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satellite television

television content transmitted via signals from orbiting satellites
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Summary

satellite television is a broadcasting[1]. It draws 3,466 Wikipedia views per month (broadcasting category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: broadcasting[3]
  • Commons category: Satellite television[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Satellite television[5]
  • Uses: communications satellite[6]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[7]

Why It Matters

satellite television has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . anteny-krakow.pl. anteny-krakow.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
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    Topic's main category → Category:Satellite television
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 11418, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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