71.   RTL and the Kirch-Gruppe are each heavily investing in rival digital satellite decoders with an eye toward grabbing the nascent interactive television market.

72.   Talk about the politicking said to have corroded the very foundation of our prestigious digital satellite company may be too petty to mention.

73.   The first of a pair of digital audio broadcast satellites soared into orbit Sunday from an oceangoing platform floating on the equator.

74.   The launch was supposed to send up the first of two digital audio broadcast satellites to be known by the names Rock and Roll.

75.   Three other digital satellite broadcast projects have been announced.

76.   It uses the same digital transmission technology to be used by digital satellite, they said.

77.   With the agreement, Fuji TV would become the first terrestrial Japanese television network operator to participate in digital satellite broadcasting.

78.   Media mogul Rupert Murdoch asked the Japanese posts and telecommunications ministry Tuesday to allow his joint venture to launch digital satellite broadcasting in Japan next year.

79.   News Corp. will push European programming in the first channel line-up for a digital satellite service to be launched in Japan next year, a report said Friday.

80.   Operating digital satellite service operators include Perfect TV, which is a consortium of trading companies.