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Transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television broadcasting
Geneva: ITU (2023), 239 pp.
"The purpose of this Report is to help the countries that are in the process of migrating from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting. The Report examines the reasons why this is happening and the technologies involved. It provides an overview of digital terrestrial sound and television broadc
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Relevância do rádio local e o crescimento das redes musicais: Inquietações sobre a migração do AM-FM
Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias de la Comunicación, volume 22, issue 44 (2023), pp. 105-114
"A migração do rádio AM-FM alterou o modo de produzir, emitir, circular e ouvir o meio no Brasil. São mais de mil emissoras brasileiras operando em novo espectro desde 2016. A troca de banda enquanto política pública resultou em melhoria técnica para o setor, que amargava um cenário de crise
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Digital Migration and Access to Information: The Southern African Experience
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2022), 8 pp.
"This document concludes that 1. Digital broadcasting migration is generally a process in which broadcasting services offered on traditional analogue technology are replaced with digital networks. It is the transition or switch from analogue broadcasting to digital broadcasting; 2. Most Southern Afr
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Digital Switchover in Sub-Saharan Africa: Bringing Low-Band Connectivity Within Reach
GSMA (2022), 42 pp.
"Digital switchover (DSO) allows countries to use less broadcast spectrum due to the greater efficiency of digital terrestrial television (DTT). By improving spectral efficiency in this way, countries can reallocate spectrum for mobile broadband. At the same time, consumers can enjoy a broader array
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Up in the Air? The Future of Public Service Media in the Western Balkans
Central European University Press (2021), vi, 300 pp.
"The agenda for transition after the demise of communism in the Western Balkans made the conversion of state radio and television into public service broadcasters a priority, converting mouthpieces of the regime into public forums in which various interests and standpoints could be shared and delibe
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Throwing the Switch: An Update on the State of the Global Transition to Digital TV Broadcasting
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2015), 10 pp.
Time Zero of the Digital Switchover in SEE
Bucharest: European Union; Center for Independent Journalism (2015), 37 pp.
Centroamérica, democracia desconectada: Balance regional de un ecosistema digital enfrentado con la libertad de expresión y el derecho a la comunicación
San Salvador: Fundación Comunicándonos (2015), 300 pp.
"No existe duda alguna que el desarrollo de las TIC representa una oportunidad indiscutible para el ejercicio de la libertad de expresión y el derecho a la comunicación, pues permiten que la ciudadanía tenga un rol protagónico en el desarrollo de los procesos de comunicación e incidencia en las
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Digital Radio Toolkit: Key Factors in the Deployment of Digital Radio
Le Grand-Saconnex: European Broadcasting Union (EBU) (2014), 29 pp.
"The report focuses on good practices for introducing digital radio; however, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Consequently, it describes various ways to handle the main digitization issues by highlighting 30 factors that contribute to positive acceptance of digital radio by listeners. Each o
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Digital Terrestrial Television Policies in Mexico: The Telecom Wars
International Journal of Digital Television, volume 4, issue 1 (2013), pp. 33-48
"This article analyses and discusses Mexican public policies regarding the transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television (DTT). We aim to show how digitization, in the Mexican context, can be thought of as an opportunity to change the duopolistic structure in television in order to obta
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Mapping Digital Media: Kenya
London: Open Society Media Program Open Society Foundations (2013), 94 pp.
"In online journalism, the virtues associated with ethics—accuracy, honesty, truth, impartiality, fairness, balance, respect for autonomy of ordinary people—are barely respected, largely because there is no effective way of policing this, and there are no legal penalties. Concentration of owners
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Digital Plans and Reality: Switchover in Russia and Other CIS Countries
IRIS Plus (European Audiovisual Observatory), issue 2013-1 (2013), pp. 3-23
"The advent of digital television has accelerated the elaboration of regulation and related processes in the countries of the region. Some countries adopted changes in their broadcasting statutes (Ukraine in 2006; Armenia in 2008 and 2010; Kazakhstan in 2012) or their mass media statute (Russia in 2
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Mali
Eileen Manka Tabuwe; Hendrik Bussiek (eds.)
Dakar; Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA); Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP); Open Society Media Program (OSMP) (2013), xi, 96 pp.
"There are over 250 radio stations in Mali, and two TV stations that serve a population of 16 million, of whom one of every five own a TV set. The author argues that Mali’s state broadcaster ORTM must use the opportunity of a new political dispensation and usher in urgent reforms if its rich histo
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Practical Guide for Digital Switchover (DSO) in Cameroon
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Balancing Act (2013), 77 pp.
"The digital switchover (DSO) is the commonly accepted name given to the process of changing the underlying radio broadcast technology from the outdated analogue system to a system based on equipment capable of transmitting and receiving digital signals. This guide was produced to help with the proc
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Ten Tips for Managing the Migration to Digital Television: A Brief Guide for African Station Managers
African Media Initiative (AMI); International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) (2013), 10 pp.
Mapping Digital Media: Bosnia and Herzegovina
London: Open Society Media Program Open Society Foundations (2012), 94 pp.
"Both media organizations and the organization of media in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been profoundly affected by ethnocentrism, political clientelism, the withdrawal of international donors, and the financial crisis. As a result, the country’s march towards digitization has been protracted and u
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Mapping Digital Media: Georgia
London: Open Society Media Program Open Society Foundations (2012), 101 pp.
"This report finds that the momentous change in ownership transparency regulation and the dynamic and free online environment are the most notable success stories since 2005. Yet these achievements are overshadowed by the lack of independence of the broadcasting regulator and the public broadcaster,
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Mapping Digital Media: Poland
London: Open Society Media Program Open Society Foundations (2012), 110 pp.
"This study of the impact of digitization on Polish media highlights the delays in digitization caused by political infighting; the lack of technical and financial assistance to ensure that the most vulnerable members of society benefit from digitization and new media; and the funding crisis afflict
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Mapping Digital Media: India
London: Open Society Media Program Open Society Foundations (2012), 155 pp.
"The United Nations pointed out in 2010 that more Indians have access to a mobile phone than to a toilet. There are over 800 million mobile connections, although the number of unique users (excluding inactive connections) is estimated at around 600 million. Together with the fact that 60 percent of
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Mapping Digital Media: Moldova
London: Open Society Media Program Open Society Foundations (2011), 117 pp.
"In Moldova, the combination of digitization and political change has increased the diversity of media outlets and their news, the plurality of opinions, and the transparency of public institutions, while it has diminished political interference in the media. Yet the lack of independence of regulato
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