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Article: Malaysia lifts ban; takes the DirecTV high road. (ban on backyard satellite receivers)
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- June 6, 1994
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The Malaysian government is lifting its ban of backyard satellite receivers in 1996 and allowing the establishment of a high-powered satellite service.
Malaysia is one of very few countries in the region to ban individuals from owning satellite receivers. Even so, there are believed to be as many as 40,000 illegal TVROs in East Malaysia. And an order by a government-party associated company, Binariang Sdn. Bhd., for MeaSat, a US$60 million 14-transponder Hughes HS376 satellite, is clearly aimed at calming a growing demand for access to a wider range of programming.
MeaSat's C-band footprint will be competitive with the Palapa B2P satellite of Indonesia, ...