Posts from ‘June, 2009’

Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets holding separate protests to support and condemn private TV station Globovisión, which leftist President Hugo Chavez has threatened to shut down. Protesters aligned with the opposition called for “defending access to information” and denounced “the persecution against Globovisión that seeks to close it permanently” in a statement read [...]

The US Senate on Thursday approved the Obama administration’s nomination of Julius Genachowski, a telecommunications industry executive, to head the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Mr Genachowski is set to chair the five-member panel that will be dominated by Democrats.
The Senate also approved renewing the FCC term for Republican Robert McDowell. On Thursday the White House [...]

Russia plans to increase investment in mining, construction and space communications projects in Angola, a joint statement by the two countries’ presidents said following talks. During the talks, a contract was signed to create the Angosat communications and broadcasting satellite.
(Source: RIA-Novosti)
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The media regulation bodies of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) and the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) have signed an agreement on the control of political propaganda programmes. The agencies signed a commitment not to allow any of their media to advertise political propaganda programmes from either of their countries for any politicians. The signing [...]

A fire which broke out at the Voice of Maldives (VoM) building in Henveiru district where the radio station’s transmitters are kept, has caused a nationwide disruption to the service. The interruption to VoM’s AM frequency [1449 kHz] was caused early on Friday morning.
The Director General of VoM, Badhuru Naseer, said that according to the [...]

Europe’s public service broadcasters today called on Iran to remove all obstacles to journalists working in that country and to respect the right to freedom of speech as embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. “We are gravely concerned about the safety of journalists in Iran,” the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said in a statement adopted [...]

The number of mobile television viewers in South Korea has now reached 22 million, according to the latest figures by wireless carriers, as digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) functions have become conventional in mobile handsets. Despite the growing audience, however, a sustainable business model remains elusive for television operators who are reeling from declining average revenue [...]

The government in Kigali could consider indefinitely suspending the BBC Kinyarwanda programmes if the broadcaster’s editorial managers do not change their attitude, Louise Mushikiwabo, Rwanda’s Minister of Information Minister, has said. Ms Mushikiwabo who is also the government’s spokesperson, told Kenya’s Daily Nation that the BBC made a strong commitment to make sure the programmes’ [...]

Portugal’s government will not let Portugal Telecom (PT) buy a stake in the country’s leading television station as it does not want suspicions of editorial interference, Prime Minister Jose Socrates said today. Mr Socrates said the government, which has a veto right on major decisions by PT through a golden share in the company, had [...]

The current Broadcasting Act in South Africa is to be amended in order to strengthen governance at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), says Communications Minister, General Simphiwe Nyanda. Delivering his Budget Vote in Parliament on Tuesday, Mr Nyanda said the amendment will be done in consultation with all the relevant stakeholders.
“I have looked at [...]

Our Bonaire relay station will be carrying out some test transmissions for Family Radio commencing tomorrow, and continuing for a maximum of two weeks. The test transmissions will carry Family Radio’s English programming. Details are as follows:

2229-0100 UTC to Brazil on 15315 kHz (beam 133 degrees) commencing Friday 26 June.
0001-0158 UTC to SAMw on 15580 kHz (beam [...]

Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) will receive additional resources to expand critical radio broadcasts to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region as part of the $106 billion emergency war bill signed today.
With the exception of VOA’s Radio Deewa, little independent news and information is available in the volatile border region. Extremist radio [...]

Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (ZBH) intends to introduce a second television channel that will initially transmit within a 60 km radius of Harare. ZBH Chief Executive Happison Muchechetere explained that the organization intends to introduce the channel in August. “We will start with Harare, then Bulawayo and extend it to other cities,” said Mr Muchechetere.
Chairperson of [...]

International Radio Serbia and China Radio International have signed a cooperation agreement which envisages the exchange of programme packages between the two national stations that have similar conceptual programmes, and they both broadcast on shortwave, satellite and Internet.
Director of nternational Radio Serbia Milena Jokic has pointed that the China Radio International is a media giant and [...]

The Dutch radio listening figures for April/May 2009 were released this morning by research bureau Intomart GfK.  The big winner this time is 100%NL, which has gained an impressive 0.6 percent to reach a 3.7 percent market share. The station has just published the first edition of its new glossy magazine for young women, which will [...]