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World Television Day 2019: Date, history and significance of the day

World Television Day highlight the daily value of television that it plays in communication and globalization!

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World Television Day 2019: Date, history and significance of the day

World Television Day is observed on 21 November to highlight the daily value of television that it plays in communication and globalization.

Television plays a crucial role in society by delivering information. It is a mass medium that provides entertainment, education, news, politics, gossip, etc. It is a medium for transmitting moving images in two or three dimensions and sound.

World Television Day History

On 21 November and 22 November 1996, the U.N. held the first World Television Forum. It provides a platform and allowed media to discuss the importance of TV in delivering information and also how it participating in the changing world.

UN General Assembly on 17 December 1996 through resolution 51/205 established 21 November as World Television Day to commemorate the date on which World Television Forum was held. It was done by seeing the impact of Television on the process of decision-making.

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World Television Day Significance

To outline the importance of television to democracy, peace and world stability, various conferences and lectures are held all over the world. This day also renews the role of governments, organizations, and individuals to support the development of television media in providing unbiased information about important issues and events that affect society.

In schools, several guest speakers are invited to talk about media and communication issues. They discuss topics like what is the role of television in our lives, how television promotes cultural diversity and a common understanding, how it provides a link between democracy and television and also the role of television in social, political and economic development to highlight the daily value of television that it plays in communication and globalization.

To support the international news media and to reach audiences, the United Nations provides a suite of multimedia products and services by covering the work both at Headquarters and around the world. UN Videos are also produced for news, social platforms and also for broadcast partners in six official languages including French, Spanish, English, Chinese, Arabic and Russian and also in Hindi, Kiswahii, and Portuguese.

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