Territory Jam: Satellite Television and Public Space in Tehran: Places: Design Observer

Territory Jam: Satellite Television and Public Space in Tehran: Places: Design Observer: Observers of Iranian politics can be forgiven for ignoring this recent headline: Police clamp down on satellite TV users. [1] The crackdowns on rogue television viewers have been reported periodically for the better part of two decades, though they're usually overshadowed by news of international economic sanctions, rigged parliamentary elections and the specter of war with Israel. Nevertheless, the satellite dish, or mahvareh, has been a fixture on Tehran’s roofscape since the early 1990s, serving up American reality shows, Latin American telenovelas, domestic and international news, and dozens of other illegal alternatives to the ideological and religious conformity of the six state-controlled channels.