One day, Murdoch told me he was going into satellite television broadcasting in England.

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Such geosynchronous vehicles act as relay stations for telecommunications, and also as broadcasting platforms for satellite television.

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Recognizing that Arab and Muslim audiences rely on satellite television and radio, the government has begun some promising initiatives in television and radio broadcasting to the Arab world, Iran, and Afghanistan.

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Television broadcasting accounts for about 70% of satellite capacity in Asia (most of the rest is for telecoms).

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But the government countered that 69 million television sets are not connected to cable or satellite, and that broadcasting is the medium of choice for children.

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Starting with satellite, but moving on to cable and over-the-air broadcasting, the ability to transmit television programmes will thus become eight to 12 times greater and the number is rising.

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