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DIRECTV Requests FCC Authority To Share Spectrum with Telesat Canada. El Segundo - Jan 12, 2004. DIRECTV has filed with . "This is a mutually beneficial arrangement for both DIRECTV and Telesat Canada, with unique and important public . of DIRECTV 5 after an interim period. Upon moving DIRECTV 5 to 72.5 degrees and the successful launch of the DIRECTV 7S . regard to DIRECTV 5 is contingent on the successful launch of the DIRECTV 7S satellite later this quarter. DIRECTV 7S . The DIRECTV 5 satellite would be moved into the Telesat-controlled orbital location of 72.5 degrees, allowing DIRECTV to . DIRECTV has filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for authority to move the DIRECTV 5 spacecraft into . president and CEO of DIRECTV, Inc. "For DIRECTV specifically, we will be promoting the dual public policy goals of . DIRECTV 5 would remain at the 72.5 degree orbital position until the launch of Telesat's new DBS satellite. Telesat's . DIRECTV Requests FCC Authority To Share Spectrum with Telesat Canada

DirecTV To Expand Service With Use of Canadian Orbital Slot WASHINGTON ? DirecTV has struck a pair of deals with Telesat Canada to move two DirecTV satellites into Canadian orbital . of its new DirecTV 7S satellite. DirecTV 7S is due for launch by the end of March and is intended to replace DirecTV 5 . DirecTV requested FCC permission to place DirecTV 3 into a so-called parking orbit in late 2002 because one of the two . Bush said Telesat plans to designate DirecTV?s DirecTV 3 satellite as the in-orbit backup for its Nimiq spacecraft and . According to a Jan. 7 DirecTV statement, the company has asked the FCC for permission to move its DirecTV 5 satellite to . The FCC cleared DirecTV?s acquisition by News Corp. Dec. 19 with the condition that DirecTV provide more viewers with . to DirecTV, Bush said. Telesat received word Dec. 17 from Industry Canada that it had won the right to use the 72.5-degree . DirecTV said the prospect of such a failure was miniscule and insisted that DirecTV 3 could be safely returned to active .

Lay Catholics demand Because DirecTV and EchoStar weren't authorized to serve Canada, it wasn't clear whether they were covered by anti-piracy . That changed in April: The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that they are. DirecTV says that's made a big difference in . "For every five people buying DirecTV legitimately, there's one who's getting a system with no connection to DirecTV," . Canada helped to build a marketplace for pirates. For years, Canadians had several incentives to unscramble DirecTV and . DirecTV sues under '98 law. DirecTV has been helped, he says, by a provision in a 1998 law, the Digital Millennium . NDS — which serves DirecTV and satellite companies in other countries — have fed hackers. In September, DirecTV sued NDS . they must pay DirecTV $4,500. That has sent a chill through the hacker underground. Some say DirecTV also is bullying . It's spreading so quickly that in a few years more people may be stealing DirecTV's and EchoStar's services than are .

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