61.   The company said it plans to start its digital satellite television broadcasting service later this year.

62.   The group also expects strong demand for digital satellite broadcasting equipment during the World Cup soccer games in June.

63.   The French company also has become the biggest maker of the new digital satellite broadcasting systems in the U.S.

64.   The subsidiary pared its losses during the past three years by expanding into digital satellite systems and equipment.

65.   These include DVDs, a kind of powerful compact disc that can hold movies, fast CD-ROM drives for personal computers and receivers for digital satellite television.

66.   Thomson was chosen over such competitors as Philips and Sony to develop digital satellite systems for U.S. Satellite Broadcasting and DirectTV, a unit of GM Hughes Electronics Corp.

67.   Thomson Multimedia manufactures RCA and General Electric brand televisions and digital satellite systems.

68.   VSAT is a wireless communications service that transmits voice, video and data at low to medium speeds over a digital satellite network.

69.   Digital satellite broadcasting means round-the-clock viewing and a wider range of choices for the ordinary person.

70.   Digital satellite systems, known for providing crisp pictures and many channels, are popular with viewers in suburban and rural areas not served by cable.