Satellite Update – August 27, 2010

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From Report SAT-00716:

  • •Sirius XM Radio Inc. was granted special temporary authority (STA) to continue to operate two Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) terrestrial repeaters in the 2320-2345 MHz SDARS band with an EIRP up to 2,000 watts in Puerto Rico. Sirius XM Radio also received STA to operate a SDARS terrestrial repeater in Arlington, Va. with up to 2,000 watts EIRP in the 2332.5-2345 MHz SDARS band.
  • •The FCC released an Order and Authorization granting EchoStar Corporation STA to operate its recently launched DBS satellite EchoStar 15 on two unassigned channels (23 and 24) at 61.55 degrees West Longitude for a period of 30 days. The FCC restored the customer notification and programming content conditions for these two channels. Those conditions had been suspended. The FCC denied EchoStar's request to further suspend those conditions.
Doug Lung
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Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack. A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.