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Sarnoff, David, 52, 65 costs, 6, 46, 47, 49, 53, 55, 56-7,
see also Radio Corporation of 59, 61, 63, 67n, 71 n, 72n, 75,
America (RCA) 134, 165--6, 188 n, 208
Satellite Business Systems, 60-1, Echo, 42
104n, 126n geostationary orbit, 14n, 43-5
Satellite Television Corporation Intersputnik, 116
(STq, 62-3 K-1, 167, 168
Sauvant, Karl, 119, 143, 155--6n Relay, 43
Scheck, Eric, 184-5, 192n, 195 Satcom, 60
Schiller, Herbert 1., 7, 18-23, 25, 38, Sputnik, 42, 50, 66 n
97,98, 123,150,196-8,199,201, Syncom, 43-5, 67n
205,206 technology, 14-15n, 43-4, 48-9,
see also cultural imperialism 52, 58, 60, 78, 84-5, 88, 132
Services Policy Advisory Telecom, 132
Committee, 139 Telstar, 43, 45, 48, 55
Shultz, George, 120, 122 Vista, 52
Simon, Emory, 150 see also, direct broadcast satellite,
Skocpol, Theda, 30, 31 propaganda
Smith, Delbert D., 41 Thomson, 174
Snow, Tony, 160n Thomson, Robert, 185
Solomon, Jonathan, 159n Time-Warner, 165, 180, 189n
Sony, 177 Time Inc., 121
Soviet Union (USSR), 6, 12, 35, 42, Warner Cable, 166
46-51,63-4,65,77-8,80,81,85, TRW Systems, 53
86, 89, 91, 93, 94, 96, 98, 106n, Tunstall, Jeremy, 63
116, 150, 195 Turner, Ted, 125 n
Spero, Joan Edelman, 118-19, Turner Broadcasting, 168
128n see also Cable Network News
Sprint, 163 (CNN)
StarTV, 4, 169, 171-2, 181-4, 189n,
207 United Arab Republic (UAR), 81
see also Rupert Murdoch, News United Kingdom, 136, 154n, 166,
Corporation International 175, 212n
Stockman, David, 105 n United Nations, 75, 76, 79-82, 84,
Stoil, Michael, 114 86, 90-4, 97, 98, 101 n, 108, 117,
Strange, Susan, 26, 27 141, 143, 148, 197, 205
Sweden, 85, 89, 104n Conference on the Peaceful Uses
of Outer Space
TaDanne,Pekka, 147-8 (COPUOS), 81-5, 89-90,
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 181, 104n
191 n General Assembly, 6, 80, 86,
Tele-Communication Incorporated 89-90, 92, I 04 n
(TCI), 165, 166, 185, 187n, United Nations Conference on
189n Trade and Development
Tempo Satellite, 167 (UNCTAD), 141
telecommunication satellites United Nations Educational,
(telesatellites) Scientific and Cultural
Advent, 43 Organization
Anik, 62-3 (UNESCO), 13n, 17, 41, 90,