1.   Current law permits satellite companies to beam network signals if those customers cannot receive local stations using rooftop antennas.

2.   If the woman chooses, the company can also beam an equally irresistible romantic reminder to her partner via cell phone.

3.   Known as wireless cable, the technology allows companies to beam TV programs to home satellite dishes at about the same cost as cable TV.

4.   France wants to make it difficult for TV companies to beam into one member country from another to avoid local broadcast rules.

5.   Lawmakers and others hope that legislation passed last year allowing direct broadcast satellite companies to beam local channels to their customers will help bolster competition.

6.   The government also allows private cable companies to beam foreign channels such as CNN, BBC and Star.