The document summarizes key aspects of digital media in Colombia. It finds that while internet use is growing, especially in urban areas, penetration remains low overall. Traditional media like television and newspapers remain the most widely consumed. The transition to digital television is an opportunity to strengthen public broadcasters. The regulatory framework for digital media is still being defined.
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Mapping digital media
1. Daniela Zora Cardona
Karen Acosta Lozano
Econom¨ªa y Empresa Comunicativa
Facultad Comunicaci¨®n social. FUNLAM
MAPPING DIGITAL MEDIA-
COLOMBIA
2. MAPPING DIGITAL MEDIA :
COLOMBIA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Regarding the news o? er, many traditional outlets now
have online versions, while some new onlineonly outlets
have been born in recent years and gained recognition as
news providers. Regarding media
consumption, internet use, although low in rural areas, is
increasing very fast in urban areas and higher
socioeconomic groups.
3. ? Public media have been strengthened in recent years and
public service provision is considered an important issue
in Colombia. h e transition to digital terrestrial television
(DTT) is seen as both a challenge and an opportunity to
public media.
? But it is also a moment of opportunity to review and
rethink the duties and obligations of public television in
light of the educational and cultural value of public
media.
4. ? Digitization has de?nitely a?ected journalists¡¯ work. On
the one hand, it has increased the ways of accessing
sources and information, and has given the audience a
more active role in information production and
circulation.
? the policy and regulatory framework for digital media is
still being defined, the media regulatory framework itself
is functional.
5. Social indicators
? Population (number of inhabitants): 43.56 million (2009)
Number of households: 11.85 million (2009).
? (figure 1) Rural¨Curban breakdown (% of total population),
2005 - Urban, 74 - Rural, 26.
? (figure 2)Ethnic composition (% of total population),
estimated 2011 Ameridian , 1 - Mixed Black¨CAmerindian,
3- black,4 ¨C mulatto, 14 ¨C white, 20 - mestizo, 58 .
? (figure 3) Religious composition (% of total population),
estimated 2011 ¨C other 10 ¨C roman catholic, 90.
6. Linguistic composition
? Spanish is the o?cial language of Colombia.
However, 62 indigenous languages and two
Creole languages are also recognized by the
Political Constitution as o?cial in the territories
where they are spoken.
8. Media Consumption:
The Digital Factor
Digital Take-up
Equipment
According to the National Statistics Department.
2009 internet
rural areas 0.8 percent
urban areas 16.2 percent of households.
PC : 2 % rural households, in comparison with 25.7
percent of urban households.
10. Platforms
? the number of payTV:
842,000 subscribers in 2000 to 3.7 million in
2011.
2009: rural areas (dowm) 338,910 subscribers
(11.2 percent of total households) .
? Social strafiti : where 5 and 6 represent the upper
, free-to-air TV has a penetration of 67.7 percent
in level one and 8.4 percent in level six, while
pay-TV has 21.7 percent penetration in level one
and 91.6 percent in level 6.
11. the television system
the television system in Colombia
has a total of 764 operators
divided .
Pay-TV is divided into 54 cable
subscription-based operators,
two satellite subscriptionbased
operators, and 647 community
operators.
12. Platform for the main TV reception and
digital take-up in Colombia, 2005¨C2010
13. Media Preferences Main
Shifts in News Consumption
? 2005: increase in internet use by 21
percentage .
? 2010: internet consumption reached fourth
place for the ?rst time, displacing the printed
press.
? Television is still by far the most popular
medium in the country in terms of
consumption.
15. ? They most visited Colombian website is Eltiempo.com,
belonging to the largest.
? News Providers
Leading Sources of News : newspapers, televison,
newspapers and radio.
? Relevant newspapers:
El Tiempo
Q¡¯hubo
El colombiano
ADN
El espacio
El espectador
16. Magazine 2009¨C2010
Tv
novelas Cromos
Soho Vanidades Coomeva
Revista
semana Caras National
geographic
spanish
15
minutos Tu
18. Radio
? 1 Caracol
? 2 RCN
? 3 Olimpica
? Stations radio: Caracol radio basica, la mega,
oxigeno AM /FM , ol¨ªmpica est¨¦reo,
Tropicana, los 40 principales, radio 1, W
radio, RCN radio b¨¢sica y rumba est¨¦reo.