Satellite Entertainment

Online maps offer more than directions (USA Today)
In the past few years, map sites have really taken off. Google, MSN and Yahoo all offer maps and driving directions. You can find local businesses and view satellite images. But that’s just the beginning.

EU seeking to take over responsibility for issuing satellite licenses (International Herald Tribune)
The proposal would break national monopolies on managing the radio spectrum and make the commission the clearinghouse for satellite companies seeking permission to offer services in Europe.

Emmy Winning Broadcaster John Madden Returns for His Fourth NFL Season on SIRIUS Satellite Radio (KXXV Waco)
Hall of Famer continues role as analyst on SIRIUS NFL Radio, channel 124 NEW YORK, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SIRIUS , the Official Satellite Radio Partner of…

Sick of Cable TV Service? Switch to Satellite (Benton Evening News)
(ARA) - Tired of the fuzzy picture on your TV screen? Or the cable going out at the most inopportune moment? Satellite may have seemed more costly upfront when it first surfaced, but these days it can be a better value than cable and just makes sense.

RAMTelecom wins $1.3M contract to provide satellite and VoIP services (Ottawa Business Journal)
Satellite services provider RAMTelecom has won a $1.3-million contract to provide its products to the oil and gas sector in Alberta through one of its reseller companies.

XM Satellite Radio and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Launch the National Radio Series ‘The Big Read’ (FinanzNachrichten)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — XM Satellite Radio ( Nachrichten ) today announced that XM and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will introduce a national radio series called “The Big Read,” named after the NEA’s national reading program, which celebrates great books and their place in American life.

Satellite Radio To Add All-Dead Station (WCBS-TV New York)
Get ready for Dead air. A new channel devoted entirely to the Grateful Dead debuts Sept. 7 on Sirius Satellite Radio, beginning with the broadcast of a rare 1974 performance by the band at the Hollywood Bowl, the company announced Wednesday. “This is gonna be one fun channel,” Dead guitarist Bob Weir said in a release announcing the station. “We, the guys in the band, get to be involved as much …