Posts from ‘December, 2009’

The Korea Communications Commission will consider allowing terrestrial broadcasters to broadcast around the clock and test 3-D terrestrial broadcasting next year. These and other plans were revealed in the KCC’s 2010 operations report to President Lee Myung-bak yesterday. Terrestrial broadcasters’ operating hours, are at present limited from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. the next day.
The [...]

The website of Radio France International (RFI) carries the following announcement:
Since 14 December RFI has been available in ten languages by telephone in France. You can now hear our news bulletins in English by dialling 3233 then dialling 734. Alternatively, you can dial 3223 and say “RFI”, but you have to pronounce it the French [...]

For the first time, BBC One Scotland’s Hogmanay Live show will be available across the world. Nobody does Hogmanay like the Scots and now Scots, and people from all nationalities across the UK and around the world, can tune in to celebrate with Scotland.
Hogmanay Live 2009 goes out on BBC One Scotland on Thursday 31 [...]

BBC Persian television is continuing to broadcast into Iran despite attempts to jam the station’s signal. The persistent interference began soon after BBC Persian began extended coverage of the death of leading reformist cleric Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri.
This includes the first airing of an exclusive interview with the grand ayatollah which was filmed before [...]

RTBF International has confirmed that its shortwave transmissions [currently on 9970 kHz] will cease as of 2215 UTC on 31 December. Transmissions will continue on the mediumwave transmitter in Belgium on 621 kHz, on FM 99.2 MHz in Kinshasa, and via the AB3 satellite in Africa. It’s not clear if the station will continue to [...]

A new journal which aims to bring together academics, broadcasters and policy-makers, and share experiences about the analogue to digital transition internationally, has been launched. Called the International Journal of Digital Television, the publication contains national case studies of digital switchovers, and comparative analyses of experiences in different countries.
The journal is published by Intellect Journals [...]

The Dutch radio listening figures for October/November 2009 were published today by research bureau Intomart GfK. These figures would normally have been published on Thursday, but were brought forward three days because of Christmas. There is very little change from the Sept/Oct figures, though it’s worth noting that the top five stations all saw a [...]

Text of report by French news agency AFP
Paris, 21 December 2009: Broadcasts on France Info and France Inter radio stations were disrupted on Monday morning [21 December] because of a strike by some of their technical staff.
On its website, France Info said it was not “able to broadcast all its usual programmes” because “some technical [...]

Citadel Broadcasting Corp, the third-largest US radio broadcaster, said yesterday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection, as the radio industry continues to be hard hit by depressed advertising revenue. Citadel, whose network consists of 165 FM stations and 58 AM stations, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection under a prenegotiated deal with more than [...]

Digital terrestrial television broadcasting coverage in Hong Kong will extend to 85% of the population from 75% by the end of the year, the Commerce & Economic Development Bureau says.  When the two free-to-air broadcasters complete the five extra fill-in transmitting stations, 700,000 more people will be able to enjoy digital TV broadcasting.
The new stations [...]

Bozena Szydlowska from Poland’s Civic Platform has filed a motion at the Culture Ministry to promote Polish TV and film productions, instead of foreign movies and TV series. The MP is also working on a bill which will favour Polish films. “Polish artists are often underestimated. Their films are shown often late at night or [...]

The Kenya Broadcasting Corporation is set to launch three vernacular FM stations in Kisumu to cater for the Luhya, Kisii and Luo communities in its bid to give Kenyans timely and rich educational and entertainment content. Speaking in Kisumu, the corporation managing director David Waweru also said digital broadcasting services will soon be launched in [...]

The General Corporation for Television and Radio in Yemen has finished a project of setting up of 12 FM radio FM stations. The project - ten stations for the general programmes and two stations for Mareb and Shabwah local radios- was implemented by the corporation in cooperation with a German company.
In his statement to Saba, [...]

The Hindu Business Line reports signals indicating that the troubled digital satellite radio broadcasting company WorldSpace Inc may fold up its India operations too.
Though the company’s Asia operations head, Mr M Sebastian, is not available for comment, sources close to the development say he has already put in his papers, and employees are believed to [...]

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution critical of what it calls the deterioration of media freedom in Azerbaijan. The vote, by a show of hands, followed a parliamentary debate on freedom of expression in Azerbaijan.
The resolution, put forward by MEPs including former Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis, criticized the jailing of opposition journalists such as [...]