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# 1. Introduction

Satellite Television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a [communications satellite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_satellite) orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location The signals are received via an outdoor [parabolic antenna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parabolic_antenna) commonly referred to as a [satellite dish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_dish) and a [low-noise block down converter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-noise_block_downconverter). A satellite receiver then decodes the desired [television program](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_program) for viewing on a [television set](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_set). Receivers can be external [set-top boxes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set-top_box), or a built-in [television tuner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuner_\(television\)). Satellite television provides a wide range of channels and services. It is usually the only television available in many remote geographic areas without [terrestrial television](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_television) or [cable television](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television) service.