinks, can be used for direct residential reception.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. DBS stands for "direct broadcast satellite", a type of satellite that sends a broadcast directly to your home dish.DBS is the signal frequency range (11.70-12.40ghz) intended for direct TV broadcast by satellite TV program providers.
The programming services that are available to home satellite-dish owners. The services include RCA's DSS small-dish service, PrimeStar and Full View TV.
Direct broadcast satellite. Broadcasting from a satellite directly to a consumer user, usually using a small aperture antenna.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. Broadcast technology using satellite that transmits signals directly to home users.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. Term that replaced DSS to describe small-dish, digital satellite systems such as DirecTV and Dish Network.
The idea of Direct Broadcast Satellite was introduced with fanfare in the early 1980s and became reality in the 1990s. This is a system of directly broadcasting signals from satellites to consumers. Two commercial services are now distributing a cable-like menu of TV channels nationwide. Subscribers use small satellite dishes to receive the signal from high-powered satellites.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. A TV broadcast service from a small satellite dish antenna that offers similar services, like that of cable TV, and which transmits highly compressed digital signals.
Direct Broadcast System. DBS is a high-powered, wide-band digital satellite TV transmission system that broadcasts to a home receiving dish 18 inches in diameter, providing consumers up to 200 channels of digital video and audio programming with superior picture and CD-quality sound.
Abbreviation of "Digital Broadcast Satellite" - refers to digital TV transmissions via satllite. Digital Output- A pure digital audio signal output that allows for a digital connection. The output comes in either a coaxial cable (RCA type)or a TOSLink optical cable. Digital outputs provide less noise and interference than any other type of connection.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. Also known as "dish TV." A high-powered satellite transmits or retransmits signals intended for direct reception by the public. The signal is transmitted to a small dish antenna mounted on homes or other buildings and is connected to the receiver by coaxial cable.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. A broadcast technology that uses satellites orbiting the Earth to broadcast television or data signals to an 18" dish antenna.
Acronym meaning Digital Broadcast System.
Direct Broadcast Satellite - A generic term for any digital broadcast satellite system.
See Direct Broadcast Satellite.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. High-powered satellite that uses a new Ku-band frequency (12.2 to 12.7 GHz) to deliver programming signals directly to small (18-inch) dishes installed at viewers' homes.
Digital broadcast satellite. The general term for 18-inch digital satellite systems.
This stands for Direct Broadcast Satellite, and refers to service that uses satellites to broadcast multiple channels of television programming to home mounted small-dish antennas, such as those provided by DirecTV or Dish Network.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. See also: DSS.
Direct broadcast videoconference Refers to a service that uses videoconferences to broadcast multiple channels of television programming directly to home mounted small-dish antennas.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. A general term that is commonly used to describe satellites and satellite systems that broadcast information directly to individual end-users.
Direct broadcast satellite services, such as DirecTV or Dish Network.
Digital format for music and video that beams high-powered signals across North America from satellites orbiting above the equator to satellite dishes providing a wide range of programming in a high-quality digital format. Direct broadcast satellites are positioned above the equator in geostationary orbit, meaning that the satellite orbits at the same speed as the spin of the earth, so is always facing the same part of the globe. The satellites beam down a high-powered signal in a broad spectrum of radio frequencies. The small 18 inch satellite dishes receive the signal and transfer it to a decoder box in the home. The decoder box then decodes the digital data and supplies an analog video and audio signal to the video display and audio system. The digital video and audio feed from a direct broadcast satellite is encoded with MPEG-2 compression.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. The signal frequency range (11.70-12.40ghz) intended for direct TV broadcast by satellite TV program providers. DISH Network, DirecTV and Pegasus are all DBS satellite TV systems. DSS: Digital Satellite System, also a common name used to refer to a DirecTV satellite system or component.
A high-powered satellite that transmits or retransmits signals intended for direct reception by the public. The signal is transmitted to a small earth station or dish mounted on the outside of homes or other buildings.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. The satellites that deliver television service directly to the home.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. Refers to service that uses satellites to broadcast multiple channels of television programming directly to home mounted small-dish antennas. The term is generally used in the USA where specific frequencies set aside for TV are used; in Europe spectrum originally intended for telecommunications use is used to deliver analogue DBS services and the term DTH is generally used instead.
Direct Broadcast Satellite is a video programming or data delivery service which is delivered via satellite directly to the end-user. An example is DircTV or Echostar.
Direct Broadcast Satellites, in the 12 GHz band range and beyond. Provides direct-to-home transmission.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. A satellite television service that transmits directly to a home where it is picked up by a small receiving dish. DBS competes with cable systems.
direct broadcast satellite. A method of delivering high-quality digital video into consumers' homes via an 18-inch roof-mounted dish. Previously known as digital satellite system (DSS).
Direct Broadcast Satellite, a new wireless solution to the transfer media of the broadband products. Digital broadcasts are received with a satellite dish.
"Direct broadcast satellite." An alternative to cable and analog satellite reception utilizing a fixed 18-inch dish focused on one or more geostationary satellites. DBS typically uses MPEG-2 encoding and QPSK transmission.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. satellites the deliver a very powerful signal, typically movies and a selection of television and cable offerings to individuals that subscribe to a DBS company.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. A term commonly used to describe Ku-band broadcasts via satellite directly to individual end-users. The DBS band ranges from 11.7 to 12.75 GHz.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. A term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception.
Direct Broadcast Satellites (DBS) are a subset of the domestic communications class. These missions broadcast television or radio signals directly to subscriber's ground-based satellite dishes.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. A service that transmits satellite signals directly to a home through the viewer's own earth station rather than a cable system. DirecTV is an example of a DBS service.
Direct broadcast satellite. Refers to service that uses satellites to broadcast multiple channels of television programming directly to home mounted small-dish antennas. (i.e. DIRECTV - The Dish Network)
Direct Broadcast Satellite; a system that sends TV broadcasts directly from a communications satellite to home antennas, or dishes.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. A high-powered satellite used for direct broadcast of TV signals to home dishes.
DBS is an entertainment and/or information service that can be received using an antenna at the subscriber's home.
Digital Broadcast Satellite. Often used to refer to satellite TV systems and their components (ex: "DBS system," "DBS receiver," etc.).
Direct Broadcast Satellite, a satellite distribution system whereby signals are transmitted directly from an operational satellite to standard receivers; most effective distribution system for rural and remote areas, although transmission may be affected by weather
Direct Broadcasting by Satellite.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. video programing transmited from a satellite directly to customers' receiving equipment.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. High-powered satellites that can transmit or retransmit signals which are intended for direct reception by the public. The signal is transmitted to small and inexpensive earth stations or "dishes" mounted on homes or other buildings.
Digital broadcast satellite. This high-powered satellite uses a Ku-band frequency (12.2 to 12.7 GHz) to deliver programming signals directly to a small (18-inch) dish installed at viewer's home.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. Replaces the term DSS to describe small-dish, digital satellite systems such as DirecTV and Dish Network.
Direct broadcast satellite. Home satellite TV service, as provided in the United States primarily by DirecTV and Echostar (through its DISH Network). DBS and cable-system carriage, by MSOs such as Comcast and Time Warner, comprise the major alternate means of receiving television to the original method of over-the-air reception using a broadcast antenna. More than 70% of all TV viewers primarily receive their TV via cable or DBS.
Satellite transmission of (typically) television programming to small dish antennas at consumers' homes.
Direct Broadcast Satellite - The transmission of audio and video signals via satellite direct to the end user.
Direct (to home) Broadcast (Satellite) System.
Direct Broadcast Satellites. These are satellite systems such as DirecTV and Echostar. In contradiction to what many people believe, you can install an antenna or satellite dish on your property. Visit the FCC's page about this if you are being told otherwise
Direct Broadcast Satellite. System for transmitting television signals via satellite to a receiving dish at the consumer's home.
Direct Broadcast Satellite. Satellite which broadcasts directly to a subscriber's home dish antenna.
Direct broadcast satellite. Satellite technology that transmits directly to the end user or customer. DBS describes a frequency allocation and wide spacing between satellites that generally permits higher-powered transmissions through the air to small 18- to 24-inch receiving facilities located on customer premises (“point-to-multipoint†transport). Also known as direct-to-home (DTH) satellite.
Abbreviation for digital broadcast system. An alternative to cable and analog satellite reception that uses a fixed 18-inch dish focused on one or more geostationary satellites. DBS units receive multiple channels of multiplexed video and audio signals as well as programming information, and related data. Also known as digital satellite system.
Direct Broadcast Satellite - Refers to the satellites and services that provides multiple channel television service to homes nationwide using small home dishes. DBS uses a digital transmission and encryption format.
A satellite system that can transmit digital TV signals directly to individual homes.