Posts from ‘April, 2009’

Text of report by French news agency AFP
Paris, 24 April 2009: French publicly-owned international news channel France 24 is to offer 10 hours’ broadcasting a day in Arabic as of 28 April rather than the four hours currently on offer, AFP learnt from the channel on Friday [24 April].
The channel said that the increase in [...]

Amnesty International has called on NATO to launch a “war crimes” investigation into its 1999 air strike on a Serbian television building that killed 16 media workers. ”Ten years after NATO forces bombed the Serbian state television and radio building in Belgrade, no one has been brought to justice for this serious violation of international humanitarian law,” [...]

BBC Afrique is celebrating the launch of BBC 90.2 FM in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, with special programming, events and training courses for local broadcasters.
On Friday 24 April 2009, a special day of programmes and features, dedicated to the Central African Republic, will be broadcast from Bangui. The morning and evening [...]

TDF will perform DRM transmissions to Mexico City from Montsinery on 23 and 24 April as follows:

17545 kHz: 1359-1558 UTC
21620 kHz: 1559-2058 UTC
17545 kHz: 2059-2258 UTC
15525 kHz: 2259-0050 UTC

Transmitter =  150 kW RMS
Antenna = AHR 4/4
Azimuth = 292°
Modulation = RFI
Label = < TDF Montsinery >
(Source: TDF via DRM software radio forums)
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The Azerbaijani service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has begun broadcasting via Turksat in a bid to circumvent Azerbaijan’s ban on domestic FM broadcasts by foreign-owned radio stations. Radio Azadliq (Radio Liberty) and the Voice of America will share a 24-hour broadcasting slot on Turksat, the station announced on 17 April.
News programmes from Radio Azadliq [...]

Research bureau Intomart GfK has today published the Dutch radio listening figures for the period February/March 2009.  The figures are based on the listening diaries of 9612 respondents aged 10 years and over, covering the period 0700-2400.
The headline news is that Radio 538 has regained the number one position from Radio 2. The commercial station added [...]

The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has confirmed the decision of Boxer DTT Limited (‘Boxer’) to withdraw its applications for the three DTT Multiplex Contracts.  Boxer has cited prevailing and anticipated economic circumstances, in addition to challenges in successfully concluding a contract with RTÉ Networks Limited, to the satisfaction of both parties, for the provision of [...]

Polish Radio management have decided not to renew the contract with TP EmiTel to broadcast on longwave 198 kHz from Warsaw/Raszyn. This decision has been made because of the financial difficulties of Polish Radio. The contract will expire from the beginning of August. This means Radio Parliament will disappear, as will the longwave transmissions of the Polish Radio External Service, [...]

Poland’s National Council of Broadcasting and Television has granted new concessions for Polish mediumwave company Your District Radio:
Lesser Poland Voivodeship:
Krakow - Twoje Radio Wawel - 1602 kHz - 0.8 kW
Lubusz Voivodeship:
Gorzow Wlkp.- Twoje Radio Gorzow - 1602 kHz - 0.8 kW
Zielona Gora - Twoje Radio Zielona G.- 1485 kHz - 0.8 kW
Lublin Voivodeship:
Zamosc - Twoje Radio [...]

Reporters Without Borders has condemned an order issued by Togo’s High Council for Broadcasting and Communication (HAAC) on 17 April banning all radio and TV programmes in which the public is allowed to express its views. The ban, prompted by comments made on the air about the arrest of the president’s brother arrest on 15 April, [...]

A demonstration in Madagascar last night against the closure of two radio stations and a TV station close to desposed President Marc Ravalomanana led to fatal clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters. Two people died and 13 were wounded. Further protests are expected today.
Protestors took to the streets after the armed forces confiscated the broadcasting equipment of [...]

SES Astra has entered into a partnership with the Arab satellite operator Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) to create a new company operating under the YahLive brand that will offer Direct-to-Home (DTH) television capacity and services to more than two dozen countries in the Middle East, North Africa and South West Asia, a large [...]

US technology titan Adobe said yesterday its Flash platform commonly used to view online video will be built into Internet-linked television sets, set-top boxes and Blu-ray players. The move adds momentum to a trend toward streaming video from YouTube, Hulu, Netflix and other websites directly to television sets instead of to home computers.
“Adobe Flash Platform for [...]

NASA is planning to celebrate Earth Day on Wednesday by broadcasting high-definition images of the planet taken from the International Space Station. The US space agency said yesterday it will broadcast its high definition feed on NASA TV and on its website. The broadcasts are part of several NASA activities aimed to raise awareness of global climate issues [...]

Private Japanese satellite operator, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation has chosen Arianespace, to launch its new JCSAT-13 communications satellite. The new contract is the seventh signed in 2009 by Arianespace with major satellite operators.
In a statement today, Arianespace chairman and chief executive officer, Jean-Yves Le Gal said the JCSAT-13 would be launched by an Arianespace 5 [...]