Techniczne aspekty cyfryzacji radia i telewizji w Polsce

Abstract

The article presents the process of the digitization of radio and television transmission in Poland with regard to the technological solutions which were adopted as standards in Europe. The author analyzes the development of the digitization from the moment of the creation of digital technologies, presents their characteristics as well as the possibilities for their application, and points out to the adopted legislative documents being in force at the level of the European Union level and the constitutional law of Poland. She discusses issues related to the technical solutions adopted in the implementation of digital radio and television broadcasting in Poland, pinpointing the resulting benefits, but also risks affecting the situation of the Polish market of electronic media. She presents the offer of terrestrial television, the transformation process of which, i.e. the migration from analogue to digital TV, has been completed, and describes the progress of the digitization of the Polish radio.