"La elección de la temática de esta convocatoria fue incitada por la conmemoración de los 70 años de la primera transmisión televisiva en el país realizada el 17 de octubre de 1951 por Canal 7 de Buenos Aires que era dependiente de LR3 Radio Belgrano, de propiedad del Estado nacional y que est
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aba a cargo del presidente Juan Domingo Perón. Pero el acontecimiento resulta una excusa para recoger las reflexiones que se están dando en el campo académico en torno a un objeto de estudio que había hegemonizado la producción intelectual durante las últimas décadas del siglo XX en las que la televisión asumía un papel relevante como articulador de la vida social, cultural y política de nuestro país. Partíamos de la presunción que en el presente ese rol hegemónico se diluía en un ecosistema medial más diverso y que los estudios de los medios de comunicación habían reconducido gran parte de su atención para comprender las dinámicas, afectaciones y apropiaciones de los medios digitales, y la televisión (como forma tecnológica y cultural) parecería transitar un proceso de envejecimiento y disolución que no la hacía merecedora de los esfuerzos intelectuales. Sin embargo lo que se advierte es que el abordaje del medio televisivo se ha reinventado ampliando sus límites, instalando la problematización en la diversidad de dispositivos y formas narrativas que configuran lo audiovisual transmedia." (Página 7)
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The guidelines are intended to provide information and recommendations on policy, regulation, technologies, network planning, customer awareness and business planning for the smooth transition to Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting (DTTB) and introduction of Mobile Television Broadcasting (M
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TV). They will help develop a well defined roadmap for transition covering national goals, strategies and key activities, helping to reach consensus on requirements and solutions, providing a mechanism to help forecast the key miles stones and a framework to help plan and coordinate the steps for the transition. The Guidelines have been prepared for Africa, taking into account the provisions of the GE06 Agreement. However they could also be applied in countries outside the GE06 planning area, but provisions of other applicable regulations, instead of GE06, should be taken into account in that case.
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"This book, compiled by South African experts in community broadcasting with the assistance of many key figures in the sector, traces the two-decade campaign for local-level television in South Africa. It highlights the development of policy, reviews existing international models and spells out the
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technical, financial and managerial challenges that face this nascent sector. Policy-makers, community television station managers and staff, development analysts and funders, media academics and students, press officers, organisations wishing to access local TV together with anyone interested in community media in the developing world generally, and community television specifically, will find this book important reading." (HSRC website)
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"This tutorial is intended to help non-engineers who want to learn something about the technicalities of radio and television. It should also be useful for engineers in training, or those in technical occupations who want an overview of areas outside their area of expertise. We explain the jargon of
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broadcasting and describe the underlying principles, standards, and equipment for broadcast facilities, in terms a layperson can understand. The third edition has been completely revised to reflect the increasing use of digital techniques in all aspects of television and radio broadcasting. It has been reorganized and some obsolete material removed, while also updating the basic information on traditional analog technologies. New chapters have been added to provide an overview of first principles and current standards in the broadcast industry. We concentrate on over-the-air broadcasting from U.S. radio and television stations, but also mention some of the other methods of program delivery to the home and outline some of the different standards and technologies used in other countries." (Preface)
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"This dictionary was produced on the initiative of ARD and first appeared in 1972. The present edition has been substantially enlarged as a result of extensive research conducted by staff of an ARD/ZDF working group (BR, DW, HR, NDR, SR, SWF, IRT and ZDF) coordinated by Bavarian Radio (BR). This edi
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tion was compiled with the day to day requirements of radio and television broadcasters in mind. It has been extended by some 5.000 new entries, mainly in the fields of transmission/satellite technology, communications/cable systems, electro-acoustics, instrumentation, technical operations, editing." (Bet.de/buecher 2/99)
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Comprises short definitions of some 6,000 technical, common, and slang words, with cross-references to equivalent British terminology.