11.   McCain met with representatives from both EchoStar and DirecTV, another satellite provider, his staff members said.

12.   More recently, the industry has argued that impending competition from phone companies and direct broadcast satellite providers eliminates the need to regulate their rates.

13.   PanAmSat Corp., a private, Greenwich, Connecticut, company, is also a satellite provider for the TV project.

14.   Parone said the industry group is confident that it eventually can overturn the legislation that prohibits satellite providers from carrying local stations.

15.   Other defendants include U.S. Satellite Broadcasting Co., another satellite TV provider, and Uniden America Corp.

16.   Recent maneuvering by second-largest U.S. satellite TV provider EchoStar Communications Corp. to buy DirecTV has heightened interest.

17.   Satellite television provider DirectTV and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will produce a new high-definition sports satellite television channel called HDNet.

18.   Satellite providers like Direct TV and EchoStar Communications hope to capitalize on that unhappiness.

19.   Satellite providers said it should be perfect, while broadcasters and the law say it should be close enough.

20.   Satellite providers say many consumers will be left with no service.