1.   A key issue to emerge from the game was the role of private satellite companies.

2.   I was not the only person who felt betrayed by filthy lucre when the World Cup went to the satellite company.

3.   Lockheed Martin is already a leading satellite company.

4.   News Corp was further boosted by satellite television company BSkyB, which climbed out of the red during the three months.

5.   Already, national satellite companies offer digital television, as does BellSouth in parts of the region.

6.   American satellite companies defend the U.S. position.

7.   American satellite television companies could not challenge the piracy here because they are not licensed in Canada.

8.   And if appeals to conscience are insufficient, the satellite companies are willing to pay a bounty for outlaw hardware used to receive U.S. signals.

9.   Analysts said the new cable line is likely to benefit satellite companies, not hurt them.

10.   And on Thursday, state television showed the police confiscating satellite dishes, receivers and decoders from a Chinese satellite television company in Fujian province.