| Ever wondered if you could get rid of the satellite | | | | Since then, American DTH satellite signals have |
| dish antenna and would still be able to watch | | | | spilled over the border, enabling Canadians with |
| satellite direct TV? This is a reality now with | | | | DTH satellites to view the American broadcasts. |
| modern personal computers, which can replace | | | | To date, approximately 300 000 Canadians have |
| your messy satellite dish antenna system with a | | | | purchased unlicensed American DTH satellite |
| clean and equally effective installation system. | | | | systems on the "grey market" (meaning that |
| | | | they are not licensed for use in Canada, but are |
| Click to Visit the Official Homepage of Satellite | | | | not technically illegal). Canadians owning DTH |
| Direct | | | | systems can receive dozens of American |
| The DTH satellite system is the first affordable | | | | channels unavailable to Canadian cable TV |
| mass-market broadcasting technology that | | | | watchers, though they can only receive fewer |
| enables customers to receive their programming | | | | than 5 Canadian channels. |
| from a provider other than their local cable | | | | |
| service. Consisting of a portable 18-inch satellite | | | | Click to Visit the Official Homepage of Satellite |
| dish and decoder box, the DTH satellite can | | | | Direct |
| receive programming signals in any location where | | | | The large numbers of Canadians taking advantage |
| it is not physically obstructed, making it additionally | | | | of the spillover effect of unauthorized American |
| attractive to rural areas with no cable TV access. | | | | DTH signals has become a serious problem for |
| Unlike cable TV, though, the quality of DTH | | | | the Canadian broadcasting system because |
| broadcasts can suffer during poor weather | | | | Canadians choosing this broadcasting option |
| conditions such as heavy rain. Otherwise, the | | | | completely bypass the Canadian system. Over |
| reception quality is noticeably better than cable's | | | | the past 65 years the development of the |
| older analog transmission format due to its use of | | | | Canadian broadcasting system has been shaped |
| digital technology for its audio and video signals. | | | | by the government to fulfil numerous cultural, |
| Furthermore, it uses digital video compression | | | | political and economic goals. Some of the goals of |
| (DVC), a technology that squeezes up to 10 video | | | | Canadian broadcasting are to cultivate and defend |
| signals from an analog transmission into digital | | | | Canadian culture and identity, to connect |
| form, enabling up to 10 times the number of | | | | Canadians across the nation to one another, and |
| channels to be transmitted to the home. DVC | | | | to ensure that Canadian broadcasters could afford |
| thus conserves scarce satellite capacity and | | | | to create and show Canadian productions. |
| reduces distribution costs, enabling the viewer to | | | | With technology comes innovation, and innovation |
| affordably receive hundreds of channels. | | | | in this field has revolutionized the way you used |
| Though DTH services have been available in the | | | | to watch television. Now a personal computer |
| United States since 1994, Canada still does not | | | | (PC) can take care of the entire process in a |
| have a legally operating DTH service of its own. | | | | simplistic yet effective manner. |