Satellite Television (also known as Super Station Europe on screen) began regular transmissions on 26 April 1982, becoming Europe's first-ever cable and satellite channel, originally broadcasting from OTS aimed to cable operators all over Europe. Norway and Finland were the first two countries to permit the new service's transmission via cable, followed by Malta and Switzerland, and then West Germany. Originally it did not have a UK broadcasting licence and consequently was in a similar legal situation to the pirate radio stations of the 1960s and 1970s; however, reception of the OTS satellite in the United Kingdom required a satellite dish approximately 10 feet (3 meters) wide, and it was believed that there were fewer than 50 privately owned installations in the United Kingdom that would permit direct-to-home (DTH) reception of the service.