For example, in 1982 the International Telecommunications Union of the United Nations passed regulations governing the principles of direct satellite broadcasting across borders. These stipulate that countries wanting to engage in direct international satellite broadcasting must notify those countries in the agreement who are to be the receiving countries.
例如，隸屬聯合國的「國際電信聯盟」在一九八二年通過的「為跨國直接播放電視使用人造衛星原則」中規定，有意設立國際直播電視服務的國家，必須立即通知擬議中、或有意接收節目的國家。