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Satellite communication made simultaneous global television broadcasts possible for the first time in the 1960s.

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Communication satellites let live television cross oceans for the first time, so events could be watched worldwide as they happened — the planet sharing a single moment.

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Uydu iletişimi, 1960'larda eşzamanlı küresel televizyon yayınlarını ilk kez mümkün kıldı.

İletişim uyduları, canlı televizyonun ilk kez okyanusları aşmasını sağladı; böylece olaylar, olurken dünya genelinde izlenebildi — gezegenin tek bir ânı paylaşması.

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