SURVEY OF EUROPEAN TELEVISION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01634R000300030095-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 16
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 13, 1998
• Sequence Number: 95
• Publication Date: January 26, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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TV text prQgromm thr time* a s* from Vim, Lr,
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2"6. Contrary to t practice in oar uEDp*" cotries,
erc i to arisj In Austria has not been rtes ,
*re ii no tm erats t
U, s. the Cavchs pr p se,
T are are four
'nears: a
Austria,
TV set
1954, primarily to receive
anr.ta rain beg
of os ts.
p-r 3- C =mU*iSt *t` * ve e L
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opoly an uri end basis.
special tam on sots, but a
pay the radio tax (radio is also a g ost ti must do so when
Postal a
greatly stimulated interest is teievioi and
t Television Author
:alas rather than of
are li.c sa4 a arately- fr
E4
number
tic was i.ressiv*, and has rssi
p
y rears. _'` can i
m-zst s velled that
p to view the e- is
nets. It is through i etc
,via,, s hopefully, Fiala
30, 000 , '.
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ra to begin to ev si a ert g. the
e quip e
A seem
"Fires picture was not always so pre. t.s n . The viete have made a
tb&k pro Utive price.
the Soviet te.
as* so m* of those
e at price
Thus the age:r of a double
to receive &ea et si ale,
41.
I have its owe IzAe,
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rt receivers have been
, 000 sets are
Ru"tan
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ow low
State and U i eve tafermed the Embassy
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SECRET
ides-Televi
OO CC Y re in the a tzy, p1 t large * r
:Uy, registered. 1
f r;,
fly, Trench advertising circles are o s
rs ive xo ric*t, which they f0*1
atiou is cantem. plating the
privately own
Ibit*- I
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to revs
AU ttareas> ittestser rr
a1 sebast house* and am admission fee
s e a l purposes.
a
17 pr ssed) service the rm s twork4
Tb* r of twists liceaw" at present
tip a -
breadeaat9
lie**.
0
in
+ess ry
00 rece:iv*r*
public has become iacre asingly bWa-teat on i or &I io,
prt is 14 inch, At a race
ircuit or "Wired television to
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tufty i
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Prae,: c
rs, wiu is
TWO
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Lr , `ra ces,
Gro" *rtit
Troa*m $i s are
recent ug T*t
TeI visi t Autkarity. All d.
is c+63 t s and
d. Color trap l$L H* of e
t4 ins
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400 a "Iscr TV Pro,
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**, ate; 4 pr
pick up only the 1 8C Gov
TA broad s:ts as welt The line defixition
rigi at g a large amt of the pro
visl Chain,
MS the
to. t -toI
0 of pri *:
pr*osat I
U. S. interests.
st
Ic is nd*s tol,orance of communist*
ret trati of its 'broadcasting
.aFt* will aatte t to pr ete and
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coat attitude
cultural infl
,calls: for vi;
via film
T*Wrision in Iu,
The r *o t I .a t (Radiotalevisimes It al
k. The r
:c4
ael
e 200, 000, The icy of c
television b" Acterso-WeAL
Lit an average
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So.
imparted, Pict
a private carporatiou *I
*vu g. s*t **Us for
Powntial a
pri +tty
T broad .ats atRa in French and are aim a 1, ra ly
,ct saririi1v as
CO Of fW.Xr MiLILM--iU
profits
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flaky is a
company wM4h controls tetavisian in
Th*r* a s aUnoa:t a uWi por*O.s within the area saved by the
Carlo st&an.
Mora
a s p e ri enta is r iches the Dutch
evtsia ri is govern ut Castro ad
ding progra=ming as a tax sets
TtdovWou it
ky.
*s
Prra a
r equipment
T r ti+ tes in xur v a .
Vitable, + a r
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t r* are a eat ted 6.). (100 w o.
w to t e: to Dutch
r eflat the SoveramtAt,
au groups .
Fey- tiny
to 1955 t veram*nt
rprat
mratea, and there are betwe 7, e
t pate,
In West ma Foe. Operating under a
Ac hi" fron
fit to o
erclaL
s a CO
P which controls the presently oper
e d str cue
steel the T*rsmch parliament concerning its
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Tberwt .a UIe 4AMbt
^ I *1F"r c
at fir, in Ow prom# that i
t Radio
,OO 1* tho .
rk now grates
Tolovision C ,M*
Tho
v a. ton. The
ly but
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Thor* are
t*d 6
will about 804, 000 is with k#4
qt
Committe*
subscription f**.*.
p?e*ft nw%tb*r ,rite * ett t . to b* 6,00, (Aimeest 25 pare t
area).
Swis* rP&rdCkwIiQ* lei and species, bras4 ast 0,
1954 tk*
*"ii been shy
kit
the counterpart s h is * ixt itussips wore mined to a few
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r
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MXMMt l a r tzl stad
Mort art
7r Yule'
4 easily
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