There are several ways to get a "feed" from a satellite broadcast. If you have cable TV access, DBC has a small unit that plugs right into your cable TV outlet and gleens data off their broadcast which generally is associated with CSPAN or one of the other popular basic cable channels. The high speed data is not visible to television viewers, just the box. Tick by tick data is available for everthing - the software that runs on the PC has built in alarm capability for volume alerts, price alerts, news wires etc. it is impressive. At the end of the day all price summary closings are also broadcast.
If you don't get cable TV, yes you can use a BIG dish, but I would wait and get the 18" dish that Echostar and Newscorp just announced that will begin carrying DBC's financial broadcast shortly. This was just announced last week.
Here is some news info found posted at another SI site:
JACKSON, Wyo. and ENGLEWOOD, Colo., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Data
Broadcasting Corp , the leading provider of real-time market data to the individual investor, and Echostar Communications Corp , a leader in the direct-to-home satellite television market, today jointly announced a multi-year agreement under which EchoStar will carry the Lawyers Communication Network, a landmark professional education and online information service being jointly developed by Data Broadcasting and the American Bar Association. The programming will be carried over EchoStar's DISH Network/Sky, a state-of-the-art direct broadcast satellite (DBS) television system that uses 18-inch satellite antennas.
The agreement also includes carriage of Data Broadcasting's financial, agribusiness, sports and business television services, as well as the joint development of high-speed data delivery over the same small dish system. Data Broadcasting's AgCast will be the first data service to be offered over DISH Network/Sky.
Through its joint venture agreement with the American Bar Association, Data Broadcasting will use the EchoStar system to broadcast the Lawyers Communication Network. This new service will beam news, legal information and ABA continuing education programs directly to lawyers' homes and offices. The nationwide service will be offered to the ABA's more than 380,000 members and to non-member lawyers as well.
Subscribers to Data Broadcasting's services now will be able to receive DBC's core financial, news and sports data services, its new AgCast agribusiness data service, expected to be launched soon, as well as EchoStar's full video and audio entertainment programming, all through the convenience of a single 18-inch satellite receiving
system. DBC's data and video feeds also will be sold through EchoStar and its dealers for home and business usage.
"The emergence of the 18-inch satellite receiving system in homes and businesses throughout the United States has expanded greatly Data Broadcasting's ability to deliver its rich information content to new markets," said Allan Tessler and Alan Hirschfield, Data Broadcasting's co- chief executive officers. "We intend to take full advantage of the opportunities presented by the convergence of data, video, audio and high- speed data delivery down the single robust pipeline offered by the DBS system. The value of our converged data and video product delivered over the DISH Network/Sky will be evident in the programming planned for our LCN and AgCast services. It will also lead to the development of several other affinity group networks currently in negotiation."
Charles Ergen, EchoStar's chief executive officer, added: "We are pleased to offer DBC's important data and video services as part of our expanding line-up of business and consumer programming. We look forward to a significant share of the DBC customer base becoming a part of the direct broadcast DISH Network/Sky and believe many of our current and prospective customers will welcome the availability of DBC's financial, sports and business programming."
"Our EchoStar agreement provides direct-to-the-office / direct-to-the-home technology that significantly enhances the access and convenience for professionals needing to comply with on-going educational and training requirements," said Dennis Crockett, executive vice president of Data Broadcasting's Business Services Division. "Taking part in a for credit' course will now be as easy as ordering a pay-per-view movie. On-demand education has arrived."
All Data Broadcasting services are available on a subscription basis directly from DBC or through any authorized DISH Network/Sky dealer.
EchoStar Communications Corporation, headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, is a world-wide manufacturer and distributor of direct-to-home satellite television products and services. The company is a single, convenient source for equipment distribution, sales, installation and service; consumer financing; and programming distribution; and is widely recognized for its research and development activities.
On February 24, 1997, EchoStar announced an alliance with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. wherein News Corp. will invest cash and assets worth $1 billion in exchange for a 50% stake in EchoStar. The direct broadcast venture labeled "Sky" will offer as many as 500 channels of digital video and audio, data services and local broadcast TV signals to markets across the U.S.
Data Broadcasting is America's leading provider of real-time market data to the individual investor. Through its DBC West and BMI services, the company delivers real-time stock quotes, financial
and sports news and gaming information odds to more than 37,000 subscribers via wireless FM, cable and satellite transmission, as well as through online services and the Internet, www.dbc.com.
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