Mgbe mmalite nke Telstar site na Westar 1 satellites, RCA Americom (mgbe e mesịrị GE Americom, ugbu a SES) malitere Satcom 1 na 1975. Ọ bụ Satcom 1 nke nyeere aka n'inyere ọwa TV ndị mbụ dị ka WTBS (ugbu a TBS), HBO, CBN (ugbu a Freeform) na The Weather Channel na-aga nke ọma, n'ihi na ọwa ndị a kesara mmemme ha na isi TV TV TV niile site na iji satellite. Na mgbakwunye, ọ bụ nke mbụ satịlaịtị eji netwọk telivishọn na United States, dị ka ABC, NBC, na CBS, iji kesaa mmemme na ụlọ ọrụ ha dị na mpaghara. Satcom 1 bụ nke a na-ejikarị eme ihe n'ihi na ọ nwere okpukpu abụọ nke nkwurịta okwu nke Westar 1 na-asọmpi (24 transponders na America ma e jiri ya tụnyere 12 nke Westar 1), nke na-eme ka ọnụ ọgụgụ dị ala nke Astrium Satellites. Na afọ 2000, Astro Bus Satellites (ugbu a TBS), HBO, CBN (ugbu a Freeform) na The Weather Channel ghọrọ ihe ịga nke
ABC, NBC, na CBS