如今,一个意大利人想在伦敦看到自己家乡的电视节目,特别是足球赛一类的实况转播,并非不可能,因为西欧已开始跨向卫星电视时代。近年来,人们去西欧的城市和乡村,几乎到处都可看到越来越多的居民在住宅屋顶上架起一个个银白色的抛物面形卫星接收天线。来自世界各地经由人造卫星转播的电视节目进入千千万万欧洲人家中。为了适应卫星电视时代,一些西欧国家的政府和电视广播公司已拟定了庞大的卫星电视发展计划, Today, an Italian wanting to see TV broadcasts in his hometown in London, especially a live broadcast of a football game, is not impossible, because Western Europe has begun to leap into the era of satellite television. In recent years, people have gone to cities and villages in Western Europe, and almost everywhere they can see that more and more residents have erected silver-colored parabolic satellite receiving antennas on the roofs of residential buildings. Television programs broadcast from satellites from all over the world have entered thousands of European homes. In order to adapt to the age of satellite television, some western European countries’ governments and television broadcasters have drawn up a huge development plan for satellite television.