page_title: Electronic news-gathering
hierarchical_section_title: Electronic news-gathering
caption_attribution_description: English: This photograph shows several television news organizations' production trucks in a transmitting position. These trucks are used for on location remote broadcasting of TV news stories. The microwave dishes on retractable telescoping masts are extended to transmit live video back to the studio. The microwave beam must have a line-of-sight path to the studio's antenna, so tall masts are needed to raise the dish above obstructions like buildings. The truck in the rear belongs to KPTV Portland. Photo taken by U.S. Government employees. [1]
context_page_description: Electronic news-gathering is when reporters and editors make use of electronic video and audio technologies in order to gather and present news. ENG can involve anything from a single reporter with a single professional video camera, to an entire television crew taking a truck on location. This term was coined during the rise of videotape technology in the 1970s. This term was commonly used in the television news in the 1980s and '90s, but is used less frequently now, as the technology has become commonplace.
  The vehicle on which the electronic equipment is fitted it is called DSNG.
context_section_description: Electronic news-gathering (ENG) is when reporters and editors make use of electronic video and audio technologies in order to gather and present news. ENG can involve anything from a single reporter with a single professional video camera, to an entire television crew  taking a truck on location. This term was coined during the rise of videotape technology in the 1970s. This term was commonly used in the television news in the 1980s and '90s, but is used less frequently now, as the technology has become commonplace.
  The vehicle on which the electronic equipment is fitted it is called DSNG (digital satellite news gathering).
caption: Microwave trucks seen transmitting. Modern news employs these trucks extensively.
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