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Published 7 January 2022
The future is here: television across the Atlantic thanks to a satellite
Published 6 August 2021
The BBC looks back at a momentous year for technology and broadcasting
Published 29 January 2021
A detailed, technical exploration of the Telstar satellite from 1962
Published 18 November 2020
Will it ever be possible to exchange television across the Atlantic? Bell Laboratories have a plan to lay a cable in 1955
Published 6 December 2018
The first geostationary satellite linking Europe and North America goes into service in 1965
Published 19 March 2018
Sir Hugh Carleton Greene’s valedictory message to the BBC and the audience after he was pushed out as Director-General in late 1968