The industry that distributes audio and audiovisual content to dispersed audiences through electronic mass communication, operating on a one to many model that typically uses radio waves to reach many receivers from a single source, unlike earlier one to one technologies such as the telephone and telegraph. Content reaches audiences over the air, by cable, by satellite and increasingly by digital streaming, and most countries require a broadcasting license for over the air transmission while cable and streaming operate under separate regulatory schemes. The industry funds itself through advertising, public funding, subscription fees and audience contributions, and began commercially with AM radio in the 1920s before expanding with television after the Second World War and moving from analog to digital transmission in the 2000s.
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How is public broadcasting funded?
Mostly license fees, government funds, grants, underwriting and audience contributions.
Public broadcasting is usually run by non-profit, publicly owned stations or networks. Its support comes from license fees, government funds, grants from foundations, corporate underwriting, audience memberships, contributions, or a combination of these. This sets it apart from the for-profit side of the industry, which relies mainly on advertising.
Can amateur radio operators broadcast?
No. Broadcasting means transmissions meant for the general public.
No. In the sense used by United States federal rules, broadcasting means transmissions intended for reception by the general public, either direct or relayed. Private or two-way transmissions do not qualify, so amateur radio and citizens band radio operators are not allowed to broadcast. Transmitting and broadcasting are not the same thing.
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Television and radio broadcasting are core segments of the media and entertainment industry.
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Additional Source Wikipedia: Global Industry Classification StandardGICS: Broadcasting
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Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and audiovisual content to dispersed audiences via an electronic mass communications medium, typically using radio waves in a one-to-many model.
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Wikipedia: Ciner Media Group
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Publishing, Broadcasting
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He is known for the plan to settle Germany's World War I reparations, known as the Young Plan and for the creation of the Radio Corporation of America.
Wikipedia: David Sarnoff
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David Sarnoff (February 27, 1891, December 12, 1971) was an American businessman who played an important role in the American history of radio broadcasting and television.
GMMTV, Wikipedia
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Artist management agency, Television production, Filmmaking
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Television production
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Interactive entertainment Television production
Wikipedia: ATV (Armenia)
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ATV Armenia (stylized as Atv) is a private television network in Armenia.
Wikipedia, Freedom Communications
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Freedom Communications, Inc. was an American media conglomerate that operated newspapers, magazines, television stations and websites across the United States.
LiveNow from Fox (Wikipedia)
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LiveNow from Fox (stylized as LiveNOW from FOX) is a streaming video television network operated by Fox Television Stations, a division of Fox Corporation.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Wikipedia
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is an American state-funded media organization broadcasting news and analyses in 27 languages to 23 countries across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East.
WBUR-FM (Wikipedia)
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WBUR-FM (90.9 FM) is a public radio station located in Boston, Massachusetts, owned by Boston University.
Cadena SER, Wikipedia
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La Cadena SER (the SER Network) is a Spanish radio network established in 1924, with a regular listenership of 4,139,000 reported in 2018.
WHTM-TV (Wikipedia)
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WHTM-TV (channel 27) is a television station licensed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Susquehanna Valley region as an affiliate of ABC.
MultiChoice (Wikipedia)
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Broadcasting Pay television
Special Broadcasting Service, Wikipedia
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The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is Australia's multicultural and multilingual public broadcaster.
Sound Digital Limited (Wikipedia)
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Sound Digital, also known as SDL National, is a semi-national commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, owned by Arqiva, Bauer Media Group and News Broadcasting.
Radio Ozodi (Wikipedia)
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Radio Ozodi (Tajik: Радиои Озодӣ, Russian: Радио Озоди, lit: 'Radio Freedom'), officially the Radio Liberty Tajik Service, is the branch of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) operating in Tajikistan.
Film Cafe (Wikipedia)
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Film Cafe Poland was a Polish movie channel that originally launched in 1999 as Wizja Le Cinema.
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