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Published 31 July 2023
Instantaneous live OBs from anywhere in Europe? With the Orbital Test Satellite, it could be coming soon
Published 10 April 2023
Technological developments abound at the IBA: teletext, satellites, standards conversion and much more
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
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
Published 7 January 2022
The future is here: television across the Atlantic thanks to a satellite
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?
Published 29 January 2021
A detailed, technical exploration of the Telstar satellite from 1962
Published 7 June 2017
A look at what was on satellite television in the UK on Wednesday 7 June 1995
Published 16 January 2017
The BBC in 1986 details what went wrong with the planned BBC/IBA satellite service