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5G broadcasting got a test run in Brazil during September’s Rock in Rio festival, organised by the Grupo Globo TV network with tech partner Rohde & Schwarz. The music festival was broadcast on an experimental UHF channel using the new 5G technology. Rohde & Schwarz provided its R&S TMU9evo transmitter and R&S BSCC network component to aid the field trial. Like the 5G TODAY project in Bavaria, which has been ongoing trial was to validate the operability and market opportunities for 5G broadcast technology in Brazil and worldwide. TESTING 1,2,3… 5G since December last year, the aim of this
TREATING GAMING DISORDER
The NHS has opened the UK’s first specialist clinic to treat children who are addicted to playing video games. The initiative was set up prompted by concern about the growing number of young people whose heavy use of video games is causing problems for their mental health. The clinic is part of the National Centre for Behavioural Addictions in London, which also provides support for internet
addiction. Patients referred to it will be able to attend in person or have an online consultation via Skype. NHS chief executive, Simon Stevens, said: “This new service is a response to an emerging problem, part of the increasing pressures that children and young people are exposed to these days.” Last year, the WHO recognised ‘gaming disorder’ as a medical condition and
included it in its latest edition of the International Classification of Diseases, which tells doctors worldwide the conditions the WHO has accepted as a disease. Countries worldwide are now trying to cope with the new addiction. South Korea has banned children under 16 from
using online games between midnight and 6am. In China, Tencent has restricted the number of hours children can spend playing its games. MENOPAUSE MATTERS TO MEDIA
Channel 4 has launched what it says is the first dedicated menopause policy from a UK media company, as it hopes to end the stigma around menopause by encouraging a better understanding. The policy supports employees experiencing menopausal symptoms by giving them access to flexible working arrangements and paid leave if they feel unwell. The strategy also offers staff a private, cool and quiet workspace, a workplace assessment to ensure their environment is not worsening their symptoms and a range of support and guidance resources.
Jane English, co-chair of 4Women, the channel’s in-house gender equality staff network responsible for the policy, said: “Too many women suffer in silence due to the stigma around the menopause. We wanted to open up the conversation and prompt the media industry to also start talking more about how they can better support women transitioning through it.” Meanwhile, O2 has introduced a toolkit for its managers and employees to support staff experiencing symptoms of the menopause, as part of its commitment to promoting inclusion and diversity in the workplace.
The broadcaster cited research showing that less than 5% of UK businesses currently offer a dedicated menopause policy, despite the 59% of women in the workplace who say their symptoms have a negative impact on their work.
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