ABSTRACT
It is axiomatic that all new technologies invoke issues of governance. This was certainly the case when, during the 1980s, developments in satellite television technology resulted in the signal (footprint) from a geostationary satellite 2 delivering good-quality signals to a larger surface area than that of any single European state. Historically, it had been relatively easy to listen to trans-frontier radio within Europe, but because of its physical properties, trans-frontier television reception had generally been limited to the border area. By contrast, direct to home (DTH) satellite television technology was quintessentially pan-European.
