Direct Broadcast Satellites: An Interview with Hartford Gunn Available to Purchase

The use of satellites to broadcast television programs and provide other information services directly to the home has been recently approved by the Federal Communications Commission. This new technological innovation is known as direct broadcast by satellite (DBS) and will go into limited operation during 1984. The Satellite Television Corporation (STC), a subsidiary of COMSAT, is the company that will be providing the first national satellite to home television network in the United States. In this interview with Hartford Gunn, Vice‐President of Program Development for STC, the concept of DBS is explored. As discussed in this interview, DBS holds potential for librarians. There is no doubt that another element in the telecommunications web is coming into place as we move further into the Third Wave.