The owner of a California-based company that sells “free-to-air” (FTA) satellite receiver boxes has been arrested on charges that he attempted to hire computer hackers to try and break the encryption ...

OTTAWA, CANADA, August 3, 2005 – Zarlink Semiconductor (NYSE/TSX:ZL) has launched the ZL10039 device, the industry's first single-chip satellite tuner for FTA (free-to-air) satellite DTV receivers.