Czech TV goes digital.Czechs can now bid farewell to analog broadcasting Generally refers to transmitting analog TV signals over the air or via cable and satellite. Contrast with digital broadcast. See NTSC and DTV. by 2012. It's been a long process, but finally; at the end of last month, the Czech Republics Chamber of Deputies approved amendments to a media law that will allow for the introduction of digital broadcasting Digital broadcasting is the practice of using digital data rather than analogue waveforms to carry broadcasts over television channels or assigned radio frequency bands. It is becoming increasingly popular for television usage (especially satellite television) but is having a in the country. The law, that has yet to be signed by the President, includes rules for the introduction of digitalization digitalization /dig·i·tal·iza·tion/ (dij?i-tal-i-za´shun) the administration of digitalis or one of its glycosides in a dosage schedule designed to produce and then maintain optimal therapeutic concentrations of its cardiotonic that, among other things, guarantee digital licenses for each of the Czech Republic's nationwide commercial stations, TV Nova and Prima. Public service broadcaster Ceska Televize was already guaranteed digital licenses. A two-phase informational campaign has been announced to support the introduction of digitalization. The first phase will begin in the fall of 2006, with CZK CZK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Czech Koruna. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 82 million earmarked by the government (and an additional CZK3 million for research on the outcome of the campaign). Half of the money allotted al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. to the campaign will be spent on TV campaigns, CZK21 million in print media, and the other CZK6 million on the Internet and other platforms. The second phase of the campaign (whose cost hasn't yet been disclosed) will begin in June 2007. The main purpose of this phase will be to inform people of the analog switch-off, which will take place at different dates in various regions (it will be run in cooperation with regional media). The phasing out of the analog signal An analog or analogue signal is any time continuous signal where some time varying feature of the signal is a representation of some other time varying quantity. It differs from a digital signal in that small fluctuations in the signal are meaningful. is set to start in 2008, with the last transmitter being switched off by the EU-wide deadline of 2012. |
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