 After the launch of the satellite Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union in 1957, satellite transmission technology was dramatically realised, with the United States launching Telstar in 1962 linking live media broadcasts from the UK to the US.The first digital broadcast satellite (DBS) system began transmitting in US in 1975.Beginning in the 1990s, the Internet has contributed to a tremendous increase in the accessibility of Western media content.