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Digital terrestrial television

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2016

Antonio Pilati  and
Emanuela Poli
Antonio Pilati
Affiliation:
Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni, Via delle Muratte 25, I-00187 Roma. Telephone: + 39 06 69 644 240, Fax: + 39 06 69 644 945. E-mail: apilati@yahoo.com, e.poli@agcom.it
Emanuela Poli
Affiliation:
Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni, Via delle Muratte 25, I-00187 Roma. Telephone: + 39 06 69 644 240, Fax: + 39 06 69 644 945. E-mail: apilati@yahoo.com, e.poli@agcom.it
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Summary

In Italy, as in much of Europe, the beginning of the new century has brought a crucial period of change to the television system. The change affects technology, strategies and regulation of the medium. This article starts by reconstructing the current situation and the emerging trends at a global level. It then analyses the state of the Italian television industry on the eve of the introduction of digital terrestrial broadcasting, setting out the opportunities and potential developments this opens up.

Come in gran parte d'Europa, in Italia l'inizio del nuovo secolo has coinciso con un periodo di mutamenti cruciali del sistema televisivo, nei suoi aspetti strate-gici, tecnologici e normativi. L'articolo prende le mosse dalla situazione attuale e dalle tendenze emergenti a livello globale; quindi analizza lo stato dellà industria televisiva italiana alla vigilia dellà introduzione delle trasmissioni digitli terrestri, esaminando i potenziali sviluppi e le opportunità che la televisione digital e offre in Italia.

Type
Research Article
Information
Modern Italy , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , November 2001 , pp. 195 - 204
Copyright
Copyright © Association for the study of Modern Italy 

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Footnotes

∗Translated by Dickie John.

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