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Actively Involved in Satellite
Business for 33 Years
TimHeinrichs,DMS International’s
CEO, inhisoffice inAcworth,
Georgia,northwestofAtlanta.He’s
testing anFS2signalanalyzerbeta
model.
There aren’t too many companies
that have hung around for decades and
at the same time are still in the same
business segment. DMS International,
which has been in existence since the
very early days of TV reception via
satellite, belongs to that group. Tim
Heinrichs is Founder and CEO of satel-
litewholesalerDMS International and if
you’ve been in the same business for so
long, there’s absolutely no doubt that
you are a real enthusiast. In the small
town of Acworth, not too far from Lock-
heedandMariettanorthwest
of Atlanta,Georgia,USA,we
found Tim Heinrichs and his
wife Vicky, the President of
the company. We wanted to
know how DMS International
becamewhat it is today.
Tim Heinrichs has been a DXer
for a long time: hewas excited about
CB communications when it first start-
ed and all that could be done with it.
It allowed people for the first time to
communicatewirelesslywith each other
without too much in the form of tech-
nical requirements. Oh really? In 1968
Tim erected a tower 25meters high for
his CB antenna. He used it to listen in
when railroad employees talked to each
other, when construction companies
passed onwork orders to their builders,
when truck driverswarned others of ra-
dar traps on the highways andwhen the
policewould coordinate roadblockswith
their headquarters. But Tim was espe-
cially fascinated with the phenomenon
of “skip” transmissions: under certain
weather conditions CB radio transmis-
CEO
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quite heavy; they were made of fiber-
glass with metal braces and weighed
400 pounds.” Tim still remembers today
what an experience itwas to be able to
receive a TV picture with his new dish.
“Itwas an absolute sensation to be able
to receive a signal from space from so
far away.”
Then came the turning point in Tim
Heinrichs’ evening job: a farmer bought
that dish from him. “That’s when it all
started, next I bought two new dishes.”
Thatwas in1980 and itwas at thispoint
thatTimHeinrichs recognized that there
was a new business brewing. He sold
and installed these dish antennas at a
fasterand faster rate.Thebreakthrough
came in 1982: “I invested $40,000 and
bought my first truckload of dishes - it
was 500 three-meter antennas.” Tim
Heinrichsyoung companybecamea sat-
ellitewholesaler.
“At first Iworked both jobs;my regu-
lar job at the railroad and at nights and
weekends atmy own companyDMS In-
ternational.” That onlyworked for a few
months: he had tomake a decision and
naturally he chose his own company.
“My wife Vicky worked along side me
from the beginning; at first she took
care of the books and now she’s the
President of the company.”
In 1991 another big decision had to
be made: the market in Nebraska was
covered so in order to better expandhis
business thedecisionwasmade tomove
his company to Atlanta, Georgia. DMS
International can still be found there to-
day. “Transportation costs are cheaper
here”, rationalizes Tim regarding this
decision and then grins as he adds,
“Besides, the weather is much better
here.”Sure enough, the company expe-
rienced quite a boom in business. Vicky
provides uswith a few sales figures: “In
1991 DMS managed sales of roughly
$2.0 million.” The company’s best year
was 2008: “Back then we had sales of
$12million.Sales have pulled back a lit-
tle bit since then although in 2009 they
were still at about $9.0million.”
For many years DMS International
was a small company with very few
employees: Itwas Vicky and Tim along
with one or twowarehouse and admin-
istrative employees. “Today we have
10 employees with a warehouse that is
14,000 Sq-ft in size.” Up until recently
DMS International was mainly focused
on the North American market, “that
is, the USA, Canada and Mexico”, ex-
plains Tim. As recently as 2009/2010
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sideof the company.
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). Ifyou call the
company, Ivy isyourfirst contact.
3.TinaRyanhandles the accounting
sions in the 27 MHz range would skip
off the ionosphereor troposphereallow-
ing for two-way communications over
extremely long distances. “Back then I
collected QSL cards from my contacts
and managed to collect nearly 1000 of
those cards.”
Tim also worked for the railroad in
Nebraska and when word got around
among his friends and coworkers that
he liked to tinkerwith radios in his free
time, they began bringing him defec-
tive radios, TVs and CBs. At first itwas
tedious, but later on it became routine
for him to repair these devices. “Even
the police came to me to repair their
radios.” Tim was becoming more and
more experienced in radio technology.
In 1979 he read an article in a techni-
cal magazine about satellite reception.
hnology was irresistible to
ly had to have it.He spent
y on his first three-meter
dish. “Back then thedish antennaswere
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AmericasBusiest
S telliteEnthusiast
Tim Heinrichs from
DMS
•Alwaysworkingenthusiasticallyonnewproducts
•Specialfocusonsignalanalyzersforthesemi-
professional
•Enormousgrowthoftheinternationalmarketoutside
ofNorthAmerica
•Innovativeexpansionofsignalanalyzermodelsfor
2012
DMS International couldbe foundhere
in theNorthpointBusinessParkwith its
twobuildings andattachedwarehouse.
COMPANYREPORT SatelliteWholesalerandMeterManufacturerDMS,USA
• Always working enthusiastically on new products
• Special focus on signal analyzers for the semi-professional
• Enormous growth of the international market outside of North Amer-
ica
• Innovative expansion of signal analyzer models for 2012
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Enormous Numbers
for the World Market
Topsignal’sFounder and
Chairmanof theBoard
ZongbaoKing
With a yearly production of five mil-
lion satellite dishes and even more
LNBs, Topsignal is one of the largest
manufactures of these products. The
company actually started in a com-
pletely different product segment: ac-
tuators and motors for satellite dish-
es. It’s an unusual development that
we had a look at in the small city of
Ninghai. Ninghai is located near Ningbo
which itself is a three-hour train ride
south of Shanghai.
Zongbao King founded the company
in Ninghai back in the year 2003. Back
thenantennamotors for satellitedishes
were indemand andZongbaoKingbuilt
a production facility for these motors.
“Unfortunately, today there’s not much
demand for these motors anymore”,
explains Sales Manager James You to
us. Order quantities have steadily de-
creased, “but we can still handle any
kindoforder sinceour storeroom is still
fully stocked.”
Two other product groups are today’s
sales giants at Topsignal: “In 2008 we
started manufacturing satellite dish-
es and in 2011 we started producing
LNBs.” The quantities are huge: nearly
a half million satellite ishes are pro-
duced monthly and even more LNBs.
The reason these production numbers
are almost the same is simply that the
dishes and LNBs are sold in sets. A
Chairman
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1.ChaofengGe isGeneralManager.He
coordinatesproduction and is alwayson
thephonecoordinatingproductionwith
customerorders.
2.JamesYou isSalesManager and counts
on thehelpof theLion in frontof the
entrance toTopsignal’sbuilding.
3.Someof theR&D engineers.A
totalof 10engineersworkhere.
4.Viewof the fourproduction
buildings as seen from the
administrationbuilding
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1.ChaofengGe isGeneralManager.He
coordinatesproduction and is alwayson
thephone coordinatingproductionwith
ger and counts
ntof the
entrance toTopsignal’sbuilding.
3.Someof theR&D engineers.A
totalof 10 engineersworkhere.
4.Viewof the fourproduction
buildings as seen from the
administrationbuilding
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Success inthe
MillionsFrom
Topsignal
•OEMdeliveringexclusivelytoWholesalers
•Specializesinlargeproductionquantities
•ProducesmillionsofsatellitedishesandLNBs
•MajorityofshipmentsgotoSouthAmerica
•Expandingproductpalettetoincludehigh-quality
LNBsandVSAT
Topsignal’sproductionplant inNinghai,China.
The administrationbuilding is to the left and two
of the fourproductionbuildings are to the right.
Satellitedishes andLNBs aremanufacturedhere in
largequantities.
COMPANYREPORT OriginalEquipmentManufacturerTopsignal,China
• OEM delivering exclusively to Wholesalers
• Specializes in large production quantities
• Produces millions of satellite dishes and LNBs
• Majority of shipments go to South America
• Expanding product palette to include high-quality LNBs and VSAT
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How Anna Built up
DVBCN.com
in Just 10 Years
AlexanderWiese
AnnaXie is founder andownerofDVBCN,
the largestwebsite fordigitalTV inChina
cooperatingwithTELE-satellite.Thefirst
DVBCNadappeared in theTELE-satellite
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It’s not easy to find women in lead-
ing positions in the digital TV business
and it’s even rarer for women to actu-
ally start a company in this business.
But that’s exactly what Anna Xie did:
she started awebsite from nothing and
in just 10 years built it up into China’s
largest site for digital TV. It’s an exci-
ing story thatwewanted to hear about
directly from her.
DVBCN’s offices can be found in
Shanghai’sMinhangDistrict. Anna rent-
ed expansive office space on the fifth
floorofamodernofficebuilding.10em-
ployeeswork therealthoughDVBCNhas
an additional 13 employees. But more
on that later. First we wanted to know
how Annamanaged to turn herwebsite
intoChina’s largest site for digital TV.
She explains to us: “I come from
Wenzhou in theZhejiang Province.”This
province is located south of Shanghai;
Anna studiedat theuniversity inShang-
hai. “I studied TV and radio journalism.”
That was in 2001. And she was still a
brand new student when she start-
ed her website DVBCN in 2002 (www.
dvbcn.com). “At first itwas just a forum
to discuss technical information.”
As you can tellby thewebsite’sname,
her forumdealtback thenprimarilywith
the new DVB technology. “We made
available for download all documents,
COMPANYREPORT
DigitalTVWebsiteDVBCN.com,China
Owner
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technical specifications and standards.”
Some of the docu
lat-
ed into Chinese by her fellow students.
Anna had managed to find a powerful
market gap; anyone in China who was
involvedwith receiver production or de-
velopment of digital receiver software
could view and download all the neces-
sary documents fromAnna.
“By 2004we already had 80,000 reg-
istered users”, remembers Anna about
the quickly growing popularity of her
website. “We also offered the source
codes forDVB applications andDVB an-
alyzer information.”
A natural development of her down-
load forum website was the start of a
discussion page and not long after that
a news pagewas started. TodayDVBCN
is themost viewedwebsite in China for
anyone that in one form or another is
connected with digital TV. Technicians
can find not only valuable information
for their work on the DVBCN site, but
even those employees inmarketing use
DVBCN for up to date information on
digital TV trade shows and exhibitions.
Today DVBCN has over 200,000 regis-
tered users.
But Anna was not satisfied with one
website. “The main site is just a base
website”, she explains, “but two other
business segments are above all finan-
cially successful.”Since somanyprofes-
sional digital technical users have come
togetheronDVBCN, itwasactuallyquite
easy to provide them and digital TV
firms a platform where workers could
find new jobs and digital TV companies
couldfindnewemployees: In2005Anna
started her new website
.
com that resembles a recruiting com-
pany; the number 51 is Chinese for “I
need”.
At themomentwww.51dtv.com isonly
available in Chinese but Anna is in the
process of creating an English version
thatwouldmake it easier for companies
outside of China to search for employ-
ees and also, vice versa, tomak ite s-
ier for Chinese digital TV sp cialists to
find a jobwith a foreign company.
But thatwas still not enough forAnna
- in 2011 she founded yet another busi-
ness segment in her own company:
Digital Technology Ltd. develops digi-
tal TV software. This segment imme-
diately caught on; this is the company
with the additional 13 employees we
hadmentioned earlier, although they’re
not located in Shanghai. “10 engineers
work in an office in Hangzhou plus one
additional engineer each in Shenzhen,
Chengdu andBeijing.”
What are these engineers doing at
these locations? “Weareprimarilywork-
ing on theDLNAOTT technology, that is,
the integrationofmobile telephone, lap-
top and TV under the termMulti Screen
Interaction.” Thismeans that what you
see on a display scree
on a mobile telephone
VictorHooversees the
news and test reportson
DVBCN.He isDVBCN’sChief
Editor.
Chief
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LargestDigital
TVWebsite
inChina:
DVBCN.com
•KnownbyeverydigitalTV
companyinChina
•Providesallinformationregarding
digitalTV
•Expandingintheareasof
recruitmentandsoftware
development
•Focusinginfuturetechnologies
suchasOTTandIPTV
•Workingoninternational
expansion
In theofficebuilding
to the left inShanghai’s
Minhangdistrict canbe
foundDVBCN’s leased
officeson thefifthfloor.
COMPANYREPORT DigitalTVWebsiteDVBCN.com,China
• Known by every digital TV company in China
• Provides all information regarding digital TV
• Expanding in the areas of recruitment and software development
• Focusing in future technologies such as OTT and IPTV
• Working on international expansion
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ProfessionalDishManufacturerSVEC,China
High Investment
in Product Quality
SVECCEOWangDuo
SVEC (Sichuan Video Equipment
Company) has beenmanufacturing sa-
tellite antennas of all sizes since 1993.
Production quantities are enormous:
SVEC manufactures several million
dishes each month. The most popu-
lar dish types are 60 and 75cm off-
set antennas. Next in line are 1.2 and
1.5-meter diameter dishes. But SVEC
also manufactures large segmented
dishes with diameters of 2.4 meters.
LatelySVEC is concentrating on expan-
ding their professional VSAT antenna
business. “We also offer Ka-Band di-
shes for Internet-via satellite”,we learn
from Becky,Manager of the Internatio-
nal Sales Team. And, really, that’s the
reason why we came to pay a visit to
SVEC: professional products require
professional production.
We already reported onSVEC back in
TELE-satellite 02-03/2010 issue. Even
back then we already mentioned how
SVECwas becoming active inVSAT and
the Ka-Band. Since then SVEC has in-
vested enormously to not only guaran-
tee production quality but also to raise
thequality tonew levels; levels thatare
unheardof foramanufacturer thatpro-
ducesmillions of dishes everymonth.
COMPANYREPORT
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SVEC
Sales Team
1.Kahlo,namedherself after thepainterFriedaKahlo,
handles theSVECadvertisement inTELE-satellite.
2.Becky runs theSVEC sales teamwith15 employees
3.Milton andhis team take careofSVEC customers in
North andSouthAmerica
4.BettyLee runs the sales team for India andAfrica
5.A look into theSVECsales teamoffices.To the left
isBelinda, responsible forTheFarEast and to the
right isNina, responsible forTheMiddleEast.
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SVEC’s
Quality
Offensive
•LargeinvestmentinQualityAssurance
•ExpandingVSATandKa-Band
production
•Openinganewfullyautomaticsatellite
dishproductionline
•Focusingontop-of-the-lineQuality
dishes
A largedishhighlights the location
ofSVEC’s administrationbuilding in
Chengdu inChina'sSichuanprovince.
Themanufacturing facilities canbe
founddirectlybehind the administration
building.
COMPANYREPORT ProfessionalDishManufacturerSVEC,China
• Large investment in Quality Assurance
• Expanding VSAT and Ka-Band production
• Opening a new fully automatic satellite dish production line
• Focusing on top-of-the-line Quality dishes
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The Man
Behind
TSReader:
Rod Hewitt
•Wroteoneofthemostsuccessfulstreamreader
programs
•DevelopedatechnicalsolutiontoarchiveTV
channelsfor‘InternetArchive’
•WorkingonIPTVapplicationprograms
•PlanningonaprogramforOCRrecognitionof
BBC’sEPGdata
RodHewittenjoys readingTELE-
satellitemagazine.Thepictureof the
EiffelTower inhis living roomhighlights
the fact thehecan speakFrenchfluently
and loves theFrenchwayof life.
SoftwareProgrammiererRodHewitt,USA
COMPANYREPORT
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TheMan
Behind
TSReader:
Rod Hewitt
•Wroteoneofthemostsuccessfulstreamreader
programs
•DevelopedatechnicalsolutiontoarchiveTV
channelsfor‘InternetArchive’
•WorkingonIPTVapplicationprograms
•PlanningonaprogramforOCRrecognitionof
BBC’sEPGdata
RodHewitt enjoys readingTELE-
satellitemagazine.Thepictureof the
EiffelTower inhis living roomhighlights
the fact thehe can speakFrenchfluently
and loves theFrenchwayof life.
SoftwareProgrammiererRodHewitt,USA
COMPANYREPORT
• Wrote one of the most successful stream reader programs
• Developed a technical solution to archiv TV channels for ‘Internet
Archive’
• Working on IPTV application programs
• Planning on a program for OCR recognition of BBC’s EPG data
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Success with
range of
products
Neal isManagingDirector forHypexandpersonally
takescareof theirprofessionalbroadcast andcableTV
customers.
Not many digital TV product dealers
can boast over 30 years success in the
business (in 2012 it will be 33 years).
One of the few wholesalers that fall into
this category is the company Hypex in
London. We paid a visit to them just
before they moved into their new ware-
house.
Hypex was founded in 1979 by Shyv
Sood. He is an electrical engineer and
recognized back then the need for com-
mercial receivers and other broadcast-
ing equipment.
As a one-man operation he sold
among other things DX
Communications ama ur
radio re eivers. Relatives
from his family came later
on and started working f r his
company and so Hypex became
stronger and stronger over the years.
Just a few y ars ago the company be-
came a li ited liability corporation and
now operates under the name Hypex,
Ltd.
Hypex is a pure wholesaler and does
not sell to endusers.ManagingDirector
Neal tells us more: “We ship to roughly
600 active dealers of which 15% are
outsideofGreatBritain.”Hypex custom-
ers can be found as far away as Malay-
sia. Neal xpl ins how it came to that:
“Over those many years our company
hasbecome verywell-known and estab-
lished and asde from that many Asian
companies have their own branch office
inGreatBritain. For those it’smuch sim-
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Europe
•Offerssuccessfulproductlinesfrom
ICECRYPTandGLOBALINVACOM
•Lowpricesthankstominimaloverhead
costs
•Consistentsalesdespitepricingpressure
An image from theold
days:Hypex residedhere
upuntil recently.Now the
companymoved intoa 6000
square footwarehouse
only about amile fromhere
inWembley inwestern
London.
Professional
products from
aprofessional
dealer
COMPANYREPORT WholesalerHypex,UK
• Ships large dishes to Great Britain and Europe
• Offers successful product lines from ICECRYPT and GLOBALINVACOM
• Low prices thanks to minimal overhead costs
• Consistent sales despite pricing pressure
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A successful couple: Rick and Bobbie together run the satellite online shop Ricks Satellite in Blue Springs, Missouri,
USA. It’s an area with 60,000 inhabitants located east of Kansas City. It’s an excellent location: Kansas City likes to be
referred to as the heart of America; it’s not only the geographical center of the USA, it’s also the mathematical center of
USA’s population.
en was a treasure trove of
the operation of all of the re-
intuitively easy.
day coincidence came to his
loyer, the auto parts com-
nized and offered Rick a po-
idn’t appeal to him. Instead,
o go out on his own. His wife
orted him and said, “You have
The young company managed to sell
50 receivers in the first year. 10 years
later sales have greatly increased: „We
sold over 1100 receivers in 2011 with
the AZBox Receivers being the biggest
explains to us what all the fuss is about
with GALAXY 19: “It is currently the
most interesting of all satellites in North
America in terms of FTA.” The satellite
TV market in
transmitters don’t have the same range
as the old analog transmitters. And so,
for many people living in outlying regions
the only solution was to subscribe to a
satellite PayTV service. Rick says: “The
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A successful couple: Rick and Bobbie together run the satellite online shop Ricks Satellite in Blue Springs, Missouri,
USA. It’s an are with 60,000 inhabitants located east of Kan as City. It’s n excellent locatio : Kan as City likes to be
referred to as the he rt of America; it’s not only the geographical nt r of the USA, it’ lso he mathematical center of
USA’s population.
sm back then was a treasure trove of
xperience; the operation of all of the re-
eivers was intuitively easy.
Then one day coincidence came to his
id: his employer, the auto parts com-
any, reorganized and offered Rick a po-
ition that didn’t appeal to him. Instead,
e decided to go out on his own. His wife
obbie supported him and said, “You have
The young company managed to sell
50 receivers in the first year. 10 years
later sales have greatly increased: „We
sold over 1100 receivers in 2011 with
the AZBox Receivers being the biggest
seller.“ But receiver sales are only one
explains to us what all the fuss is about
with GALAXY 19: “It is currently the
most interesting of all satellites in North
America in terms of FTA.” The satellite
TV
is supplied
by two large PayTV providers that each
transmitters don’t have the same range
as the old analog transmitters. And so,
for many people living in outlying regions
the only solution was to subscribe to a
satellite PayTV service. Rick says: “The
Satellite Pay Services normally require a
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10Years
Bobbie&Rick
•celebratesits10thanniversary
in2012
•distributesAZBox'sreceiversin
NorthAmerica
•isanenthusiasticsatellite
feedhunter
•seesagoodfuturefortheFTA
marketinNorthAmerica
A typical residentialhome in theUSA.Looking from thestreet there
arenosatellitedishes tobe seenand there’s alsono company sign to
suggest that there’s a successfulonline satellite shophidden inside.A
knockon thedoor revealsBobbieandRick alongwithRicksSatellite
which canbe found in the Internet atwww.rickssatelliteusa.com.
COMPANYREPORT SatelliteDealerRicksSatellite,KansasCity,USA
• celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2012
• distributes AZBox’s receivers in North America
• is an enthusiastic satellite feedhunter
• sees a good future for the FTA market in North America
StelliteGuys, USA - Internet Forum
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Manu
Distr
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Shop
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argest
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ScottGreczkowskiwith aT-shirt
fromSatelliteGuys.us in frontofhis
twomotorizeddishes,on the lefta
1.5-meteroffset antennaand in the
middle a 2.5-meterprime focusdish
bothofwhich are currentlypointed
to85W.
Owner
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Scott's
SatelliteGuys
•Providesassistancewithtechnical
satellitereceptionquestions
•FoundedbyScottasanon-profit
forum
•Alladvertisingincomeis
reinvestedinbettertechnology
•Newistheuseoftheforums
throughCustomerService
employeesofdigitalTVcompanies
ScottGerczkowski’shome in
NewingtonoutsideofHartford,
Connecticut in theUSA.Scottoperates
hissatellite forumSatelliteGuys.us
fromhere.On the street sidehehas two
motorizeddishes installed; four smaller
fixeddishes aremountedon thewall.
To the left isamultifocusdishwithfive
LNBs forDirecTV, in themiddle is adish
for theDishNetwork eastern arcpointing
to 61.5W, 72.7W and 77Wplus another
antenna for theDishNetworkwestern
arc at110W and119W.All theway to the
right is another antenna for 110W.This
dish isused for automatic scanning that
takesplace everyhour. It can instantly
identifywhen anew channel appearson
DishNetwork andposts this information
in the forum threadUplinkReport.
COMPANYREPORT SatelliteForumOperatorScottGreczkowski,USA
• Provides assistance with technical satellite reception questions
• Founded by Scott as a non-profit forum
• All advertising income is reinvested in better technology
• New is the use of the forums through Customer Service employees of
digital TV companies
Sowell, China - IPTV Receivers
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is Future
GeneralManager
EagleChain in
Sowell’sshowroom
withoneof the
company’s success
receivers.
COMPANYREPORT ReceiverManufacturerSowell,China
GM
Eagle
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isFuture
•AlreadyoperatingthefirstIPTV
project
•3Dplannedforthefuture
•IntegrationofTVreceptionwith
IPTV
•60%ofallSowellreceiversare
alreadyHD
GeneralManager
EagleChain in
Sowell’sshowroom
withoneof the
company’s success
receivers.
COMPANYREPORT ReceiverManufacturerSowell,China
• Already op rating the first IPTV project
• 3D planned for he future
• Int gr tion of TV recep ion with IPTV
• 60% of all Sowell receivers a already HD
