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Pictures from the Sky
Published 21 December 2022
It sounds amazing, but one day soon we could all be watching television that arrives at our homes from a satellite
Those extra TV buttons could mean less choice
Published 30 November 2022
Bill Cotton, recently promoted to head up the BBC’s future multichannels policy, on what he’s expecting by the year 2000
Telstar
Published 7 January 2022
The future is here: television across the Atlantic thanks to a satellite
Pay-TV vs. Free TV: May the best deal win
Published 9 August 2021
As the cable revolution spreads in the US, a new tier of channels starts to appear… ones you have to pay for. Will this ever catch on?
Project Telstar: Communications Experiment
Published 29 January 2021
A detailed, technical exploration of the Telstar satellite from 1962
Tonight’s satellite TV… in 1995
Published 7 June 2017
A look at what was on satellite television in the UK on Wednesday 7 June 1995
Direct broadcasting by satellite
Published 16 January 2017
The BBC in 1986 details what went wrong with the planned BBC/IBA satellite service