@techreport{KhabyukKops2018, author = {Khabyuk, Olexiy and Kops, Manfred}, title = {Broadcasting as a Means of Signal Transmission in Germany}, number = {40}, address = {D{\"u}sseldorf}, issn = {2365-3361}, doi = {10.20385/2365-3361/2018.40}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-11735}, year = {2018}, abstract = {The paper at hand provides a brief overview of the development of broadcasting as a means of signal transmission in Germany during its emergence (1920-1945), nationwide extension (1946-1980), expansion of satellite andcable broadcasting (1981-1995) and the still ongoing process of digitalisation (up from 1996). With regard to the general subject of the project the paper is embedded in, it also briefly dis-cusses the most obvious and relevant consequences of the alteringforms of signal transmission for broadcasting as a logistic and technological system to transmit information, and the consequences for broadcasting as an institution that provides information to the public \&\#8211; and thus has societal, political, cultural and economicimplications.}, language = {de} }