Latin America. Television continues to be the largest source of video consumption. Although screen sizes have changed and people create, publish, stream, and consume content on different platforms, the number of households with TVs around the world continues to increase.
In the 21st century, what is a television for? It's no longer just a one-way channel for TV and cable content. Modern TVs offer a wide range of multimedia and interactive content, such as streaming videos, music, and web browsing.
But the shift that the consumption of audiovisual content has experienced towards platforms and the permanent evolution of technology, television continues to be an outstanding instrument of communication.
Despite the displacement of audiovisual content consumption to different platforms and the constant evolution of technology, television continues to be an important communication tool.
The biggest difference, however, has been in the way we receive these images. Traditional over-the-air television channels, a form of broadcasting transmitted by radio waves to the antennas of our homes, seem to be in progressive decline in favor of streaming companies, whose television signal is received through broadband Internet connections. It remains to be seen whether the decline of traditional television will be accentuated over the years, or if both formats will coexist and compete for viewers' attention in parallel.
Why a TV day?
In 1996, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed November 21 World Television Day, a date that also commemorates the celebration of the First World Forum on this medium at the UN. In resolution A/RES/51/205, States were invited to observe the Day by promoting exchanges of programmes focusing on, inter alia, peace, security, economic and social development and culture.
On 21 and 22 November 1996, the first World Television Forum was held, with the participation of leading television figures who met to discuss how they could strengthen their cooperation. A few days later, in December, the General Assembly adopted a resolution celebrating World Television Day in commemoration of that event. The resolution was a recognition of the great impact of geo-television communications on the present world stage.
In this way, television was recognized as an important tool for orienting, channeling and mobilizing public opinion. Its impact on political affairs cannot, therefore, be denied.
