DBS

(Direct Broadcast Satellite) A one-way TV broadcast service from a communications satellite to a small round or oval dish antenna no larger than 20" in diameter. Using a highly compressed digital signal in the 11-15 GHz Ku-band, DBS offers TV to every household, as long as there is line of sight from the satellite to the dish. Prior to DBS, costly equipment and very large antennas were required. Tuning into the stations was complicated because content was available on multiple satellites. See parabolic antenna.

DirecTV and USSB
Although DBS service existed in other countries, the first DBS in the U.S. was launched in 1994 by Hughes Electronics (DirecTV) and Hubbard Broadcasting (USSB). DirecTV and USSB used the digital satellite system (DSS) standard with equipment made by RCA and other manufacturers.

PrimeStar and EchoStar
Soon after, PrimeStar introduced a DBS service that included installation of its own equipment that was leased with the content. In 1995, EchoStar launched its first satellite and offered service as the Digital Sky Highway (DISH) network. In 2008, EchoStar was spun off from DISH as a separate entity offering receivers, DVRs and other satellite TV equipment.

USSB and Primestar Became DirecTV
In the late 1990s, Hughes acquired USSB and Primestar, merging both services into DirecTV. In 2015, DirecTV was acquired by AT&T.

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DBS

stimulation

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DBS

Abbreviation for:
deep brain stimulation
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Diamond-Blackfan syndrome
double-blind study

DBS

Acronym	Definition
DBS➣Dragon Ball Super (anime)
DBS➣Deep Brain Stimulation
DBS➣Direct Broadcast Satellite
DBS➣Disclosure and Barring Service (UK)
DBS➣Database System
DBS➣Death by Stereo (band)
DBS➣Dublin Business School (Dublin, Ireland)
DBS➣Data Base Solutions (various locations)
DBS➣Don't Be Sad
DBS➣Doing Business Survey
DBS➣Development Bank of Singapore
DBS➣Dataset Book Keeping System
DBS➣Data Base in Sql Format
DBS➣Data Base String
DBS➣Demand Broadcast System
DBS➣Data Base Service
DBS➣Dynamic Bass System
DBS➣Dual Bridge System
DBS➣Demand Based Switching
DBS➣Dell Business Support
DBS➣Data Base System
DBS➣Durham Business School (UK)
DBS➣Department of Basic Science (various locations)
DBS➣Database Service
DBS➣Defense Business System
DBS➣Dried Blood Spot (blood testing)
DBS➣Danske Baptisters Spejderkorps (Danish: Danish Baptist Scout)
DBS➣Deep Blue Sea (movie)
DBS➣Division of Biological Sciences
DBS➣Dichroic Beam Splitter (physics)
DBS➣Digital Broadcast Satellite
DBS➣Dean Burgon Society (Collingswood, NJ)
DBS➣Division of Building Safety
DBS➣Division of Blind Services
DBS➣Deutscher Bildungs-Server (Germany)
DBS➣Data Base Server
DBS➣Don't Be Stupid
DBS➣Direct Broadcast System
DBS➣Don't Be Silly
DBS➣Dynamic Balance System (golf instruction)
DBS➣Direct Broadcasting by Satellite
DBS➣Digital Broadcast System
DBS➣Diffuse Brain Swelling
DBS➣Don't Be Shy
DBS➣Detroit Blues Society (est.1985; Detroit, MI)
DBS➣Drive By Shooting
DBS➣Diocesan Boys' School (Hong Kong)
DBS➣Diminished Breath Sounds
DBS➣Distribution Business Services Ltd. (UK)
DBS➣Doncaster Bloodstock Sales
DBS➣Dépôt Bennes Services (French waste collection company)
DBS➣Disciple Bible Study
DBS➣Database Specification
DBS➣Dominion Bureau of Statistics (now Statistics Canada)
DBS➣Demographic and Behavioral Sciences (branch of NICHD)
DBS➣Duplex Bus Selector
DBS➣Destiny Bass Shufflers
DBS➣Distressed British Seaman (UK)
DBS➣Diversified Business Services
DBS➣Dealer Business System (supply chain management)
DBS➣Dirt Bike Supply (UK)
DBS➣Denver Business Series (Colorado)
DBS➣Den Beste Sykkel
DBS➣Distributed Base Station
DBS➣Double Barreled Shotgun
DBS➣Dos Boot Sectors
DBS➣Drain-Back-System
DBS➣Dental Business Solutions
DBS➣Division of Biomedical Sciences
DBS➣Design-Build Selector
DBS➣Days Before Seeding
DBS➣Doppler Broadening Spectroscopy
DBS➣Distinctive Business Systems
DBS➣Direct Beam Steering (Polatis)
DBS➣Direct Booking Service
DBS➣Doctor of Biblical Studies
DBS➣Driven by Sound (car audio enthusiasts club)
DBS➣Digital Bible Society
DBS➣Direct Broadcast Sounder
DBS➣Design by Silverside (UK webdesign company)
DBS➣Daily Balancing Service
DBS➣Dutch Broadcasting Service
DBS➣Dynamic Backbone Subnet
DBS➣Division Battle Simulation
DBS➣Dismounted Battle Space
DBS➣Disk Braking System (roller skating)
DBS➣Damn Bloody Stupid
DBS➣Dual-Band Stub
DBS➣Definite Bad Sign
DBS➣Dallas Business Systems
DBS➣Durban Bulk Shipping (South Africa)
DBS➣Dirty Book Store
DBS➣Doctor of Buddhist Studies
DBS➣Deterministic Balance Search
DBS➣Disk-Based Survey
DBS➣Doppler Beam Sampling
DBS➣Distributed Briefing System
DBS➣Distracted by Shadows
DBS➣DigitalBoxShop Ltd
DBS➣Doppler Beam Sharpener
DBS➣Dritt Bak Setet
DBS➣Death by Sheep (gaming clan)