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Turning First Responder Cell Phones Into First Priority Satellite Phones (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Vice-Chairman and CEO of Mobile Satellite Ventures praised the Senate Commerce Committee today for holding a hearing on first responder communications problems. Alexander H. Good said part of the solution could be cell phones that will be able to seamlessly switch to a satellite and give first responders priority access in times of need.
DirecTV, XM Satellite Sign Program Deal (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
DirecTV Group Inc., the nation's largest direct broadcast satellite provider, said Thursday it will start offering music and talk-radio channels to its customers under a deal with XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.
Review Leads to Upheaval in Spy Satellite Programs (New York Times)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 - A high-level review led by John D. Negroponte, the new intelligence chief, is stirring a major upheaval within the country's spy satellite programs, beginning with an overhaul of a $15 billion program plagued by delays and cost overruns.
Germantown tenants dispute dish directive: Ordered to remove satellite TV antennas (Patriot Ledger)
QUINCY - Germantown public housing residents want their MTV. Via a satellite dish, that is. Tenants in federally subsidized apartments in Germantown plan to fight a directive from the Quincy Housing Authority to take down satellite dishes from outside the townhouse-style homes where they live.
Sirius Satellite Radio: Hear Jersey Boys Cast and Creators on "Radio (Playbill)
"Radio Playbill" goes inside the rehearsal studio to talk to the cast and creators of the new Broadway musical Jersey Boys Oct. 1-9 on Sirius Satellite Radio.
XM Satellite Radio will be on DirecTV (BizJournals)
XM Satellite Radio's is getting into TV. DirecTV says it will offer many of XM Satellite's channels to its satellite TV subscribers.
Venezuela to Check U.S. Satellite Photo (AP via Yahoo! News)
Venezuela will investigate whether there is any coca planted in several areas along the Colombian border after obtaining a satellite image taken by U.S. authorities purportedly showing the illegal crop, the justice minister said Wednesday.
Google Earth Rocks Satellite Imagery World (Fox News)
Google Earth, a satellite imagery-based mapping product, allows users to zoom in on any location around the globe and some are worried about the security implications.