111.   News Corp. announced a merger that promises to provide its customers with a broadcast satellite service fully equal, if not superior, to their local cable service.

112.   Northpoint says its tests show that it can offer service without interfering with satellite services, while its critics offer data to demonstrate that this is technically impossible.

113.   New programming will benefit satellite television services as well.

114.   Not only does that slow things down, but it makes satellite service complicated and expensive.

115.   NXTV also has an agreement with DirecTV, the El Segundo satellite television service that will supply its digital TV programming to the hotels.

116.   Nygren is also a big believer in a spunoff TCI unit, TCI Satellite Entertainment, which provides satellite television services to consumers.

117.   One other source of revenue for CBS is subscription fees paid by satellite services.

118.   Only DirecTV, a California-based direct broadcast satellite service of Hughes Electronics, offers wide-format television programming to American viewers.

119.   One of the prime selling points of the direct-broadcast satellite services has been their broad menu of sports and movies.

120.   On one hand, the availability of local channels has attracted millions of subscribers, allowing satellite services to make significant gains against cable companies.