 In April 2002, What Satellite and Digital TV was the first magazine to discover secret military broadcasts of NATO spy planes over Bosnia being broadcast and received using a one metre satellite dish The United States encrypted the transmissions after the security breach was discovered.The magazine was merged with sister title "Satellite TV Monthly" (formerly known as "Satellite TV Europe", which was purchased by Highbury in 2001) when that magazine ceased publication in 2005; starting with the June 2005 issue.The May 2007 issue of "What Satellite and Digital TV" marked the 250th issue of the magazine's publication.