Raúl Trejo Delarbre

Digital Television: Options and Decisions in Latin America

The existence of four technological standards for the development of digital television means different options for cultural development in each country. In Latin America, the processes for choosing the model for digital television have been conditioned by corporate and government interests. In some nations there has been information and deliberation about the available technological options. In others, the determination has been left up to governments. In any case, it is not a merely technical decision. The high definition that the U.S. model proposes only takes the quality of the image into account. The European model entails more television channels.

Poderes fácticos, problemas drásticos

El articulo reconstruye sistematicamente una definicion analiticamente densa de los poderes facticos. Colocando el foco sobre las implicancias de su vigencia en America Latina, se indaga sobre la resistencia de los poderes facticos al Estado de derecho, poniendo asi en evidencia su propension a promover e imponer sus intereses particulares sobre el resto de la sociedad. Por ultimo, ensaya un diagnostico acerca de la expansion cultural de los poderes facticos en la sociedad mexicana, concluyendo que su influencia denota carencias politicas, vacios juridicos y penurias culturales, identificando especialmente la preponderancia ideologica de las televisoras privadas.