20 Years of DBS
Twenty years ago, the first direct-broadcast satellite system was sold in Jackson, Mississippi, at Cowboy Malone’s Electric City. They probably sell quite a few today, too.
The business has transformed itself into a competitive alternative to cable and currently counts more than 34 million subscribers (DirecTV & Dish combined). You could, however, argue there was a TVRO service for years, and PrimeStar goes back to 1991.
Tags: americom, at&t, bss, charlie ergen, dbs, directv, dish hopper, dish network, Eddy Hartenstein, primestar, rca, Stan Hubbard, Stan Kozlowski, ussb
