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List of Acronyms

ABC American Broadcasting Company
ATS Applications Technology Satellite
AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph Company
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BSS Broadcasting Satellite Services
CBS Columbia Broadcasting System
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CNN Cable Network News
Comsat/COMSAT Communications Satellite Corporation
COPUOS Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
DBS Direct Broadcast Satellite
DoD Department of Defense
DoJ Department of Justice
DTH Direct-to-Home
EC European Community
EU European Union
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FSS Fixed Satellite Services
FTA Free Trade Agreement
GAO General Accounting Office
GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GE General Electric
Gil Global Information Infrastructure
GM General Motors
GSO Geostationary Orbit
HBO Home Box Office
HDTV High Definition Television
IBM International Business Machines
ICIP International Communications and Information
Policy
IIPA International Intellectual Property Alliance
IMF International Monetary Fund
Intelsat International Telecommunication Satellite
Organization

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