Posts from ‘October, 2007’

Text of report by Kenyan television NTV on 31 October
[Presenter] NTV is now online. Viewers can access NTV’s television footage through the internet keeping abreast with events and happenings in Kenya from anywhere in the world. Since acquiring branded channel on YouTube seven weeks ago, NTV has had over 300,000 hits making it one of [...]

SES Astra announced today that it has signed a contract with the Czech music channel Ócko based in Prague to be broadcast from Astra’s orbital position 23.5° East. The transmission has started on 30 October. The current free-to-air transmission from Astra’s orbital slot 19.2° East will end on 28 February 2008.
“Ócko was the first Czech free-to-air [...]

A fire which broke out at Radio Pakistan’s Karachi station on Sunday has destroyed all the fourteen studios on the first floor of the building as well as seven booths, Master Control Room, Digital Subscribers Line networking room, FM/Studio Transmission Link Room, maintenance room and commercial recording room.
A Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Karachi statement has said [...]

An exhibition at the Taiwan Radio Museum is for the first time showcasing historical materials from the Central Radio Station’s interception of mainland broadcasts. The exhibition is staged at the “National Radio Museum,” located in Min-shong Village, Chia-yi County, also home to the Min-shong branch of the Central Radio Station.
According to museum assistant Liu Hsiang-mei, [...]

Saga, the UK-based insurance and holiday company for the over-50s, has launched a social networking Web site for silver surfers in a bid to emulate the huge popularity of MySpace, Bebo and Facebook.
Saga Zone aims to attract those aged over 50 to the burgeoning social networking sector currently dominated by younger users. It will enable [...]

Media Network Newsletter subscribers please note: I have been sick the last few days, which has meant a reorganisation of my schedule. That means that this week’s Newsletter will now be sent out, as usual, around 1700 UTC tomorrow (Thursday) and not a day earlier as originally planned.
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Excerpt from report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax
Moscow, 30 October: Russia’s state-owned radio station The Voice of Russia [Golos Rossii] has launched radio broadcasts on the FM 88 frequency in Afghanistan.
“Blocks of programmes are broadcast daily from 0900 to 1000 and from 1400 to 1500 local time [0530-0630 gmt and 1030-1130 gmt] in Kabul, [...]

The only Christian TV station in the Holy Land will stop its broadcasts at the end of this month because of reported death threats, trouble with the Palestinian authorities and insurmountable financial debts. The Nativity (‘Al Mahed’ in Arabic ) has been broadcasting since 1996 and has become known as a unique voice of Christianity [...]

The financially-strapped Israel Broadcasting Authority may find a partial way out of its deficit with the help of HOT cable television, with which the IBA has signed a contract to produce local news.
The contract requires an amendment to the Broadcasting Authority Law as well as the approval of the Knesset Economics Committee.
If the law is [...]

Zimbabwe’s state-run radio stations are now streaming live on the Internet, just months after state television also launched on JumpTV – a Dubai-based distributor of live international television and sports programmes over the Internet. The country’s four radio stations - Power FM, National FM, Radio Zimbabwe and SFM - all run by the state-owned Zimbabwe [...]

WRN, the UK-based television and radio transmission company, has signed a contract with Rainbow Radio to start broadcasting the station across North America via the Galaxy 25 digital satellite. Rainbow Radio, which describes itself as “the premier-licensed Ghanaian/West African commercial radio”, is currently broadcasting across the UK and Ireland on Sky, channel 0207.

Mac Amoah, CEO, [...]

As we revealed on 18 October, Dutch commercial radio station 100%NL has launched a free-to-air satellite service via Astra 1D at 23.5 degrees East. Transmissions commenced today on 11.739.00 MHz vertical, SR 27000, FEC 3/4.
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The president of the Far East Broadcasting Company, Greg Harris, took on a new role recently as Chairman of the Executive Committee of World by Radio.
World By Radio is a consortium of international radio broadcasting partners whose mission is to give every person on earth the opportunity to hear the Christian message in a language [...]

Text of report in English by Ya’qov Katz:”Dutch say ‘no way’ their ship behind YES broadcast disruption”, published by Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post website on 29 October
A technical inspection by The Netherlands has concluded that its missile ships were not responsible for the recent disruptions to Israeli satellite television YES, as alleged by Israel [...]

Excerpt from report by Moldovan news agency Basapress
Chisinau, 26 October: Sheriff, the largest cable TV operator in Moldova’s breakaway Dniester region, will rebroadcast the Moldovan [pro-government private] NIT TV channel starting from 1 November 2007.
According to a press release issued by Sheriff, Dniester region residents will have an opportunity to watch a TV channel from [...]