Posts from ‘October, 2007’

The Free Media Movement (FMM) of Sri Lanka says it is deeply concerned about the government’s withdrawal of the broadcasting licence of the ABC radio network*. In its communiqué to the ABC network, the Ministry has said that this action was being taken because the news item broadcast by the network had caused panic in the [...]

According to a new report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, Asia-Pacific is leading the adoption of mobile TV broadcasting. About 38 million viewers – almost 78 percent of the total mobile TV audience – was found in Japan and South Korea in mid-2007. These markets are several years ahead of Europe and North America [...]

The Hong Kong government will launch a public consultation later this year on the future of public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong. Frederic Ma Si-hang, the territory’s Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, said the consultation would be detailed and could last six months. ”Some RTHK staff might worry the restructuring exercise is the equivalent of dismantling the [...]

Starting next Thursday, David Vaughan of Radio Prague will be introducing a new series entitled From the Archives. As the name suggest he’ll be dusting off some of the many unique recordings to be found in the archives of the Czech Radio. The series will be running until the end of March 2008. Ruth Frankova asked [...]

David de Jong reports: Ricardo Franco Levi, Undersecretary to the President of the Council in Italy, has made changes to the proposed law about a forced registration of websites. The new version of the proposal states that the need to register excludes persons who have websites or any other Internet outlets if they are for personal or [...]

Tonight in Europe the clocks go back one hour for the start of the winter season, and that also means that the international broadcasters switch to their winter frequencies. At Radio Netherlands Worldwide we’re also introducing several new English programmes, and to find out more about them and when they’re on the air, our Head [...]

Excerpt from report by state-owned Sudanese news agency Suna website
Khartoum, 25 October: The National Council for Radio and Television will launch an experimental broadcast of Salam [peace] Radio for the first time on Saturday [27 October]. The radio will be available on FM and 312 [metres medium wave] to cover all parts of the [...]

SES Astra has signed an agreement with the leading Spanish pay-TV operator Sogecable to use an additional transponder. This transponder located at the prime orbital slot 19.2? East will allow Sogecable to transmit new digital TV channels as well as to broadcast in High Definition (HD) quality. With the new agreement, Sogecable has secured a total [...]

Plans for a $35-million American Radio Archives museum and research centre that will chronicle the development of broadcasting will be unveiled tonight in Thousand Oaks, California. But the archives’ planned centerpiece - a collection of hundreds of thousands of historic relics of early Los Angeles broadcasting - sits locked up in a Hollywood basement.
The carefully [...]

Sri Lanka’s Government Information Department has today cancelled the broadcasting licence given to the Asia Broadcasting Ltd (ABC*) for transmitting a false news item on a terrorist attack at a southern village. On Wednesday, radio stations owned by the company said that LTTE cadres had overrun Ranminithanna Village, in Thissamaharamaya, Southern Sri Lanka.
According to defence sources [...]

David de Jong reports: The president of Italian public broadcaster Rai, Claudio Petruccioli, has received a political motion of distrust from the Italian parliamentary commission (Commissione Vigilanza Rai). The motion was initially written to dismiss the complete board of Rai, but just before voting it was changed in order to dismiss only the president. The official reason for [...]

China has begun laying a $500 million fibre optic cable to the United States that will be vital in meeting booming Internet traffic between the two nations, state press reported yesterday. The “Trans Pacific Express” cable will directly link China with South Korea, Taiwan and the United States, greatly increasing Internet speeds between the regions, [...]

A new law has been proposed by Ricardo Franco Levi, undersecretary to the President of the Council in Italy, and was approved by the Council of Ministers on 12 October. The proposed law states that anyone with a blog or a website has to register it with the ROC (Registro degli Operatori della Comunicazione), a [...]

CNBC Africa programmes can be viewed free-to-air in Nairobi, Kenya, from tomorrow. A deal between the business broadcaster and Kenya’s Capital will enable the terrestrial station’s viewers to pick up the business channel 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The partnership also opens up opportunities for advertisers who want to reach an upper income target audience [...]

When I saw this headline, my mind immediately went back to the Radio Sweden Saturday Show that was very popular with shortwave (and European mediumwave) listeners in the 1970’s. For those who yearn for something similiar to the antics of “Kangaroo Kim” and Roger Wallis, we may have found something for you: every Friday, radio [...]