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Old 12-29-2011, 07:28 AM  
MrMaxwell
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Originally Posted by livexxx View Post
Satellite channels pay for bandwidth all the way through the chain. From their Studios to the uplink provider and then transponder bandwidth. Wherever they can squeeze a few thousand bucks out of carriage charges they will, you can change bandwidth by the hour and save more money depending on what your schedule is so plenty of scope to introduce compression into the signal at every oppurtunity.
What the fuck, that sucks, I thought they had their OWN satellites and they WERE their providers!! I guess they start at $1b so that is steep but don't the big carriers do hundreds of m per year? Should be worth it

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