Monday, May 23, 2011

Factors That Make Cable TV Scarce In Developing Countries

By Darlene Jover


It is true that cable TV is common in developed countries for example in the Middle East or the United States of America. It was first started in the United States in the year 1948 and spread to all other parts of the world. These systems work well and effectively in the developed countries simply because people there have higher salaries to be able to cater for the monthly subscription fee which is a must for maintaining the system. It is actually worth to note that in the developing countries, cable TV is available but there are some constraints that make it not common in these countries.

Note that to access television channels using the cable TV system is supposed to pay for the subscription fee and the monthly payment that is used to keep the system running. This is a challenge for many, simply because they have low incomes who can not attend such monthly expenses. Therefore, one of the reasons why the cable TV system is not common in third world countries is actually the lack of sufficient funds to pay the subscription fee.

Many people in developing countries are low-income people. This means that even basic needs, simply because they earn little. In this sense, it is possible that the term cable as a secondary need, which is not really a need to satisfy. Therefore, to end this, because they can not handle the subscription fee along with the fee to keep the programs running. Also worth bearing in mind that many people in developing countries are living in marginalized rural and remote countries where current information can not reach them. Updates on cable television can not reach them, and this becomes one of the obstacles to the advancement of these countries in terms of technology.

We also note that cable TV cannot be able to function well in many areas in the developing countries. This is simply because of the nature of landscape in these countries. Existence of mountains and valleys in many countries for example in Africa can actually hinder transmission of the cable television systems to respective homes. This is because of loss of waves in the air in that televisions cannot catch all the channels well. An alternative in these countries remains wireless cables or the microwave-based systems. If there were no such landscape barriers, the cable television system could actually work very well in these countries.

Another problem with cable television in developing countries is in fact the dispersion of housing. We found that the houses are scattered there are some miles between houses, and this may not work well with the cable TV system. The system works well in places where houses are close to each other, so that all waves are trapped within the same area that allows all channels to get well.




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