Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-11-14-Speech-1-094"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-11-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Digital switchover2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051114.14.1-094"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-11-14-Speech-1-0952
lpv:speaker	lp:Nikolaos Sifunakis2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (2004-07-20--2007-09-25)3 chair; CULT (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2007-09-25)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2004-07-28--2007-01-15)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2007-09-25)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2007-09-25)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, digital television offers a series of benefits to viewers: improved picture quality, better sound, better reception of the picture through mobile and portable devices and interactive services. At the same time, digital television improves access for people with special needs, such as people with impaired hearing or vision, by providing auxiliary services such as better subtitling, sound commentary and sign commentary. That is why it is imperative to make the switchover to digital television by no later than 2012, so that we do not fall behind our main competitors, the United States of America and Japan, countries which intend to stop analogue broadcasting in 2009 and 2011 respectively. However, apart from this, the switchover to digital television and the concomitant cessation of analogue broadcasting will also result in the freeing of analogue frequencies, which can then be used for new, innovative services. The freeing of frequencies must be accompanied by policies which aim to increase pluralism, especially cultural diversity, in the retransmission of European and independent productions. Our objective must be television programmes which will highlight in a qualitative manner the educational, cultural and informative mission of television."@en1

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