The impact of new technology on community television

While the community element is much smaller in economic importance, it shares the responsibility stated in the Act to provide, “through its programming, a public service essential to the maintenance and enhancement of national identity and cultural sovereignty.” In this report, the discussion of “impact” will focus on changes in the ability of the sector to fulfill its functions, both as defined a [...] Impacts and the Purpose of the Community-based Media Policy The function of the community television in the system has been articulated at different times in policies published by the Commission. [...] The second is the use of television to develop community, both in the programs and the process of making them. [...] The Impact of New Technology on Community Television - KOTSOPOA, March 2008 4 Prosumer Production Technology Community television has always lacked the economic resources of the public and private sectors, and consequently has always had to deal with a tension between the quality of an acceptable image and the cost of equipment. [...] Under some circumstances, the “collective” event of viewing a program at the same time, and the ensuing discussion of the subject in a community, can have a value that is not replicable when the experience is fragmented in time.