Posts from ‘May, 2008’

Media companies in New Zealand are resisting calls for a combined telecommunications and broadcasting commissioner to regulate the converging industries, reports the New Zealand Herald.  The review of broadcasting regulations by the Ministry of Culture has sparked ill feelings among broadcasters towards the formation of a regulator similar to Ofcom of the United Kingdom. This is the [...]

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan today unveiled the start of the government’s long-awaited road map for the economic development of the southeastern provinces on his visit to Diyarbakir. The government promises that a special TRT television channel to broadcast in Kurdish as well as Farsi and Arabic will soon materialize, with the parliament currently debating [...]

The Ministry of Information in Yemen is preparing a law allowing the broadcast of private television channels and radio stations, said the Minister of Information, Hassan al-Lawzi.  “We are currently working with the Ministries of Legal Affairs and Communications and Information Technology to issue two laws related to communications audiovisual information,” he stated.
Al-Lawzi made this announcement [...]

Text of report by website of Pakistani daily The News, part of the Jang group which owns Geo TV, on 23 May
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Thursday [22 May] clarified a story published in ‘The News’ on 22 May regarding banning of ‘Peace TV’ in Pakistan, says a press release.
PEMRA has already clarified [...]

Moscow said today that Ukraine’s plans to cut Russian TV channels from its cable television network would be a violation of the rights of millions of Russian speakers in the country. Ukraine cautioned Russia earlier this month that it could stop retranslating Russian language channels over their alleged biased coverage of “sensitive bilateral issues.” The [...]

Radio Télévision Guinéenne begins streaming its programmes on the Web from Sunday 1 June. The service will be available to computer owners for a fee of 99 euros a year. For an additional one-off charge of 149 euros, viewers can purchase a digital decoder enabling them to watch the service on their TV set. The [...]

Security has been tightened around the premises of the Malagasy state TV and radio stations following rumours that some military officers were planning to stage a coup, the independent newspaper Les Nouvelles web site reported on 27 May.
About eight armed soldiers have been deployed around the offices of the Television Malagasy (TVM) and Radio Nationale [...]

A controversy is growing over the management evaluation report on the state-run Korea Broadcasting System (KBS). The report, submitted by the KBS management evaluation committee to its board of directors, is said to carry biased contents. The report is criticized as being unfair, as it praises “Media Focus,” a much-criticized program for its biased stance [...]

The UK’s Channel 4 Radio is in talks with electronics manufacturers to create a branded plug-in DAB device that would enable mobile phone and iPod users to access digital radio. The news comes as the broadcaster prepares to launch digital station E4 Radio later this year. It is keen to develop an E4 or Channel [...]

The Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) yesterday began trial DRM digital broadcasts for listeners abroad. Presenting the project, BNR Director General Valery Todorov said “We hope to be able to attract attention to the need for more accelerated rates in joining the digital era”.
The digital trials will continue with a six-hour long mix of BNR’s three channels - Horizont, Hristo [...]

Radio Netherlands Worldwide and Radio 1, the Dutch news and information network, are cooperating to deliver a special radio service called EKfm for Dutch football supporters in Austria and Switzerland. The station will be on the air in Bern, Switzerland on 9, 13 and 17 June on 90.5 MHz. If the Dutch team proceed to [...]

A committee formed by the Ministry of Information to investigate irregularities at Radio Kuwait has recommended that the case file should be referred to the Public Prosecution, reports Al-Jareedah daily. A report submitted by the said committee stated that, as a result of the irregularities, the project to strengthen the mediumwave band at Radio Kuwait was delayed [...]

Today sees the first broadcasts of Radio Euro, which takes over from the now defunct Radio BiS. Radio Euro is the first fully multimedia radio station run by public broadcaster Polskie Radio. 
Polskie Radio Euro is to include more news services, including sports bulletins. The station also offers information on the upcoming Euro 2008 championships and ongoing [...]

The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has suspended all broadcasts by private radio stations in Malawi as riots and protests erupted in parts of the country over the arrest of former president Dr Bakili Muluzi at  Lilongwe airport after he returned from Great Britain. Mr Muluzi is accused of planning a coup d’état against incumbent President [...]

On a trip to Nigeria and Senegal at the end of May, Deutsche Welle’s Director General Erik Bettermann will be presenting a new bi-medial, educational program for young people in Sub-Saharan Africa. “Learning by Ear”, which was developed primarily with the participation of African journalists and authors of audio books, will be transmitted via radio [...]