Satellite Here To Stay?

7 Pages 1671 Words

gramming is availible in most cable packages and that was the main reason why cable became so popular. It’s been over 50 years of success for cable, but with the turn of the century coming, what kind of future does cable have with these new media technologies on the rise? Now in the year 1999, the civilized people of this wireless world will experience the power of DBS. If trends begin as they ussually do, DBS will take over the TV screens while cable and network stations stcatch their heads and wonder what the hell just happened. Their best bet would be to follow that famous saying, “ If you can’t beat them, join them.” And so they kind of have since digital cable can be produced through the fiber optic cables. In short, these two mediums will be battling head to head until they prove who’s more dominant to the consumer. Or will the theory of convergeance combine all mediums so that thier will be less competition? Who knows, only time will tell. As far as DBS is concerned...