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Private Cable TVThe times are achanging...How France, Germany and Sweden introduced private, cable and planet TV - acomparison over the past 10 years.1. INTRODUCTIONWhy we have chosen this subject?Before starting to write about TV in Sweden, Germany and France, we wanted tocompare French,German and Swedish media. but on account of the wideness of thisanalysis, we decided to focus on the evolution of TV dealing during these get going 10 years.The technical revolution which has appeared in this area since 1980 is necessaryto be understood to be able to follow and forecast what will happen in thefuture when multinational companies can take a look on pan-european broadcasting.In this paper we try to make the point on this changes. Furthermore as we camefrom different countries and live now in an other one, we found it interestingto compare the three countries (France, Germany and Sweden) TV-broadcastingsystem.While we were searching for datas, we discovered the gap that exists in cabl e- application between France and the two other countries. What are the main reasonsof this delay? Are they political, financial or cultural? We will try to answerthese questions in our paper. But we will first define the different technicalterms that we are going to focus on. Then we will developp the birth of privatechannels, their regulations, laws and financing in the different countries.2. BASICSIn our paper you will find the following technical terms terrestrial broadcasting this is the basic technology used to broadcast radioand TV. Its the use of radio-frequencies that can be received by a simple advance. The problem by using terrestrial broadcasting is, that you scarce have afew (up to max. 7) possible frequencies and that you need to have expensivetransmitters every 100-150 kms to cover an area.Programms which are broadcasted terrestrical are e.g. Swedish TV 1, 2 and 4German ARD, ZDF, 3. Programme and some private channels in urban areas FrenchTF 1, France 2 and France 3. cable TV the reason why you have tho a few frequencies by using terrestrialbroadcasting is that terestrial broadcasting is influenced by physical phenomens(bandwith) whereas broadcasting in a cable is shielded/ protected from outsideinfluences. So you can have more channels on the same bandwith-space. Forexample a cable might carry 7 programmes catched with an antenna fromterrestrical transmitters and additional 25 satellite channels (maximum 30-35different channels in one cable). Instead of connecting to an antenna cable-households connect their TV-sets to the cable-network. satellite broadcastinga satellite is a transmitter that is positioned on a course in space 40.