World Television Day 2024; November 21st.

FORUM: “TV supports Democracy.” World Television Day 2024. In the 21st century, what is the purpose of a TV? It's not just a one-way channel for broadcast and cable content anymore. Modern televisions offer a wide range of multimedia and interactive content, such as streaming videos, music, and internet browsing. The interaction between emerging and traditional forms of broadcast creates a great opportunity to raise awareness about the important issues facing our communities and our planet. This year’s edition of the TV clip showcases how TV is an essential element supporting democracy. Television delivers a unique combination of 4 elements:

1. TV plays an important civic role in informing citizens about the world around them. It provides the population with vital sources of information, essential for democratic participation in society. TV reinforces media plurality representing a wide range of views and perspectives.
2. TV is a trusted and reliable source of information and is held to high editorial standards (a particularly important element in the current context of increasing misinformation, fake news and lack of transparency).
3. TV is a mass-reach medium offering an easy and democratic access to content and information to the wide population – across all platforms and devices, whoever and wherever audiences
4. The above-mentioned elements are enhanced by TV’s unique nature as an audio-visual medium, i.e. it’s power to create collective viewing experiences, key cultural moments and cross-societal conversations (across all social groups and generations) through compelling storytelling that resonates with wide audiences.

TV’s role as an essential element supporting democracy is largely made possible by advertising as a source of funding. Advertising allows media to remain independent and free of political influence. The egta, ACT and The Global TV Group release a special TV spot to illustrate the strengths of TV - the medium that is watched and loved by billions of people around the world. Watch the TV spot and follow the conversations with the hashtags: #Television, #Tvbroadcasting, #WorldTVDay, #21November, #qualityContent, #PayTV , #OTT, #IPTV, #broadband, #androidtv.

EVENTS: On November 21st, from UNHQ in New York will be held a virtual event will be held to mark the World Television Day 2024. The celebration will highlight TV’s essential role in supporting democracy. This year, our 30-second video clip is a powerful reminder of how multiplatform TV delivers verified information, shapes public opinion, and drives social change. Participants will discover the many ways how TV supports Democracy. The ACT (Association of Commercial Television), the egta (Association of TV and radio sales houses), the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) and the Global TV Group join forces to promote the power of TV widely across the globe. Celebrate the World Television Day with us, Join the celebration!

Get the latest online event and discover interviews with CEOs of TV companies from around the world in which they highlight the many strengths of this ever-evolving medium!

AWARDS: The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) presented the inaugural “Excellence in Production Technology” Emmy® Award to The Santa Clauses Season Two film. The award was presented as part of the 75th Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards at the Prince George Ballroom in New York, hosted by David Pogue, Emmy award-winning correspondent, CBS Sunday Morning. William Wang, VIZIO Founder & CEO, received Life,me Achievement Honors for his contributions to the television manufacturing industry by bringing premium-quality, innova,ve TVs, and soundbars into millions of American homes at affordable prices. Watch The 75th Tech & Engineering Emmy Awards>> DOWNLOAD THE DIGITAL PROGRAM!

2024 Technology & Engineering Emmy Award Honorees

• Pioneering Development of Inexpensive Video Technology for Animation: Lyon Lamb (Bruce Lyon and John Lamb).
• Large Scale Deployment of Smart TV Operating Systems: Samsung - LG - Sony - Vizio - Panasonic.
• Creation and Implementation of HDR Static LUT, Single-Stream Live Production: BBC and NBC.
• Pioneering Technologies Enabling High Performance Communications Over Cable TV Systems: Broadcom - General Instrument (CommScope) - LANcity (CommScope) - 3COM (HP).
• Pioneering Development of Manifest-based Playout for FAST (Free Ad-supported Streaming Television): Amagi - Pluto TV - Turner.
• Targeted Ad Messages Delivered Across Paused Media: DirecTV.
• Pioneering Development of IP Address Geolocation Technologies to Protect Content Rights: MLB - Quova.
• Development of Stream Switching Technology between Satellite Broadcast and Internet to Improve Signal Reliability: DirecTV.
• Design and Deployment of Efficient Hardware Video Accelerators for Cloud: Netint - AMD - Google - Meta -
• Spectrum Auction Design: FCC -Auctionomics.
• TV Pioneers – Cathode Ray Tubes (CRT): Karl Ferdinand Braun - Boris Lvovich Rosing - Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton.
• TV Pioneers – Development of lighting, ventilation, and lens-coating technologies: Hertha Ayrton - Katharine Burr Blodgett.

STATEMENTS: Read the TV leaders on how TV drives Brands.


AV LIBRARY: The United Nations Audio-Visual Library has a treasure trove of archival video and audio, marking iconic and historic moments from the last 76 years.