▁did ▁not ▁require ▁advanced ▁or ▁expensive ▁technology . ▁Since ▁these ▁same ▁sat ell ites ▁were ▁also ▁used ▁internally ▁by ▁the ▁television ▁networks , ▁they ▁could ▁also ▁watch ▁programs ▁not ▁intended ▁for ▁public ▁broadcast ▁such ▁as ▁affili ate ▁fe eds ▁without ▁commer ci als ▁and / or ▁intended ▁for ▁another ▁time ▁zone ; ▁raw ▁foot age ▁from ▁remote ▁news ▁teams ; ▁advance ▁transm issions ▁of ▁up coming ▁programs ; ▁and ▁live ▁news ▁and ▁talk ▁shows ▁during ▁breaks ▁when ▁those ▁on ▁camera ▁might ▁not ▁realize ▁that ▁anyone ▁outside ▁the ▁network ▁could ▁hear ▁them . ▁ ▁Enc rypt ing ▁was ▁introduced ▁to ▁prevent ▁people ▁from ▁receiving ▁pay ▁content ▁for ▁free , ▁and ▁nearly ▁every ▁pay ▁channel ▁was ▁encrypted ▁by ▁the ▁mid - to - late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁( this ▁did ▁not ▁happen ▁without ▁protest , ▁such ▁as ▁an ▁incident ▁in ▁which ▁a ▁Florida ▁satellite ▁deal er ▁intercept ed ▁the ▁signal ▁of ▁H BO ▁during ▁a ▁film ▁tele cast ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁to ▁transmit ▁a ▁text - based ▁message ▁over ▁color ▁bars ▁object ing ▁to ▁the ▁network ' s ▁decision ▁to ▁encrypt ▁its ▁feed ). ▁Sat ellite ▁television ▁also ▁began ▁a ▁digital ▁transition , ▁well ▁before ▁over - the - air ▁broadcast ing ▁did ▁the ▁same , ▁to ▁increase ▁satellite ▁capacity ▁and / or ▁reduce ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁receiving ▁anten nas ; ▁this ▁also ▁made ▁it ▁more ▁difficult ▁for ▁individuals ▁to ▁intercept ▁these ▁signals . ▁Event ually , ▁the ▁industry ▁began ▁to ▁c ater ▁to ▁individuals ▁who ▁wanted ▁to