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DirecTV piracy crackdown silences Cuban TV signals
In Havana, DirecTV halted widespread satellite piracy by changing decoder cards, unintentionally disabling much of Cuba's illicit reception. The move aims to protect legal partners and prevent unauthorized US programming, while EchoStar Dish users remain largely unaffected for now. The change follows Bush’s promise of $18 million to transmit TV Marti from a US military aircraft, a measure Cuba calls media terrorism.
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America
Fidel Castro
Crystal Larraondo
Los Fonomemecos
Directv
el Segundo
Calif
United States
Cuba
Hans de Salas
University of Miami
Institute For
Robert G. Mercer
Associated Press
Dish
EchoStar
Steve Cox
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Office of Cuba Broadcasting
Television Marti
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Tional
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