On
September 30, 1975, HBO became the first TV network to continuously deliver
signals via satellite when it showed the "Thrilla in Manila" boxing-match between Muhammad
Ali and Joe
Frazier.HBO switched its domestic satellite
transmissions from Westar
1 to Satcom
1 in February 1976 and by 1977 was joined by Ted Turner's Atlanta superstation WTCG-TV (soon to become WTBS) and Pat
Robertson's Christian
Broadcasting Network later to become the present-day ABC Family, laying the foundation for satellite delivery in the
modern cable television industry.
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