1.   MAC signals are required by a European Commission directive covering transmissions from the high-powered direct broadcast satellites.

2.   Also delaying the final accord was a surprise move by U.S. negotiators on DBS, or direct broadcast satellite services.

3.   An agreement could get TCI into the most profitable part of the fast-growing direct broadcast satellite television business.

4.   ASkyB is a direct broadcast satellite company owned by News Corp. and U.S. telephone company MCI Communications Corp.

5.   Competition from direct-broadcast satellite -- the new services that have caused small satellite dishes to sprout around the nation -- could also cut into the local revenues.

6.   Despite their small size, the pizza pan-sized antennas used by direct broadcast satellite television systems are outlawed by some local zoning restrictions.

7.   Direct broadcast satellite is a wild card.

8.   DirecTV, Primestar, and EchoStar are the top three direct broadcast satellite companies.

9.   Direct broadcast satellites will look to continue a recent surge in sales.

10.   Delaying a final accord was a surprise move by the U.S. on direct broadcast satellite services, or DBS.