Moonlink Satellite was chosen by HBO to provide uplinking services for an HBO Original Programming Comedy Special featuring Robin Williams. Appearing live  from New York City's Broadway Theater, Williams performance was the culmination of a sold-out, 26-show U.S. tour, and featured his takes on any and every topic, including sex, drugs, rock-'n'-roll, religion, and politics.
     The broadcast in downtown Manhattan was sent up dual path C Band Digital and was encrypted utilizing Tandberg's encryption encoder. The challenge in any downtown area is to have a direct line of sight to a satellite. This location proved to only have a few birds available for HBO's use. Loral Skynet provided the satellite space on Telstar 4 for this event.

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