April 9th, 2011 — Pc Satellite Tv, Satellite Tv, dish satellite tv, satellite television
A chain of electronic stores in the US is offering free guns to first-time subscribers of satellite TV services.
The new promotions, being offered by a combination of RadioShack and Dish Network dealerships in Montana and Idaho, have attracted crowds from the merely curious to the firearm-friendly.
Switch in law for one-armed people
US lawmakers in Maine have approved legalising flick-knives for people with one arm, moving close to becoming the first state to make such a law.
Backers of the measure say legalising switchblades would eliminate a need for one-armed people to be forced to open folding knives with their teeth in emergencies.
Cowell interested in Fergie factor
Simon Cowell admits that Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie has been discussed as a possible judge for the US debut of ‘The X Factor’.
The music mogul is also adding more audition venues in an effort to widen the talent pool bidding for the show.
April 7th, 2011 — Pc Satellite Tv, Satellite Tv, dish satellite tv, satellite television
-Dish Network won Blockbuster in a bankruptcy auction for $320 million, further broadening its business beyond satellite TV. Dish, the second-largest U.S. satellite TV company after DirecTV, trumped at least three other bidders for the one-time leader in video rentals.
Dish said the deal includes more than 1,700 Blockbuster stores in the United States. Dish gets Blockbuster’s International operations, which weren’t part of the bankruptcy. Studios have a lien on Blockbuster’s operations in Canada and Dish has to negotiate that separately.
April 3rd, 2011 — Pc Satellite Tv, Satellite Tv, dish satellite tv, satellite television
Consumers have long complained about telemarketers calling in the middle of dinner to pitch new vinyl siding or satellite TV. Now, businesses face a similar scourge: salespeople from Groupon, BuyWithMe, LivingSocial, and other coupon services eager to get them to offer deep discounts on products and services.
“People call you daily,’’ says Bob Schwartz, director of marketing at Boston Duck Tours. “And once you offer a deal with one service, all the others will call you assuming you’ll do a deal with them.’’
We live in a golden era for bargain hunters. Subscribe to a few e-mail newsletters, or download an app to your mobile phone, and you will receive a stream of tempting offers: 38 percent off a Duck Tour ticket, half off a massage, or $125 worth of dry cleaning for 50 bucks.
April 1st, 2011 — Pc Satellite Tv, Satellite Tv, dish satellite tv, satellite television
The Ministry of Communications (MoC) has instructed the Internet service providers in Kuwait to block the Zoom website for the publication of articles deemed offensive to HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and the people of Kuwait, reports Al-Dar daily quoting sources.
The daily had earlier asked Minister of Communications and State Minister for National Assembly Affairs Mohammad Al-Busairi to ban websites that publish articles that undermine the national unity.
In another development, sources revealed Wisal Satellite TV Channel aired the replay of an episode of a television program deemed offensive to businessman Haj Mahmoud Haidar and MP Saleh Ashour.
Sources added the program was originally broadcasted on an official Gulf TV channel and is said to have drawn negative reactions from various sectors. Sources also disclosed Wisal aired the episode without the logo of the Gulf channel, raising suspicions that the latter removed its logo and handed the tape over to Wisal for the re-airing of the show. Sources confirmed a number of lawyers intend to file lawsuits against anyone behind the airing of the offensive episode.
March 29th, 2011 — Pc Satellite Tv, Satellite Tv, dish satellite tv, satellite television
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will launch a 24-hour satellite TV, BMA Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said Tuesday.
The Bangkok City Channel (BCC) will be aired on TrueVisions Channel 76 and a C-Band frequency starting on April 1.
Sukhumbhand said the station would inform the public of the BMA’s policies and projects and would become a channel for the city residents to air their grievances.
The governor said when city residents air their complaints, the directors of respective district offices will have to go on air to answer the residents’ questions.
“This TV station is the property of Bangkok residents and it will be run on people’s taxes so I would like Bangkokians to watch it,” Sukhumbhand said.
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