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Telecasting, the telecasting is of three types, - (a) terrestrial, (b) cable and (c) satellite. In the first case, the signal is generated by the camera stationed at the spot of the event and the signal is then sent to the earthly telecasting station such as the TV centre which is turn relays it through its own frequencies to all the viewers who have TV screens/sets. In the second case, viz., cable telecasting, the cable operator receives the signals from the satellite by means of the parabolic dish antenna and relays them to all those TV screens which are linked to his cable. The last type, viz., satellite TV operation involves the use of a frequency generated, owned or controlled by the national Government or the governmental agen-cies, or those generated, owned and controlled by other agencies, Secy. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India v. Cricket Associa-tion of Bengal, (1995) 2 SCC 161 (187). [Constitution of India, Art. 19(1)(a) and (2)]