1. Modern Trends in Broadcasting
Introduction to Broadcasting
January 17, 2011

2. Questions about the Future of Broadcasting
1. Will broadcasting be supplanted by the Internet?
2. Will “convergence” lead to a single delivery
system for multimedia services?
3. Which broadcast delivery systems (terrestrial,
satellite or cable) will become dominant for
digital TV?
4. Will the reduction in costs of computer
hardware affect broadcasting?
5. Will computers merge with TV sets?

3. The Future of Broadcasting
• Those making bold predictions
about the future should be aware
that many predictions made in the
past have proved to be
dramatically wrong – even when
made by experts with impeccable
credentials.

4. The Future of Broadcasting
The eminent scientist
Lord Kelvin stated in
1895 that “Heavier-than
air flying machines are
impossible” and in 1897
compounded this error by
saying that “Radio has no
future”.

5. The Future of Broadcasting
In 1943, the
chairman of IBM,
Thomas Watson
said: “I think
there's a world
market for,
maybe, 5
computers”.

6. The Future of Broadcasting
In 1977, Ken Olsen,
the founder and
president of Digital
Equipment
Corporation said:
“There is no reason
for any individual to
have a computer in
their home”.

7. The Computer vs. Broadcasting
Industry
The Computer Industry:
• the computer industry has achieved the
remarkable feat of persuading users that
they need to replace their computers very
frequently.
• This means that users of older computers
cannot run the latest software without
upgrading their hardware. This inflationary
spiral results in rapid obsolescence

8. The Computer vs. Broadcasting
Industry
The Broadcasting Industry:
• Manufacturers of televisions have much
greater problems. Ordinary TV sets cannot
evolve to products with greater
functionality. It is true that new features
can be added, such as widescreen,
surround sound and high-definition, but a
television essentially remains a television.

9. The Future of Broadcasting

10. Digital Television
• What is Digital TV?
Digital television (DTV) is the
sending and receiving of moving
images and sound by means of
discrete (digital) signals, in
contrast to the analog signals
used by analog TV.

11. Digital Television
Countries Converting/Converted from Analog to Digital Television
2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2015
Luxembourg Netherlands Switzerland USA Japan UK China
Finland Belgium Canada Malaysia
Andorra Germany Philippines
Sweden
Norway

12. Digital Television in the
Philippines
Why switch to DTV?
- it freed up parts of the valuable
broadcast spectrum for public
safety communications (such as
police, fire departments, and
rescue squads).

13. Digital Television in the
Philippines
• On Nov. 5, 2006, The National
Telecommunications
Commission (NTC), gives a memo
to all TV Stations in
the Philippines to fully covert
from analog to digital technology
until or before Dec. 31, 2015.

14. Digital Television in the
Philippines
Characteristics of Digital TV
• Subtitles are possible
• Sound quality is better
• Images are clear
• Digital TV sets come in
widescreen format

15. Digital Television in the
Philippines

16. Digital Television in the
Philippines
Characteristics of Digital TV (cont.)
• Allows multicasting- broadcaster
can subdivide the digital channel
and offer several lower definition
programs in the same space or TV
channel

17. Digital Television in the
Philippines
Example: A broadcaster can offer
four different programs on its
single channel. When a viewer
tunes in the channel, he or she
will see a screen with four small
windows.

18. Digital Television in the
Philippines
PBB Double The
Up UBER Correspondents
TV PATROL STAR CINEMA
WORLD PRESENTS
(Replay)
REPLAY
Sample afternoon digital programming on ABS-CBN 2

19. Digital Television in the Philippines
How is this possible?
A station may broadcast an
HDTV during primetime but at
other times of the day switch
to lower definition signals and
offer four different programs
on its single channel

20. Digital Television in the Philippines
Digital Television Quality Levels
• Standard Definition TV (SDTV)
• Enhanced Definition TV (EDTV)
• High Definition TV (HDTV)

21. Digital Television in the Philippines
1. SDTV is the basic level of
quality display and resolution
for both analog and digital.
Transmission of SDTV may be in
either the traditional (4:3) or
widescreen (16:9) format.

22. Digital Television in the Philippines
2. EDTV is a step up from Analog
Television. EDTV comes in 480p
widescreen (16:9) or traditional
(4:3) format and provides
better picture quality than
SDTV, but not as high as HDTV.

23. Digital Television in the Philippines
3. HDTV in widescreen format (16:9)
provides the highest resolution
and picture quality of all digital
broadcast formats. Combined with
digitally enhanced sound
technology, HDTV sets new
standards for sound and picture
quality in television.

24. Digital Television in the Philippines
Digital technology will multiply the
number of available broadcast
services, including:
• free-to-air services;
• subscription services;
• near-video-on-demand services;
• pay-per-view services.

25. Digital Television in the Philippines
Question:
Will old analog TV sets
become obsolete?

26. Digital Television in the Philippines
Answer:
NO

27. Digital Television in the Philippines
ANSWER:
Even though the DTV Transition is
completed, your analog TV set is
not obsolete. However, there are
some steps you must take to be
able to continue to use it.

28. Digital Television in the Philippines
To ensure continued use of your
analog set, you must do one of
the following:
1. Connect to a subscription
service such as cable or satellite
TV.

29. Digital Television in the Philippines
• Analog sets equipped with a converter
box will display the digital broadcasts,
but not in full digital quality.
• This converter box, much like your cable
box, will allow you to receive a picture,
but it won't be able to show high-
definition pictures or give you access to
other digital services.

30. Digital Television in the Philippines
• Part of ABS-CBN plan is to spend
an initial P500 million for a partial
migration from analog to digital
TV technology and initially
distribute for free 400,000 set-
top boxes in pilot DTT areas. A
set-top boxes cost around

31. Digital Television in the Philippines
• Other Television Network also
expressed their interest to switch to
digital platform, like Associated
Broadcasting Company (ABC-5), they’re
already testing digital transmission at
channel 47. Lastly GMA Network also
planning to go for digital TV.

32. Modern Trends in Broadcasting
• Television and video on the internet
Examples:
www.youtube.com and other video
streaming websites

33. Modern Trends in Broadcasting
• Apple itunes sells complete downloads of
TV programs such as Lost and Desperate
Housewives for $2 each
• Google Video offers news and old
programs ranging in price from free to $4
• AOL has In2TV offering free download of
classic shows
• Mobile videos

34. Modern Trends in Broadcasting
• In the Philippines, local broadcast
stations, apart from having
interactive websites, maintain
their own social networking
accounts, where they can show
plug materials and information
about their shows

35. SHOW VIDEO
INTERNET IMPACT
TO TRADITIONAL
MEDIA

36. The Future of Radio
Modern Trends in Radio
Broadcasting
1. Terrestrial digital radio broadcasting-
same as with digital TV
wherein:
-digital signal of an AM station
sounds as good as a CD

37. The Future of Radio
2. Satellite radio- commercial
free music channels and news,
talk and variety channels (by
subscription)
-SHOW VIDEO-SATELLITE RADIO
3. Mobile radio- portable

38. The Future of Radio
4. Internet radio -Web broadcasters
offer dozens of specialized music /
news/talk formats with limited or
regular commercials
-targets audiences who listen to
radio at work
Examples: radio simulcasts-
www. gmanews.tv and dzbb, www.dzmm.com.ph

39. The Future of Radio
5. Podcasting- recording and
downloading of audio files stored
on servers
How it works?
A person records a radio program
and makes it available for
downloading at a website

40. Sources:
• Dominick, Joseph R. ( 2007) The Dynamics of
Mass Communication: Media in the Digital
Age 10th ed. USA McGraw-Hill
• Baran, Stanley (2008). Introduction to Mass
Communication Media Literacy and Culture 5th
ed. USA McGraw-Hill
• www.dtv.gov
• www.fcc.gov
• Digital television - http://www.fcc.gov/cgb