Talk:Terrestrial television

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[edit] Stratavision

There does not appear to be any knowledge to date about Stratavision - television broadcasting by planes. It has been used on several occasions in the USA before microwave links and satellites and it was also used in Vietnam by AFRTS and other locations. MPLX/MH 21:20, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Definition Wrong?

Isn't "terrestrial television" simply the opposite of "satellite television"? i.e. doesn't the term include cable since this is also an earthbound medium?

BTW, the term is almost never used in the US. Tmangray 15:16, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

At least here (the UK), the term does not include cable; "terrestrial" is used as a synonym for "via an aerial", and includes both old-fashioned analogue services and Freeview (digital TV via an aerial). I don't know whether there is a direct US equivalent - "free to air" wouldn't work, since there are free satellite services and subscription digital terrestrial services. Loganberry (Talk) 13:38, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

In the US, what you get over an antenna (almost no one in the US would call it an "aerial") is called "broadcast" television. Seems to mean the same thing as you mean by "terrestrial".76.226.120.211 (talk) 05:30, 12 April 2008 (UTC)