[APCPress] APC ISSUE PAPERS: New publication on digital radio and TV in Latin America and the Caribbean

[Analia Lavin]

The Association for Progressive Communications presents a new issue 
paper focused on the Latin American reality.

DIGITAL TELEVISION AND RADIO: Democratisation or greater concentration?
By Gustavo Gómez Germano

Digitalisation of media is an approaching reality for Latin American 
countries. This technologic paradigm shift promises more democratic and 
diverse access to radio and TV frequencies. However, there is also a 
great risk of reproducing the same inequalities and power relations that 
exist in the “analogue” world and thus of media being in the hands of a 
few. This paper illustrates the political and regulatory implications of 
an apparently technical and thus neutral phenomenon. It also suggests 
advocacy priorities to create a more informed and active civil society.

Download full versions here:
http://derechos.apc.org/digital_TV_radio_EN.pdf [English]
http://derechos.apc.org/digital_TV_radio_ES.pdf [Spanish]