There is a special TV channel called the Sun channel or Canal del Sol which has limited English programming. A number of hotels offer satellite television from the U.S. for their guests. They show programs such as CNN, HBO, ESPN, Cinemax and MTV. With a satellite dish you can pick programs from all over the world. Very soon, RCA’s Direct TV or another satellite company will be offering service to Cuba just as in the rest of Latin America. In case you don’t know, these satellite systems are very good because they use a dish about 30 inches wide and pick up about 150 channels. We have an American friend who lives on his yacht at the Hemingway Marina. He has a satellite system and claims he can get almost every available station.

Actually, many people can pick up television stations from Miami—weather permitting—with an ordinary antenna if they live near Havana. Cubavisión and Telerebelde are the country’s official Spanish television networks.