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Communication for Development: Need for Collective Vision

Chandrasekher, Devan - eSocialSciences - 2006

Review of: Communication Technology and Human Development: Recent Experiences in the Indian Social Sector by Avik Ghosh; Sage Publications, New Delhi; 2006; Rs. 340.

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The Digital Future of Terrestrial Advertiser-supported Television 1

Brown, Allan - In: Prometheus 21 (2003) 1, pp. 41-57

provides scope for a substantial increase in the number of television channels transmitted terrestrially in each broadcasting … market. A simple model of a hypothetical advertiser-supported television market shows that with increased channel numbers the … television the number of new channels licensed will continue to be subject to government regulatory decisions. But even with …

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The FCC Digital Television Standards Decision

Schreiber, William - In: Prometheus 16 (1998) 2, pp. 155-171

The FCC's DTV standards decision of December 1996 is criticized on the grounds that it is likely to hinder rather than to help the development of a viable broadcasting service. The standard-setting process began in 1987, resulting in a proposal to the FCC in 1995. The so-called Grand Alliance...

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The Digital Mystique: A Review of Digital Technology and its Application to Television

Noll, A. Michael - In: Prometheus 16 (1998) 2, pp. 145-153

their application to telephone and television signals. Issues arising from the use of digital and analog compression to save … digital television. …

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Digital Songlines: The Use of Modern Communication Technology by an Aboriginal Community in Remote Australia

Buchtmann, Lydia - In: Prometheus 18 (2000) 1, pp. 59-74

In the mid-1980s the AUSSAT satellite brought television and radio to remote Australia for the first time. There was … including radio, video making, locally produced television, and more recently on-line services. This paper examines why the …

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Live Television's Disaster Marathon of September 11 and its Subversive Potential

Blondheim, Menahem; Liebes, Tamar - In: Prometheus 20 (2002) 3, pp. 271-276

Television's coverage of the tragic events of September 11 can be viewed and understood as a paradigmatic disaster … future. It ends with a short discussion of the ways in which television's coverage of the event both resembled and differed …

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Media Use During a Crisis

Carey, John - In: Prometheus 20 (2002) 3, pp. 201-207

After learning about the crisis of September 11, Americans overwhelmingly turned to television for more information … to television and the telephone. Overall, the media functioned well in meeting the extraordinary demands for information …

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Mapping Exercise of Home Based Workers in Maharashtra

Gartenberg, Indira - eSocialSciences - 2012

Home-based work has a much wider scope of activity than the singular task of an individual working from his/her home. This essential service is tied in with a larger chain of forward and backward linkages that enable the value addition till the goods reach their final destination of sale. The...

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Consultation Paper on Quality of Service Issues for Cable TV Services in Non-CAS Areas and DTH Services

TRAI, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India - eSocialSciences - 2008

aspects of cable television service in non-CAS area. Additionally, some new quality of service issues have recently emerged …

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Consultation Paper on Issues Relating to Mobile Television Service

TRAI, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India - eSocialSciences - 2007

The key to making mobile TV a reality lies in combining traditional broadcast standards with features specific to handheld devices: mobility, smaller screens and antennas, indoor coverage, and reliance on battery power. In India, Doordarshan, a public service broadcaster, has already launched...

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