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<text id=90TT3387>
<title>
Dec. 17, 1990: Business Notes:Satellites
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Dec. 17, 1990 The Sleep Gap
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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BUSINESS, Page 71
Business Notes
SATELLITES
Let a Dish Be Your Umbrella
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<p> TV viewers in Palm Springs, Calif., had a little problem.
Though satellite dishes were the best way to bring in
additional channels, several homeowner associations banned the
contraptions on the grounds that they are ugly. To the rescue
came Under Cover Satellite Systems. The Indio, Calif., firm
created dishes in disguise: satellite antennas that resemble
patio umbrellas. For $3,000 to $5,000--about the price of an
ordinary dish--the company will have a dealer install one in
any of six colors, complete with table and four matching chairs.
The umbrella covers are made of a specially woven acrylic
fabric that allows signals to pass through without
interference; wires are concealed in the post. Under Cover is
capitalizing on the expanding dish market (U.S. sales: 30,000
a month). In its first six months the firm has sold about 500
dishes.
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