Chad Vatcher

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The Development of Television Through Satellites

• Chad Vatcher
• Comm. Tech. 2204

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History of Cable Television

• Cable Television was born in the 1940s, in the
  mountains of Pennsylvania.
• It was then called Community antenna Television
  or CATV.
• Signal could not pass through Mountains so John
  Walson put an antenna on a pole in a nearby
  mountain.
• Because of this signal cable signal were received
  to store.
• Milton Jerrald Strapp developed a system to
  amplify cable systems called MATV.
• Cable television in a form similar to today was
  born when he wired Lansford using coaxial cable
  and commercially manufactured boosters.

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History of Satellite TV

• In 1976, premium programmer Home Box Office (HBO)
  made history by initiating satellite delivery of
  programming to cable headends with the
  heavyweight boxing battle dubbed, "The Thriller
  From Manila.
• In 1977 Pat Robertson launched the first
  satellite-delivered "basic" cable service, CBN
  Cable Network, the predecessor of The Family
  Channel.
• Taylor Howard a lead scientist on several
  interplanetary NASA probes with key communication
  systems of the Apollo Program, would soon build
  America's first consumer DTH system.
• Approximately sold 5,000 systems in 1980.
• Each of these systems, boasting an antenna 12
  feet or more in diameter, fetched a whopping
  10,000.

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Advantages of Television via Satellite

• 24-hour music channels (Music Television, VH-1
  and the Nashville Network)
• 24-hour sports channel (ESPN)
• Several 24-hour movie channels (HBO, Showtime,
  the Movie Channel and Cinemax)
• 24-hour news channels (Cable News Network and
  the Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network,
  C-SPAN)
• Distant stations from New York, Atlanta, Chicago,
  and other far-off cities
• Children's programming (Nickelodeon and The
  Disney Channel)
• Specialized programming like FIT TV, several
  religious networks, a Spanish-language channel
  and more...

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