Posts from ‘February, 2007’

The Bangladesh TV channels Ntv and RTV are planning to resume partial operation within two weeks, probably for 7-8 hours a day, as the probe committee continues its efforts to identify the causes of the fire that knocked the two private TV channels off air on Monday. ”It’ll take about three months for their full-fledged operation as they need to [...]

The BBC’s Albanian service, BBC në Shqip, celebrates the 14th anniversary of its re-launch with an increase of its weekly output by over two hours. From Monday 5 March 2007 its daily programming will come in a new, longer schedule. In keeping with listener trends in the region, BBC Albanian has also announced it is ceasing all [...]

BBC Monitoring observes that the former Radio Monte Carlo - Moyen Orient (Middle East) now identifies on air as “Monte Carlo Doualiya” (International), which is reflected in a new website address: www.mc-doualiya.com. The station broadcasts in Arabic to the Middle East and North Africa on mediumwave 1233 kHz via a powerful transmitter located in Cyprus. [...]

A projected loss of £250,000 for the financial year ending on 31 March has forced the closure of seven BBC shops, including the one at Bush House in London, which is especially popular with overseas visitors to London. BBC Worldwide managing director of home entertainment, Chris Weller, told BBC in-house magazine Ariel that “This decision [...]

Satellite communications provider Arabsat plans to launch its fifth satellite into orbit in the second quarter of 2008, its president and CEO said yesterday. The Saudi-based intergovernmental organisation, which is currently developing a plan to go public, will take delivery of its Badr-6 satellite in the first quarter of next year and will put it [...]

Free-to-air broadcasters and telecommunication companies in New Zealand are headed for a clash as the government moves to change its copyright legislation. At present, Section 88 obliges free-to-air broadcasters to offer their broadcasts to cable TV for free. Submissions to the government propose that the Section should be retained and extended to permit satellite retransmission [...]

The Dutch public TV channels are not popular with some of the largest immigrant groups in the Netherlands. 39% of Turks, Moroccans, Surinamers and Antilleans don’t watch any public TV channel. That’s a big contrast with the commercial stations. 45% of the same groups watch them for more than one hour a day, compared with just [...]

Nikki Clarke has been appointed Head of Region for the Americas and Europe, BBC World Service. She will start her new job in April 2007. As Head of Region, Nikki Clarke will be editorially and managerially responsible for the BBC’s radio, online and video operations across 10 language services: Albanian, English for the Caribbean, Macedonian, [...]

All India Radio is continuing its shortwave DRM tests. All this week, tests are being made from the Khampur (Delhi) transmitter site as follows:
Frequency: 9950 kHz
UTC: 1945 - 2230
Target: Europe
(Source: DRM Software Radio Forums)
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Border Television News has confirmed that the first test transmission took place today of the Time Signal Station MSF from its new transmitter site at Anthorn in Cumbria (latitude 54° 55′ N, and longitude 3° 15′W).  The test took place at 1000-1200 UTC, and follows a series of tests with silent carrier. There will be a further [...]

The BBC Trust has provisionally approved BBC management’s proposal to develop and launch a free-to-view satellite platform, “Freesat”. BBC management envisages “Freesat” being achieved as a joint venture with other public service broadcasters. The Trust believes the service would create significant public value by offering licence fee payers an additional means to access digital services, [...]

It looks as if the English programme of the Broadcasting Service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (BSKSA) has finally won its battle to return to shortwave. Contributors to DX Listening Digest report hearing English from Saudi Arabia between 1000 and 1200 UTC (exact times to be confirmed) on 15250 kHz.
In December 2005, the Saudi English [...]

The Libyan government has agreed to start the process towards the liquidation of the defunct Voice of the Mediterranean (VOM) radio station. Senior diplomats told MaltaToday that in a meeting held in Tripoli last week and attended by Maltese Foreign Minister Michael Frendo, the Libyan government expressed its willingness to accept the Maltese government’s invitation [...]

This week a new self-assessment website launches providing journalists and those who work them with a confidential tool to help them determine if they are suffering the effects of post traumatic stress. This unique web-based clinic is now available directly at www.conflict-study.com or through a link on the front page of the website of the [...]

Television New Zealand is to cut up to 160 jobs as part of a restructuring process. TVNZ’s Chief Executive Rick Ellis issued a memo notifying staff of the cuts on Monday, Radio New Zealand reported. They include abut 50 positions from news and current affairs.
A TVNZ spokesperson said the numbers were an estimate and it [...]