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1 radio broadcasting company
Военный термин: рота радиовещанияУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > radio broadcasting company
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2 radio broadcasting company
English-Russian military dictionary > radio broadcasting company
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3 All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company
Телекоммуникации: Всероссийская Государственная телевизионная и радиовещательная компанияУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company
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4 All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company
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5 TV and radio broadcasting company
Телевидение: телереадиовещательная компания (ТРВК)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > TV and radio broadcasting company
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6 Television and Radio Broadcasting Company
Общая лексика: Телевизионная и радиовещательная компания (ТРК)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > Television and Radio Broadcasting Company
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7 television and radio broadcasting company
Общая лексика: Телевизионная и радиовещательная компания (ТРК)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > television and radio broadcasting company
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8 National Broadcasting Company
сокр NBC"Нэшнл бродкастинг компани" (Эн-би-си)Национальная радиотелевизионная сеть [network], отделение корпорации "Рэдио корпорейшн ов Америка" (Ар-си-эй) [ Radio Corporation of America]. Одна из трех крупнейших вещательных корпораций в США. Создана в 1926, когда одновременно началось вещание в США ее 25 радиостанций. С 1939 начала регулярные телевизионные передачи, а уже в 1951 ее телесеть охватывала всю территорию страны. В 1943 на базе отделения Эн-би-си "Блу нетуорк" [ Blue Network] была создана еще одна национальная телекомпания - Эй-би-си [ American Broadcasting Company]. С 1953 ведет передачи цветного телевидения. В состав компании входят телесеть и сеть радиостанций, а также записывающие студии, которые готовят программы как для своей сети, так и на коммерческой основе для других компаний. Правление компании в г. Нью-Йорке.English-Russian dictionary of regional studies > National Broadcasting Company
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9 American Broadcasting Company
сокр ABC"Американ бродкастинг компани", Эй-би-сиСамая молодая из трех [ Big Three] крупнейших вещательных корпораций [network]. Создана в 1943 на базе радиовещательной компании "Блу нетуорк" [ Blue Network], отделения Эн-би-си [ NBC]. Свою телесеть создала позже, чем два других лидера ТВ - в 1948. В 1953 в состав корпорации вошла также "Юнайтед парамаунт тиатерз" [United Paramount Theaters]. В 1953 подписала контракт со студией У. Диснея [ Disney, Walt (Walter Elias)], а в 1955 - с "Уорнер бразерс" [ Warner Bros.], что позволило ей выпустить на экраны ТВ множество популярных сериалов [ serial] и других программ. Однако до 1976 "Эй-би-си" не удавалось приблизиться к двум лидерам "тройки". Впервые ее программа - сериал "Счастливые денечки" ["Happy Days"] - вышла на первое место в 1976. Компания поспешила развить этот успех, создав ряд развлекательных телесериалов: "Лаверн и Ширли" ["Laverne and Shirley"], "Третий - не лишний" ["Three's Company"], "Остров Фантазии" ["Fantasy Island"], "Корабль любви" ["Love Boat"], "Ангелы Чарли" [ Charlie's Angels], "Человек ценой в 6 млн" ["The Six Million Dollar Man"] и др. Период 1975-80 в истории ТВ получил название "эры фантазий Эй-би-си". К 1980 интерес к суперлегкому жанру упал, и Эй-би-си уступила первенство Си-би-эс [ CBS]. К числу успехов Эй-би-си относят также программу "Найтлайн" ["Nightline"] и трансляции Олимпийских игр. Первой в США прибегла к финансированию программ с помощью рекламы [ commercial]. В состав компании входят телесеть, 5 телестанций, компания "Эй-би-си рэйдио" [ABC Radio], около 300 кинотеатров, компания видеозвукозаписи, киностудия и издательство. В 1995 слилась с компанией "Кэпитал ситиз коммьюникейшнз", образовав "Кэпитал ситиз/Эй-би-си" [Capital Cities / ABC, Inc.]. Штаб-квартира в г. Нью-ЙоркеEnglish-Russian dictionary of regional studies > American Broadcasting Company
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10 company
bulk petrol (transport) company — Бр. рота подвоза наливного (бестарного) горючего
Commando (oil gas extraction area) company — рота охраны и защиты (нефтегазовых промыслов), рота «команчо»
field company, RE — Бр. саперная рота
field survey company, RE — Бр. полевая топографическая рота инженерных войск
HQ company, US Army — штабная рота штаба СВ США
long-range (reconnaissance) patrol company — рота дальней [глубинной] разведки
special boat company, Royal Marines — Бр. особая [отдельная] рота десантных катеров МП
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11 Olympic broadcasting services (OBS)
Олимпийская вещательная служба (ОВС)
Швейцарская компания, созданная МОК специально для выполнения функций вещательной компании страны-организатора/OBO на Играх. Данная служба, в частности, отвечает за следующее:
• производство и передачу международных теле- и радио репортажей с Игр в соответствии с поручением МОК;
• за международный вещательный центр, являющийся штабом деятельности в области радио и телевидения в период проведения Игр;
• координацию и предоставление вещательного оборудования и услуг как в местах проведения Игр, так и в МВЦ для правообладателей, в том числе в области телекоммуникаций и обслуживания вещательного оборудования;
• представление правообладателей в ОКОИ по вопросам, связанным с их потребностями в услугах;
• при необходимости данная служба будет действовать в качестве производителя материалов и Олимпийской архивной службы для правообладателей.
[Департамент лингвистических услуг Оргкомитета «Сочи 2014». Глоссарий терминов]EN
Olympic broadcasting services (OBS)
Swiss company created by the IOC, specifically to fulfill the host broadcaster/OBO function for the Games. Specifically, these services are responsible for the following:
• Produce and distribute the international television and radio coverage of the Games, as mandated by the IOC.
• International Broadcast Center, which is the headquarters for the radio and television operation during the Games.
• Coordinate and provide broadcast facilities and services at both the venues and the IBC for the rights holders for such items as broadcast equipment and telecommunications.
• Represent the needs of the rights holders within the OCOG in regards to services.
• As required, act as producer of features and maintain an Olympic archival service for the rights holders.
[Департамент лингвистических услуг Оргкомитета «Сочи 2014». Глоссарий терминов]Тематики
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Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > Olympic broadcasting services (OBS)
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12 Sarnoff, David
[br]b. 27 February 1891 Uzlian, Minsk (now in Belarus)d. 12 December 1971 New York City, New York, USA[br]Russian/American engineer who made a major contribution to the commercial development of radio and television.[br]As a Jewish boy in Russia, Sarnoff spent several years preparing to be a Talmudic Scholar, but in 1900 the family emigrated to the USA and settled in Albany, New York. While at public school and at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, he helped the family finances by running errands, selling newspapers and singing the liturgy in the synagogue. After a short period as a messenger boy with the Commercial Cable Company, in 1906 he became an office boy with the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America (see G. Marconi). Having bought a telegraph instrument with his first earnings, he taught himself Morse code and was made a junior telegraph operator in 1907. The following year he became a wireless operator at Nantucket Island, then in 1909 he became Manager of the Marconi station at Sea Gate, New York. After two years at sea he returned to a shore job as wireless operator at the world's most powerful station at Wanamaker's store in Manhattan. There, on 14 April 1912, he picked up the distress signals from the sinking iner Titanic, remaining at his post for three days.Rewarded by rapid promotion (Chief Radio Inspector 1913, Contract Manager 1914, Assistant Traffic Manager 1915, Commercial Manager 1917) he proposed the introduction of commercial radio broadcasting, but this received little response. Consequently, in 1919 he took the job of Commercial Manager of the newly formed Radio Corporation of America (RCA), becoming General Manager in 1921, Vice- President in 1922, Executive Vice-President in 1929 and President in 1930. In 1921 he was responsible for the broadcasting of the Dempsey-Carpentier title-fight, as a result of which RCA sold $80 million worth of radio receivers in the following three years. In 1926 he formed the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). Rightly anticipating the development of television, in 1928 he inaugurated an experimental NBC television station and in 1939 demonstrated television at the New York World Fair. Because of his involvement with the provision of radio equipment for the armed services, he was made a lieutenant-colonel in the US Signal Corps Reserves in 1924, a full colonel in 1931 and, while serving as a communications consultant to General Eisenhower during the Second World War, Brigadier General in 1944.With the end of the war, RCA became a major manufacturer of television receivers and then invested greatly in the ultimately successful development of shadowmask tubes and receivers for colour television. Chairman and Chief Executive from 1934, Sarnoff held the former post until his retirement in 1970.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFrench Croix de Chevalier d'honneur 1935, Croix d'Officier 1940, Croix de Commandant 1947. Luxembourg Order of the Oaken Crown 1960. Japanese Order of the Rising Sun 1960. US Legion of Merit 1946. UN Citation 1949. French Union of Inventors Gold Medal 1954.KFSee also: Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma -
13 De Forest, Lee
SUBJECT AREA: Broadcasting, Electronics and information technology, Photography, film and optics, Recording, Telecommunications[br]b. 26 August 1873 Council Bluffs, Iowa, USAd. 30 June 1961 Hollywood, California, USA[br]American electrical engineer and inventor principally known for his invention of the Audion, or triode, vacuum tube; also a pioneer of sound in the cinema.[br]De Forest was born into the family of a Congregational minister that moved to Alabama in 1879 when the father became President of a college for African-Americans; this was a position that led to the family's social ostracism by the white community. By the time he was 13 years old, De Forest was already a keen mechanical inventor, and in 1893, rejecting his father's plan for him to become a clergyman, he entered the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University. Following his first degree, he went on to study the propagation of electromagnetic waves, gaining a PhD in physics in 1899 for his thesis on the "Reflection of Hertzian Waves from the Ends of Parallel Wires", probably the first US thesis in the field of radio.He then joined the Western Electric Company in Chicago where he helped develop the infant technology of wireless, working his way up from a modest post in the production area to a position in the experimental laboratory. There, working alone after normal working hours, he developed a detector of electromagnetic waves based on an electrolytic device similar to that already invented by Fleming in England. Recognizing his talents, a number of financial backers enabled him to set up his own business in 1902 under the name of De Forest Wireless Telegraphy Company; he was soon demonstrating wireless telegraphy to interested parties and entering into competition with the American Marconi Company.Despite the failure of this company because of fraud by his partners, he continued his experiments; in 1907, by adding a third electrode, a wire mesh, between the anode and cathode of the thermionic diode invented by Fleming in 1904, he was able to produce the amplifying device now known as the triode valve and achieve a sensitivity of radio-signal reception much greater than possible with the passive carborundum and electrolytic detectors hitherto available. Patented under the name Audion, this new vacuum device was soon successfully used for experimental broadcasts of music and speech in New York and Paris. The invention of the Audion has been described as the beginning of the electronic era. Although much development work was required before its full potential was realized, the Audion opened the way to progress in all areas of sound transmission, recording and reproduction. The patent was challenged by Fleming and it was not until 1943 that De Forest's claim was finally recognized.Overcoming the near failure of his new company, the De Forest Radio Telephone Company, as well as unsuccessful charges of fraudulent promotion of the Audion, he continued to exploit the potential of his invention. By 1912 he had used transformer-coupling of several Audion stages to achieve high gain at radio frequencies, making long-distance communication a practical proposition, and had applied positive feedback from the Audion output anode to its input grid to realize a stable transmitter oscillator and modulator. These successes led to prolonged patent litigation with Edwin Armstrong and others, and he eventually sold the manufacturing rights, in retrospect often for a pittance.During the early 1920s De Forest began a fruitful association with T.W.Case, who for around ten years had been working to perfect a moving-picture sound system. De Forest claimed to have had an interest in sound films as early as 1900, and Case now began to supply him with photoelectric cells and primitive sound cameras. He eventually devised a variable-density sound-on-film system utilizing a glow-discharge modulator, the Photion. By 1926 De Forest's Phonofilm had been successfully demonstrated in over fifty theatres and this system became the basis of Movietone. Though his ideas were on the right lines, the technology was insufficiently developed and it was left to others to produce a system acceptable to the film industry. However, De Forest had played a key role in transforming the nature of the film industry; within a space of five years the production of silent films had all but ceased.In the following decade De Forest applied the Audion to the development of medical diathermy. Finally, after spending most of his working life as an independent inventor and entrepreneur, he worked for a time during the Second World War at the Bell Telephone Laboratories on military applications of electronics.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsInstitute of Electronic and Radio Engineers Medal of Honour 1922. President, Institute of Electronic and Radio Engineers 1930. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Edison Medal 1946.Bibliography1904, "Electrolytic detectors", Electrician 54:94 (describes the electrolytic detector). 1907, US patent no. 841,387 (the Audion).1950, Father of Radio, Chicago: WIlcox \& Follett (autobiography).De Forest gave his own account of the development of his sound-on-film system in a series of articles: 1923. "The Phonofilm", Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers 16 (May): 61–75; 1924. "Phonofilm progress", Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers 20:17–19; 1927, "Recent developments in the Phonofilm", Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers 27:64–76; 1941, "Pioneering in talking pictures", Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers 36 (January): 41–9.Further ReadingG.Carneal, 1930, A Conqueror of Space (biography).I.Levine, 1964, Electronics Pioneer, Lee De Forest (biography).E.I.Sponable, 1947, "Historical development of sound films", Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers 48 (April): 275–303 (an authoritative account of De Forest's sound-film work, by Case's assistant).W.R.McLaurin, 1949, Invention and Innovation in the Radio Industry.C.F.Booth, 1955, "Fleming and De Forest. An appreciation", in Thermionic Valves 1904– 1954, IEE.V.J.Phillips, 1980, Early Radio Detectors, London: Peter Peregrinus.KF / JW -
14 Poulsen, Valdemar
[br]b. 23 November 1869 Copenhagen, Denmarkd. 23 July 1942 Gentofte, Denmark[br]Danish engineer who developed practical magnetic recording and the arc generator for continuous radio waves.[br]From an early age he was absorbed by phenomena of physics to the exclusion of all other subjects, including mathematics. When choosing his subjects for the final three years in Borgedydskolen in Christianshavn (Copenhagen) before university, he opted for languages and history. At the University of Copenhagen he embarked on the study of medicine in 1889, but broke it off and was apprenticed to the machine firm of A/S Frichs Eftf. in Aarhus. He was employed between 1893 and 1899 as a mechanic and assistant in the laboratory of the Copenhagen Telephone Company KTAS. Eventually he advanced to be Head of the line fault department. This suited his desire for experiment and measurement perfectly. After the invention of the telegraphone in 1898, he left the laboratory and with responsible business people he created Aktieselskabet Telegrafonen, Patent Poulsen in order to develop it further, together with Peder Oluf Pedersen (1874– 1941). Pedersen brought with him the mathematical background which eventually led to his professorship in electronic engineering in 1922.The telegraphone was the basis for multinational industrial endeavours after it was demonstrated at the 1900 World's Exhibition in Paris. It must be said that its strength was also its weakness, because the telegraphone was unique in bringing sound recording and reproduction to the telephone field, but the lack of electronic amplifiers delayed its use outside this and the dictation fields (where headphones could be used) until the 1920s. However, commercial interest was great enough to provoke a number of court cases concerning patent infringement, in which Poulsen frequently figured as a witness.In 1903–4 Poulsen and Pedersen developed the arc generator for continuous radio waves which was used worldwide for radio transmitters in competition with Marconi's spark-generating system. The inspiration for this work came from the research by William Duddell on the musical arc. Whereas Duddell had proposed the use of the oscillations generated in his electric arc for telegraphy in his 1901 UK patent, Poulsen contributed a chamber of hydrogen and a transverse magnetic field which increased the efficiency remarkably. He filed patent applications on these constructions from 1902 and the first publication in a scientific forum took place at the International Electrical Congress in St Louis, Missouri, in 1904.In order to use continuous waves efficiently (the high frequency constituted a carrier), Poulsen developed both a modulator for telegraphy and a detector for the carrier wave. The modulator was such that even the more primitive spark-communication receivers could be used. Later Poulsen and Pedersen developed frequency-shift keying.The Amalgamated Radio-Telegraph Company Ltd was launched in London in 1906, combining the developments of Poulsen and those of De Forest Wireless Telegraph Syndicate. Poulsen contributed his English and American patents. When this company was liquidated in 1908, its assets were taken over by Det Kontinentale Syndikat for Poulsen Radio Telegrafi, A/S in Copenhagen (liquidated 1930–1). Some of the patents had been sold to C.Lorenz AG in Berlin, which was very active.The arc transmitting system was in use worldwide from about 1910 to 1925, and the power increased from 12 kW to 1,000 kW. In 1921 an exceptional transmitter rated at 1,800 kW was erected on Java for communications with the Netherlands. More than one thousand installations had been in use worldwide. The competing systems were initially spark transmitters (Marconi) and later rotary converters ( Westinghouse). Similar power was available from valve transmitters only much later.From c. 1912 Poulsen did not contribute actively to further development. He led a life as a well-respected engineer and scientist and served on several committees. He had his private laboratory and made experiments in the composition of matter and certain resonance phenomena; however, nothing was published. It has recently been suggested that Poulsen could not have been unaware of Oberlin Smith's work and publication in 1888, but his extreme honesty in technical matters indicates that his development was indeed independent. In the case of the arc generator, Poulsen was always extremely frank about the inspiration he gained from earlier developers' work.[br]Bibliography1899, British patent no. 8,961 (the first British telegraphone patent). 1903, British patent no. 15,599 (the first British arc-genera tor patent).His scientific publications are few, but fundamental accounts of his contribution are: 1900, "Das Telegraphon", Ann. d. Physik 3:754–60; 1904, "System for producing continuous oscillations", Trans. Int. El. Congr. St. Louis, Vol. II, pp. 963–71.Further ReadingA.Larsen, 1950, Telegrafonen og den Traadløse, Ingeniørvidenskabelige Skrifter no. 2, Copenhagen (provides a very complete, although somewhat confusing, account of Poulsen's contributions; a list of his patents is given on pp. 285–93).F.K.Engel, 1990, Documents on the Invention of Magnetic Re cor ding in 1878, New York: Audio Engineering Society, reprint no. 2,914 (G2) (it is here that doubt is expressed about whether Poulsen's ideas were developed independently).GB-N -
15 independent
indi'pendənt1) (not controlled by other people, countries etc: an independent country; That country is now independent of Britain.) independiente2) (not willing to accept help: an independent old lady.) independiente3) (having enough money to support oneself: She is completely independent and receives no money from her family; She is now independent of her parents.) independiente4) (not relying on, or affected by, something or someone else: an independent observer; to arrive at an independent conclusion.) independiente•- independently
independent adj independientetr[ɪndɪ'pendənt]1 (gen) independiente■ young people are fairly independent of their parents los jóvenes son bastante independientes de sus padres1 SMALLPOLITICS/SMALL (candidato,-a) independiente nombre masulino o femenino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto become independent independizarseto be of independent means disponer de rentasindependent school SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL colegio no subvencionadoindependent television televisión nombre femenino privadaindependent [.ɪndə'pɛndənt] adj: independiente♦ independently adv: independiente mfadj.• independiente adj.n.• independiente s.m.'ɪndɪ'pendənt1) <person/country/survey> independiente; < income> independiente, propio, personalSenegal became independent in 1960 — Senegal obtuvo la independencia or se independizó en 1960
2)a) <company/newspaper/candidate> independiente[ˌɪndɪ'pendǝnt]1. ADJ1) (=self-supporting) [person, country] independiente; [income] propioto be independent of sth/sb — no depender de algo/algn, ser independiente de algo/algn
to become independent — [country] independizarse
a person of independent means — una persona con rentas propias or con independencia económica
2) (=unconnected) [events] independiente, no relacionado; (=impartial) [inquiry, investigation] independiente; [witness] imparcial3) (=self-reliant) [person, child] independiente4) (=private) [school, sector] privado; [broadcasting company, radio station] privado, independiente2. N1) (=politician) independiente mf, candidato(-a) m / f independiente2) (=company) compañía f independiente3.CPDindependent clause N — (Gram) oración f independiente
independent school N — (Brit) escuela f privada, colegio m privado
independent suspension N — (Aut) suspensión f independiente
* * *['ɪndɪ'pendənt]1) <person/country/survey> independiente; < income> independiente, propio, personalSenegal became independent in 1960 — Senegal obtuvo la independencia or se independizó en 1960
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16 Rockefeller Center
Комплекс в центре г. Нью-Йорка на Манхэттене [ Manhattan], на Пятой [ Fifth Avenue] и Шестой авеню между 48-й и 52-й улицами. Один из символов Нью-Йорка, известный как "Город в городе" [City-Within-a-City]. Состоит из 19 небоскребов [ skyscraper], в которых размещаются правления крупных корпораций, в том числе Эн-би-си [ National Broadcasting Company], Эй-би-си [ American Broadcasting Company], американских и иностранных информационных агентств. Часть комплекса, в которой размещаются театр, концертные залы, радио- и телестудии, известна под названием "Радио-Сити" [Radio City]. Первоначально состоял из 14 зданий, построенных в 1931-39 на средства Дж. Д. Рокфеллера, мл. [ Rockefeller, John Davison, Jr.] по проекту группы ведущих нью-йоркских архитекторов, в том числе Рейнхарда [Reinhard], Хофмейстера [Hofmeister] и Корбетта [Corbett]. Центральное место в комплексе занимает 70-этажный небоскреб "Дженерал электрик" [GE Building, General Electric Co.], более известный под прежним названием "Ар-си-эй билдинг" [RCA Building]. В состав Центра входят также многочисленные рестораны, магазины, выставочные залы, смотровая площадка, киноконцертный зал "Радио-Сити" [ Radio City Music Hall]. К центральной площади комплекса [Lower Plaza] со статуей Прометея и фонтаном [Prometheus Statue and Fountain] (летом у ее подножия - ресторан, зимой - каток), ведет частная улица Чэннел-гарденс [Channel Gardens], закрытая для транспорта. В апреле-ноябре площадь украшена флагами государств-членов ООН. В декабре здесь зажигает огни рождественская елка [Christmas Tree]. В Центре работают около 66 тыс. сотрудников, ежедневно в нем бывает около 175 тыс. посетителей. В 1989 Рокфеллеровский центр был куплен японской фирмой "Мицубиси истэйт" [Mitsubishi Estate]English-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Rockefeller Center
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17 Media
The purpose of the media during the Estado Novo (1926-74) was to communicate official government policy. Therefore, the government strictly censored newspapers, magazines, and books. Radio and television broadcasting was in the hands of two state-owned companies: Radiodifusão Portuguesa (RDP) and Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP). The first TV broadcasts aired in March 1957, and the official state visit of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain to Portugal was featured. The only independent broadcasting company during the Estado Novo was the Catholic Church's Radio Renascença. Writers and journalists who violated the regime's guidelines were severely sanctioned. Under Prime Minister Marcello Caetano, censorship was relaxed somewhat, and writers were allowed to publish critical and controversial works without fear of punishment. Caetano attempted to "speak to the people" through television. Daily program content consisted of little more than government-controlled (and censored) news programs and dull documentaries.After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, censorship was abolished. As the revolution veered leftward, some sectors of the media were seized by opponents of the views they expressed. The most famous case was the seizure of Radio Renascença by those who sought to bring it into line with the drift leftward. State ownership of the media was increased after 25 April 1974, when banks were nationalized because most banks owned at least one newspaper. As the Revolution moderated and as banking was privatized during the 1980s and 1990s, newspapers were also privatized.The history of two major Lisbon dailies illustrates recent cycles of Portuguese politics and pressures. O Século, a major Lisbon daily paper was founded in 1881 and was influenced by Republican, even Masonic ideas. When the first Republic began in 1910, the editorials of O Século defended the new system, but the economic and social turmoil disillusioned the paper's directors. In 1924, O Século, under publisher João Pereira da Rosa, called for political reform and opposed the Democratic Party, which monopolized elections and power in the Republic. This paper was one of the two most important daily papers, and it backed the military coup of 28 May 1926 and the emergent military dictatorship. Over the history of the Estado Novo, this paper remained somewhat to the left of the other major daily paper in Lisbon, Diário de Notícias, but in 1972 the paper suffered a severe financial crisis and was bought by a Lisbon banker. During the more chaotic times after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, O Século experienced its own time of turmoil, in which there was a split between workers and editors, firings, resignations, and financial trouble. After a series of financial problems and controversy over procommunist staff, the paper was suspended and then ceased publication in February 1977. In the 1990s, there was a brief but unsuccessful attempt to revive O Século.Today, the daily paper with the largest circulation is Diário de Notícias of Lisbon, which was established in 1883. It became the major daily paper of record, but after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, like O Século, the paper suffered difficulties, both political and financial. One of its editors in the "hot" summer of 1975 was José Saramago, future Nobel Prize winner in literature, and there was an internal battle in the editorial rooms between factions. The paper was, like O Século, nationalized in 1976, but in 1991, Diário de Notícias was reprivatized and today it continues to be the daily paper of record, leading daily circulation.Currently, about 20 daily newspapers are published in Portugal, in Lisbon, the capital, as well as in the principal cities of Oporto, Coimbra, and Évora. The major Lisbon newspapers are Diário de Notícias (daily and newspaper of record), Publico (daily), Correia da Manha (daily), Jornal de Noticias (daily), Expresso (weekly), The Portugal News (English language weekly), The Resident (English language weekly), and Get Real Weekly (English language).These papers range from the excellent, such as Público and the Diário de Notícias, to the sensationalistic, such as Correio da Manhã. Portugal's premier weekly newspaper is Expresso, founded by Francisco Balsemão during the last years of Marcello Caetano's governance, whose modern format, spirit, and muted criticism of the regime helped prepare public opinion for regime change in 1974. Another weekly is O Independente, founded in 1988, which specializes in political satire. In addition to these newspapers, Portugal has a large number of newspapers and magazines published for a specific readership: sports fans, gardeners, farmers, boating enthusiasts, etc. In addition to the two state-owned TV channels, Portugal has two independent channels, one of which is operated by the Catholic Church. TV programming is now diverse and sophisticated, with a great variety of programs of both domestic and foreign content. The most popular TV programs have been soap operas and serialized novels ( telenovelas) imported from Brazil. In the 1990s, Portugal attempted to produce its own telenovelas and soap operas, but these have not been as popular as the more exotic Brazilian imports. -
18 Marconi, Marchese Guglielmo
[br]b. 25 April 1874 Bologna, Italyd. 20 July 1937 Rome, Italy[br]Italian radio pioneer whose inventiveness and business skills made radio communication a practical proposition.[br]Marconi was educated in physics at Leghorn and at Bologna University. An avid experimenter, he worked in his parents' attic and, almost certainly aware of the recent work of Hertz and others, soon improved the performance of coherers and spark-gap transmitters. He also discovered for himself the use of earthing and of elevated metal plates as aerials. In 1895 he succeeded in transmitting telegraphy over a distance of 2 km (1¼ miles), but the Italian Telegraph authority rejected his invention, so in 1896 he moved to England, where he filed the first of many patents. There he gained the support of the Chief Engineer of the Post Office, and by the following year he had achieved communication across the Bristol Channel.The British Post Office was also slow to take up his work, so in 1897 he formed the Wireless Telegraph \& Signal Company to work independently. In 1898 he sold some equipment to the British Army for use in the Boer War and established the first permanent radio link from the Isle of Wight to the mainland. In 1899 he achieved communication across the English Channel (a distance of more than 31 miles or 50 km), the construction of a wireless station at Spezia, Italy, and the equipping of two US ships to report progress in the America's Cup yacht race, a venture that led to the formation of the American Marconi Company. In 1900 he won a contract from the British Admiralty to sell equipment and to train operators. Realizing that his business would be much more successful if he could offer his customers a complete radio-communication service (known today as a "turnkey" deal), he floated a new company, the Marconi International Marine Communications Company, while the old company became the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company.His greatest achievement occurred on 12 December 1901, when Morse telegraph signals from a transmitter at Poldhu in Cornwall were received at St John's, Newfoundland, a distance of some 2,100 miles (3,400 km), with the use of an aerial flown by a kite. As a result of this, Marconi's business prospered and he became internationally famous, receiving many honours for his endeavours, including the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909. In 1904, radio was first used to provide a daily bulletin at sea, and in 1907 a transatlantic wireless telegraphy service was inaugurated. The rescue of 1,650 passengers from the shipwreck of SS Republic in 1909 was the first of many occasions when wireless was instrumental in saving lives at sea, most notable being those from the Titanic on its maiden voyage in April 1912; more lives would have been saved had there been sufficient lifeboats. Marconi was one of those who subsequently pressed for greater safety at sea. In 1910 he demonstrated the reception of long (8 km or 5 miles) waves from Ireland in Buenos Aires, but after the First World War he began to develop the use of short waves, which were more effectively reflected by the ionosphere. By 1918 the first link between England and Australia had been established, and in 1924 he was awarded a Post Office contract for short-wave communication between England and the various parts of the British Empire.With his achievements by then recognized by the Italian Government, in 1915 he was appointed Radio-Communications Adviser to the Italian armed forces, and in 1919 he was an Italian delegate to the Paris Peace Conference. From 1921 he lived on his yacht, the Elettra, and although he joined the Fascist Party in 1923, he later had reservations about Mussolini.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsNobel Prize for Physics (jointly with K.F. Braun) 1909. Russian Order of S t Anne. Commander of St Maurice and St Lazarus. Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (i.e. Knight) of Italy 1902. Freedom of Rome 1903. Honorary DSc Oxford. Honorary LLD Glasgow. Chevalier of the Civil Order of Savoy 1905. Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal. Honorary knighthood (GCVO) 1914. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Medal of Honour 1920. Chairman, Royal Society of Arts 1924. Created Marquis (Marchese) 1929. Nominated to the Italian Senate 1929. President, Italian Academy 1930. Rector, University of St Andrews, Scotland, 1934.Bibliography1896, "Improvements in transmitting electrical impulses and in apparatus thereof", British patent no. 12,039.1 June 1898, British patent no. 12,326 (transformer or "jigger" resonant circuit).1901, British patent no. 7,777 (selective tuning).1904, British patent no. 763,772 ("four circuit" tuning arrangement).Further ReadingD.Marconi, 1962, My Father, Marconi.W.J.Baker, 1970, A History of the Marconi Company, London: Methuen.KFBiographical history of technology > Marconi, Marchese Guglielmo
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19 network
noun1) (of intersecting lines, electrical conductors) Netzwerk, das2) (of railways etc., persons, operations) Netz, das4) (Computing) Netzwerk, das* * *1) (anything in the form of a net, ie with many lines crossing each other: A network of roads covered the countryside.) das Netz2) (a widespread organization: a radio network; television networks.) das Sendernetz3) (a system of computers that can exchange messages and information: The Internet is a global computer network)* * *net·work[ˈnetˌwɜ:k, AM -ˌwɜ:rk]I. na \network of colleagues eine Gruppe von Kollegencable \network Kabelnetz ntcomputer \network Computernetz nttelephone \network Telefonnetz nttelevision \network Sendernetz ntdistribution \network Verteilernetz nt5. TRANSPrail[way] \network [Eisen]bahnnetz ntII. vt1. (link)2. (television)to \network a show/series/programme [or AM program] eine Sendung/Serie/ein Programm im ganzen Sendebereich ausstrahlenIII. vi Kontakte knüpfen▪ to \network with sb mit jdm Kontakt knüpfen* * *['netwɜːk]1. nnetwork card/driver/server (Comput) — Netzwerkkarte f/-treiber m/-server m
2. vt (inf)programme im ganzen Netzbereich ausstrahlen3. vi(= make contacts) Kontakte knüpfen* * *A s1. Netz-, Maschenwerk n, Geflecht n, Netz n2. Filet n, Netz-, Filetarbeit f3. fig (auch Eisenbahn-, Fluss-, Händler-, Straßen- etc) Netz n:network of intrigues Netz von Intrigen;4. ELEKa) (Leitungs-, Verteilungs) Netz nb) RADIO, TV Sendernetz n, -gruppe fB v/t1. zusammenschließen ( with mit)C v/i* * *noun1) (of intersecting lines, electrical conductors) Netzwerk, das2) (of railways etc., persons, operations) Netz, das4) (Computing) Netzwerk, das* * *n.Netz -e n.Netzwerk -e n.Verbund -¨e m. v.vernetzen v. -
20 Alexanderson, Ernst Frederik Werner
[br]b. 25 January 1878 Uppsala, Swedend. ? May 1975 Schenectady, New York, USA[br]Swedish-American electrical engineer and prolific radio and television inventor responsible for developing a high-frequency alternator for generating radio waves.[br]After education in Sweden at the High School and University of Lund and the Royal Institution of Technology in Stockholm, Alexanderson took a postgraduate course at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Engineering College. In 1901 he began work for the Swedish C \& C Electric Company, joining the General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, the following year. There, in 1906, together with Fessenden, he developed a series of high-power, high-frequency alternators, which had a dramatic effect on radio communications and resulted in the first real radio broadcast. His early interest in television led to working demonstrations in his own home in 1925 and at the General Electric laboratories in 1927, and to the first public demonstration of large-screen (7 ft (2.13 m) diagonal) projection TV in 1930. Another invention of significance was the "amplidyne", a sensitive manufacturing-control system subsequently used during the Second World War for controlling anti-aircraft guns. He also contributed to developments in electric propulsion and radio aerials.He retired from General Electric in 1948, but continued television research as a consultant for the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), filing his 321st patent in 1955.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsInstitution of Radio Engineers Medal of Honour 1919. President, IERE 1921. Edison Medal 1944.BibliographyPublications relating to his work in the early days of radio include: "Magnetic properties of iron at frequencies up to 200,000 cycles", Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1911) 30: 2,443."Transatlantic radio communication", Transactions of the American Institute of ElectricalEngineers (1919) 38:1,269.The amplidyne is described in E.Alexanderson, M.Edwards and K.Boura, 1940, "Dynamo-electric amplifier for power control", Transactions of the AmericanInstitution of Electrical Engineers 59:937.Further ReadingE.Hawkes, 1927, Pioneers of Wireless, Methuen (provides an account of Alexanderson's work on radio).J.H.Udelson, 1982, The Great Television Race: A History of the American Television Industry 1925–1941, University of Alabama Press (provides further details of his contribution to the development of television).KFBiographical history of technology > Alexanderson, Ernst Frederik Werner
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