In 1977 , Taylor Howard, a professor at Stanford University, who worked with satellite technology, may have been the first to build a satellite dish to receive HBO programming at his home. This maeked the beginning of TVRO satellites. The technology has limitations, though. First, it used the low-power C-band(3.7 GHz to 4.2 GHz)frequencies, Which meant the dishes were large and unattractive. Some communities even banned the dishes because of their appearance. to operate. Finally,programming networks began to scramble their signals so TVRO users had to purchase decoding boxes and pay to unscramble the signals (Museum of Broadcast Communication, n.d.).
The Growth Years
Deregulation continued into the 1980s, allowing cable systems to accelerate their growth. The Cable Communications Act of 1984 amended the Communications Act of 1934 with regulations specific to cable. The most important change made by this act was that it removed
In 1977 , Taylor Howard, a professor at Stanford University, who worked with satellite technology, may have been the first to build a satellite dish to receive HBO programming at his home. This maeked the beginning of TVRO satellites. The technology has limitations, though. First, it used the low-power C-band(3.7 GHz to 4.2 GHz)frequencies, Which meant the dishes were large and unattractive. Some communities even banned the dishes because of their appearance. to operate. Finally,programming networks began to scramble their signals so TVRO users had to purchase decoding boxes and pay to unscramble the signals (Museum of Broadcast Communication, n.d.).The Growth Years Deregulation continued into the 1980s, allowing cable systems to accelerate their growth. The Cable Communications Act of 1984 amended the Communications Act of 1934 with regulations specific to cable. The most important change made by this act was that it removed
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