Scrambling of Satellite Signals and the Backyard Satellite Dish Market : Background, Controversies and Congressional Activity.

Explores the background of and controversies surrounding the encryption, or scrambling, of cable and broadcast television satellite signals and the development of marketing arrangements providing paid access by home backyard receivers to the scrambled programming. Also examines related congressional...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1986.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Explores the background of and controversies surrounding the encryption, or scrambling, of cable and broadcast television satellite signals and the development of marketing arrangements providing paid access by home backyard receivers to the scrambled programming. Also examines related congressional and Justice Department activities.
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