Sealand seeks satellite and movie deals
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Reality-challenged communications hub in works? That tiny speck of sovereign delusion known as Sealand will finally reclaim its former glory as a platform for pirate radio, the fantastical micronation hinted this week on its website, and Mike Newell, of Donnie Brasco fame, has agreed to direct a movie based on those very same pirate radio origins.â¦
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A licensing agreement currently in the final stages of negotiation may provide consumers with the right to legally make copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies they've purchased. Such an arrangement would address a primary concern of DRM critics, who argue that consumers deserve the right to create backups without being accused of piracy.
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Premium rate phone lines watchdog Icstis is to meet TV companies amid probes into calls to shows.
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LOS ANGELES  - As the major studios find dates for late-summer leftovers, "The Bourne Ultimatum" dominated the overseas market for a third weekend in a row and the fifth time in the past six weeks.
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pioneering bid to win a $10 million (5.6 million pounds) prize and prove that space is open for business. space travel as ordinary as a Caribbean cruise.
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Satellite-fleet operator Eutelsat is looking for gap-filler Ka-band capacity over Europe to meet the expected demand for consumer broadband services starting this year as it waits for its large Ka-Sat satellite to be completed and launched in 2010, company officials said.
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Environmental concerns could hit plans for a pounds 47m oil seed rape processing plant at Seal Sands.   English Nature has objected to the scheme to build a crusher facility on leased land at Vopak's bulk liquid storage terminal.
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By Tech Test Drive, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Feb. 5--I adore Hollywood movies, but I'm often too busy for trips to the cineplex. Even movie-download and DVD-by-mail services make me impatient -- I need instant gratification.
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Cablevision Systems Corp. said its Rainbow DBS unit is to buy five satellites from Lockheed Martin Corp. for about $740 million as it expands its satellite television operations.
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Landmark Communications, a Norfolk media company that turned weather-watching into a billion-dollar cable enterprise, is looking to sell.
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US defence manufacturers Boeing and Lockheed Martin are interested in acquiring British defence companies with the aim of winning more defence contracts from the British government, media have reported.
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An unusual alliance of US and European private equity firms has won the auction to buy Bermuda-based satellite business Intelsat. Europeans Apax and Permira and US firms Apollo Management and Madison Dearborn will pay $3bn for the business and assume $2bn ...
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Pradman P. Kaul, C.E.O. of Hughes Communications, discusses satellite communications and how his company can compete with cable and phone companies.
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The top executives at the nation's two satellite radio companies detailed pricing plans Monday that they said would let customers choose which channels they want to receive if the two firms are combined.
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By Charles Babington, Washington Post Staff Writer  The nation's two satellite-radio companies promised yesterday to refrain from raising prices, for a time at least, if they are allowed to merge. But some lawmakers and consumer groups appeared dubious.
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As the owner of a 64-inch high-definition television set, Stephen Ferreira of Billerica got excited when a new satellite network called Voom started up last year, offering nearly three dozen channels of high-definition shows and movies.
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CenturyTel Inc. (CTL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said it would offer EchoStar Communications Corp.(DISH.O: Quote, Profile, Research) satellite television service to