In addition, the footprints of telecommunications satellites were collated, the requisite antenna sizes were calculated and these footprints and antenna locations were entered, along with the locations of possible stations, on world maps.

Antennae of that size were also needed for the first stations set up to intercept satellite communications, since the first generation of INTELSAT satellites had only global beams and signal transmission technology was much less sophisticated than it is today.

The key factor in connection with the investigations conducted for this report is that a proportion of intercontinental communications are transmitted via the C-band in the global beams of the INTELSAT satellites and other satellites (e.g. INTERSPUTNIK) and that satellite antennae with a diameter of roughly 30 m are needed to receive some of these communications (see Chapter 5).

Mr. Gilles Duceppe (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, BQ): Mr. Speaker, the study commissioned by the CBC on the coverage of the referendum campaign reveals that the French network gave essentially the same coverage to the yes and the no sides, whereas the English network gave almost two thirds of its time to the no side.

The other element that we couldn't take advantage of, and it's one of the chief benefits of in-territory roaming, which has been recognized around the world, is that when you are building out even in a city and you use a lot of rooftops, inevitably there are spots where your coverage isn't as strong or complete black spots as you build out, and it takes time to fill those in.

The Commission essentially takes the view that the financial compensation received in respect of the following activites, which the private channels are not required to perform, cannot be regarded as state aid: - coverage of the entire national territory; - coverage of the Autonomous Regions of Madeira and the Azores; - keeping of audiovisual archives; - cooperation with countries whose official language is Portuguese; - broadcasting time to be made available for religious programmes; - provision of an international channel; - financing of a public theatre; - offices and correspondents to cover various regions to which private cha ...[+++]nnels do not broadcast. State financing for these activities does not rank as state aid in so far as it does not represent an advantage free of charge since a quid pro quo (performance of the above non-competitive activities) is required.