Message transmission means of the German post office - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1980 - 20 Pfennig

From the work of the German Post of the GDR With motifs from the work of the German Post of the GDR, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issued two multicolored special postage stamps. 20-pfennig value: VHF and television After a decision by the government of the GDR began in 1950 with the construction of television broadcasting in the GDR. At the end of 1950, the official TV experimental company in Berlin started with a low-power station. Since these first experimental programs, television broadcasting has become the most important mass medium. In Berlin-Adlershof a large and modern central studio complex with branch offices in other cities of the GDR emerged. To transmit the programs from the central studio in Berlin to the broadcasters, a comprehensive network of radio links was established. Radio links to neighboring countries and an earth station for satellite communications serve the international exchange of television programs. 23 Grundnetzsender and nearly 500 Füllsender enable today almost all inhabitants of the GDR the receipt of the I. and around 87 per cent of the inhabitants of the GDR the receipt of the II. Program of the television of the GDR. The technical quality of the televised broadcasts was constantly improved. A completely new quality was the recording of color television broadcasts on the channels of the then newly opened II. Program in October 1969. Today, the entire basic network and the vast majority of fillers in both programs are color efficient. The percentage of color shipments in the total program time is currently 81 percent.