Until recently the reception of foreign satellite programmes was strictly forbidden in Hungary on ideological, economic and legal grounds. At the end of 1987 a sudden change in policy legalized the reception of satellite programmes in Hungary. This article traces the intriguing causes and likely effects of this new policy initiative.
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