Satellite broadcasts are officially banned, so only those with illegal dishes can receive Star.

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The official media have unquestionably lost a monopoly on the flow of information and thanks to illegal satellite dishes Florida television now comes to Cuba.

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And this in a country where satellite dishes have always been technically illegal, though openly tolerated in East Malaysia.

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