XIII. A Canadian Perspective on the 1985 ITU Space Conference

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Introduction XI
5. PART I. INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE ACTIVITY: CHALLENGES OF THE 1980s
6. I. The Search for a Stable Regulatory Framework 3
7. II. Will Satellites and Optical Fiber Collide or Coexist? 19
8. PART II. THE EMERGENCE OF SPECIALIZED AND REGIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEMS
9. III. Competition by Private Carriers in International Commercial Satellite Traffic: Conceptual and Historical Background 33
10. IV. INTELSAT: Responding to New Challenges 58
11. V. The Reality of Change, Satellite Technology, Economics, and Institutional Resistance 75
12. VI. The Entry of New Satellite Carriers in International Telecommunications : Some Interests of Developing Nations 88
13. PART III. NATIONAL PROGRAMS AND PERSPECTIVES
14. VII. The Theology of Satellite Television: Dogmas That Are Holding Up the Progress of Satellite Television 107
15. VII. The Doldrums of Europe's TV Landscape: Coronet as Catalyst 114
16. IX. Canada's Space Policy 130
17. X. Research and Development Policy in the United States: Implications for Satellite Communications 141
18. XI. Commercial Space Policy: Theory and Practice 156
19. XII. Piracy of Satellite-Transmitted Copyright Material in the Americas: Bane or Boon? 166
20. PART IV. REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE ACTIVITY
21. XIII. A Canadian Perspective on the 1985 ITU Space Conference 201
22. XIV. Access to Information Resources: The Developmental Context of the Space WARC 209
23. XV. The Role of International Satellite Networks 222
24. XVI. Latecomer Cost Handicap: Importance in a Changing Regulatory Landscape 251
25. PART V. SOVIET SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
26. XVII. Cooperation and Competition in Satellite Communication: The Soviet Union 283
27. XVII. A Television Window on the Soviet Union 305
28. Selected Bibliography 313
29. Contributors 319
30. Index 325