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MEETING 12

SATELLITE TV
Satelite TV
Satellite TV is a broadcasting service which allows subscribers to
receive television signals through a dish-shaped receiver unit. These
signals are originally uploaded to a communications satellite that is in a
fixed orbit above the earth, then electronically scrambled to prevent
unauthorized downloading. Those who pay a subscription fee for
satellite TV service are issued both the receiving dish and a descrambler.
The actual tuning information is fed into the television through a cable,
much like the earth-bound cable television services in competition with
satellite TV providers.
Continue
Satellite TV solves many of the problems
associated with earlier television broadcasting
methods. Television stations originally broadcast their
signals in two specific radio wave bands- VHF (very high
frequency) and UHF (ultra-high frequency). Aerial
antennas placed on roofs or attached to the television
itself would receive as much of these radio wave
transmissions as possible, but the results could be
barely watchable depending on the strength of the
signal, the terrain between the station and the
television set, and the atmospheric conditions. Cable
television systems could provide a better television
signal, but this involved stringing miles of insulated
wire and creating subscription services.
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Satellite TV provides a strong digital signal to
subscribers' television sets and is almost completely
wireless. Earlier satellite TV systems used very large dish
receivers in order to focus the distant signals onto a
powered antenna. Since different television channels were
located on different communication satellites, these
dishes would have to physically turn to predetermined
points in the sky in order to receive the proper signals.
Because regulation of these early dishes was not uniform,
illegal electronic descramblers became a lucrative
underground market. Stiffer penalties for unauthorized
descramblers paved the way for legitimate satellite TV
subscription services.
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Modern satellite TV services have streamlined the
process. A single communication satellite now remains in a
steady orbit above the Earth, allowing all subscribers to
mount a much smaller dish receiver at a fixed point.
Technicians from the satellite TV provider may install the
dish or owners can determine the proper receiving angle
and do it themselves. Instead of scanning various satellites
for different channels, modern satellite television
providers license the use of popular cable or broadcast
channels. Much like a cable system, the tuner descrambles
selected programs sent out on a specific frequency. This
allows satellite providers the option of pay-per-view movie
rentals or the blocking of adult-oriented or premium
movie channels.
1. Fill in the following table that differentiate earlier and modern
television stations
Difference Earlier Modern

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