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Reception of UK television stations available by aerial in border areas and the cast of Ireland, was extended to urban areas by cable, under licence, from 1981. In rural areas, cable systems were uneconomic and so the Government decided in 1988 to invite applications for "exclusive licenses" to operate an MMDS system (Microwave Multipoint Distribution System). However, a number of unlicened and much less expensive deflector systems had already begun to operate, and despite repeated calls from Government to desist, continued to operate after the exclusive licences had been allocated to other operators....