Doc 31/2013 - Asociación Internacional de Radiodifusión

Doc. 31/2013
RESOLUTION OF THE IAB 43RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SPECTRUM DEFENSE
WHEREAS:
The administrations of the countries have allocated a large number of frequency bands to
telecommunications services, in many cases at the expense of broadcasting services.
CONSIDERING:
1) That free, over-the-air broadcasting is one of the main means of distribution of
culture, information and entertainment for most of the population, specially the
underprivileged ones.
2) That over-the-air radio and television are available for the vast majority of the
residents of the respective countries.
3) That the migration of broadcasting services towards the next technological generation
in digital format will certainly require the use of new spaces in the electromagnetic
spectrum, as it happens with telecommunication services.
THE 43rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTING IAB - MEETING IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, RESOLVES:
To urge the administrations and the communication secretariats to reserve spaces in the
electromagnetic spectrum for the sustainability and natural development of broadcasting
according to the new technologies.
Rio de Janeiro, October 16th, 2013
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