Satellite Entertainment

NASA unveils a new color map of Antarctica. Video (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
A group of scientists from American and British organizations, including NASA, worked for three years compiling over a thousand satellite photographs of the continent. Anyone with Internet access can now take a trip to the South Pole.

NASCAR Driver Tony Stewart and SIRIUS Satellite Radio Announce Winners of Inaugural ‘Stewie Awards’ (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Winners of the inaugural ‘Stewie Awards’ were announced tonight by two-time NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Champion and SIRIUS Radio host Tony Stewart at the SIRIUS Satellite Radio Studios in New York City.

XM is the Exclusive Satellite Radio Network for the Big 12, SEC, and ACC Football Championships this Saturday, … (KXXV Waco)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — XM is the exclusive satellite radio network for the 2007 Big 12, SEC, and ACC football championship games this Saturday, December…

Wireless Service Brings Broadband Between The Hills (Leesburg Today)
Small home-based businesses and residences in the Between the Hills area of western Loudoun County will no longer need to rely on dial-up service or satellite for Internet connectivity.

KeyOn Communications Establishes EchoStar Relationship to Offer Satellite Video Bundle (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
OMAHA, Neb.—-KeyOn Communications Holdings, Inc. , a leading provider of wireless broadband and voice over Internet protocol services to rural and underserved markets, signed a retailer agreement with EchoStar Satellite Corporation to become a Dish Network retailer in all of KeyOn’s target markets.

TDA (Telediffusion d’algerie) Selects Eutelsat ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 3 Satellite to Support Launch of Digital Terrestrial … (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Eutelsat Communications has inked a contract for capacity on its ATLANTIC BIRD 3 satellite with Telediffusion d’Algerie to broadcast Algeria’s national Digital Terrestrial Television package of television and radio channels.

Satellite-radio rivals share concern over soft sales (Daily Record)
NEW YORK — It’s the season to be wary for the friendly rivals in satellite radio, Sirius and XM. They have to worry whether the softening economy will hurt new-car sales — the largest generator of new satellite radio subscribers.

Stern finds happy days on satellite radio (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
NEW YORK Howard Stern finds himself listening to something different these days: “The Howard Stern Show,” on satellite radio. Unlike his last years on terrestrial radio, where Stern felt his voice was neutered and his program sterilized, the still undisputed king of the shock jocks loves what he’s hearing now. “I know the show is funnier,” Stern says over lunch. “I tune in and it’s funny. It’s a …