From 14 November to 2 December, an exhibition "The world where everything is possible" dedicated to World Television Day (21 November) runs in the National Library of Belarus (2nd floor, circular corridor).
By the initiative of the UN General Assembly 21 November is annually marked as World Television Day. States celebrate it by sharing television programs which are dedicated to such issues as peace, security, economic and social development, and the expansion of cultural exchange. It is a holiday for all those who show on television information every day for the audience as well as those who remain behind off screen but do everything that programs are broadcasted.
Most modern people watch the TV every day. Television became the essential part of modern culture and the lives of each of us. It contributes very fast dissemination of information to the wider community, television also entertains, teaches, etc. Nowadays, television has a huge impact because it is the main supplier of information for most people.
The book exhibition "The world where everything is possible" contains about 150 documents: reference and encyclopedias, monographs, albums, booklets which tell about the history and current state of foreign and domestic television.
A separate section of the exhibition is dedicated to the Belarusian television.
For the first time the blue TV screens lit up in our country on 1 December, 1956. For almost half a century our national television had been developing in front of millions of viewers. Technology was changed, new people came and new TV projects appeared. In 1964, the first live broadcast in our country was held during the Olympic Games in Tokyo. It was achieved thanks to a satellite.
Nowadays, television is taking new forms and undergoing a period of rapid development, there appear new ways of a signal transmission, Internet-television and IP-television have become very popular. In addition, there appeared channels which broadcast programs in high quality.
In Belarus, there is a State Program for the implementation of digital television and radio broadcasting until 2015.
The exhibition is designed for a wide range of readers and library users.
Contact telephone: (+375 17) 293 28 86.
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