Data Transmission Network
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DTN, formerly known as Data Transmission Network, is a subscription-based service for the delivery of real-time weather, agricultural and commodity markets information. DTN is also the name of the service's parent company. DTN’s primary users are agriculture producers, professionals in weather-sensitive industries and commodities and futures traders.
DTN provides information to professionals in agriculture, refined fuels, commodities and futures trading, public safety, aviation, turf, recreation, construction and transportation.
The company delivers market information, commodity cash prices, industry news and analysis, and location-specific weather for more than 120,000 subscribers working in agriculture, refined fuels, market trading and weather forecasting.
DTN is especially targeted toward those interested in trading in markets such as futures and commodities and is popular among many farmers as well for its real-time weather data. Meteorlogix is a part of DTN which forecasts for several divisions of weather, including Aviation, Energy, Transportation and the PGA Tour.
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[edit] Meteorlogix Division
Meteorlogix is the weather division of DTN that forecasts location-specific weather for several industries. Meteorlogix is the official forecaster for the PGA Tour.
[edit] History
DTN was founded in 1984 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska. In the company’s early days, DTN delivered data to its customers solely by way of dedicated, one-way Ku-Band satellite-based computer terminals using small dish antennas mounted at the customers’ site with a special LNBF used only with the DTN service.
Currently, DTN delivers two-way information primarily via the Internet but continues its satellite service for customers who are unable to connect to the Internet due to their remote locations. The current generation of satellite receiver is the DTN D8000-series, which can be networked into an existing LAN using Ethernet. Third-party software is used to display and interpret the data on a personal computer.
In 2007, DTN acquired The Progressive Farmer magazine (Circulation: Approximately 650,000) from Time Warner with the stated purpose of broadening its focus to the information needs of commercial farmers and landowners.
[edit] Media Contributions
Various members of DTN’s editorial staff are regular contributors to commodity-related news stories by a variety of media outlets, including the Associated Press, Dow Jones “MarketWatch” and the Wall Street Journal. DTN senior analyst, Darin Newsom, and DTN grains analyst, Elaine Kub, are often featured in CNBC televised segments.
