Press release: ITU approves standards for advanced audio broadcasting technology
Open standards for immersive sound will transform listening experience Geneva, 19 October 2015 – ITU membership unanimously approved open standards, Recommendation ITU-R BS.2088-0, aimed at delivering advanced sound for broadcasting services that will create a listening experience that is closer to real…
ITU150 in June: Innovation and the Digital Dividend
Innovating with Bassil: What is the ‘Digital Switchover’ and why does it matter? Television is enjoyed by billions of people around the world, but viewers in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Central Asia (known as Region 1 at ITU)…
World Radio Day focuses on gender equality
ITU commits to empowering women over the air waves Geneva, 13 February 2014 – World Radio Day 2014 brings attention to women’s empowerment and encourages radio broadcasters to promote access to information, freedom of expression and gender equality over the airwaves. ITU…
ITU Workshop on Emergency Broadcasting, 21 November
Report highlights role of radio and TV in transmitting critical information Geneva, 11 November 2013 – ITU will hold a Workshop on 21 November 2013 on Emergency Broadcasting and launch a Report on the critical role played by terrestrial radio and television…
SG6 – ITU-R Study Group 6 (Broadcasting service) launches an innovative work programme on delivery of emergency information to the Public
The development of a comprehensive new ITU-R Report on the long-standing, essential role of terrestrial radio and television broadcasting for rapid dissemination of emergency information to the public, was endorsed during the ITU-R Study Group 6 meeting on 26 April…