Posts from ‘January, 2010’

The BBC has released a collection of archive material about Lord Haw Haw’s wartime broadcasts from Nazi Germany. I am pleased to report that this material is available worldwide, unlike some other archive material which is restricted to the UK. The collection contains a 37-minute feature first broadcast in 1940 called ‘The Ear of Britain’ [...]

Iran has hacked the website of the Persian language, Amsterdam-based Radio Zamaneh, Fars News Agency reported on 31 January. Zamaneh’s website has been hacked by Iran’s Cyber Army which according to Fars became active following the post-election incidents in Iran. The Cyber Army has posted this message on Zamaneh’s website: “Iran’s Cyber Army warns all [...]

Head of the Georgian Public Broadcaster, Gia Chanturia, is in Paris trying to convince Europe’s leading satellite operator, Eutelsat, to continue hosting Georgia’s Russian-language First Caucasian Channel. The First Caucasian Channel was launched early this month, initially on Internet and it became available on satellite on 15 January.
For less than two weeks the channel was [...]

Corus Entertainment has closed two AM radio stations in Montreal after failing to make them profitable. AM Info690 Montréal and AM940 Montreal’s Greatest Hits will ceased operation last night at 7 pm local time. The Info690 Montréal newsroom, known as CorusNouvelles, will continue its activities as part of 98.5 FM Montréal. The majority of journalist [...]

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams said today he had been told that his microblogging service has been  partially blocked in China but had no confirmation. “That’s what I’ve been told,” he told AFP, adding that he had “heard reports on that” but that the company did not have direct confirmation.
Mr Williams said that China can use [...]

Radio Prague has published its new shortwave schedule effective on Monday 1 February. It’s as follows (all times UTC):
Czech
0930–0957     11600   SW Europe
1030–1057     21745   W Africa
1200–1227     9880     N Europe
1330–1357     6055     C Europe
1630–1657     5930     W Europe
1830–1857     5930     W Europe
2030–2057     5930     W Europe
2200–2227     5930 [...]

Conny van den Bor writes: Radio Netherlands Worldwide is the first Dutch broadcaster to collaborate with the new internet platform VJ Movement. The platform is home to short documentaries by video journalists from across the globe. One of the people behind the initiative is former correspondent Thomas Loudon.
VJ Movement wants to give a voice to [...]

As Vancouver prepares to welcome the world, AM 650 prepares to welcome Russia’s Autoradio to its airwaves. From February 12 to 28, Russia’s leading music station, Autoradio, will be broadcasting live from Vancouver’s “all-time favourites” AM 650.

Read the story at broadcastermagazine.com

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The Dutch radio stations that lost their satellite service when the Eutelsat W2 satellite failed on Wednesday evening are back on the air from a different satellite, one of two that Eutelsat has maneuvered to 16 degrees East. In fact, a combination of three other satellites is being used by Eutelsat as an interim solution. [...]

The complete digitalisation of broadcasting services of Doordarshan, All India Radio and cable services is planned for a complete switchover by 2017. Inaugurating the BES EXPO 2010, the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni emphasised that the government is committed to digitalisation of Doordarshan network to improve the viewing experience.
“While India has yet not [...]

South Korea will offer a hit TV series free to 81 countries as part of efforts to spread the ‘Korean Wave’ of popular culture, a state agency said today, AFP reports. ‘Brilliant Legacy’, a domestic sensation last year, will be available free in Europe, Central Asia, Africa, America and Oceania, said the Korea Foundation for [...]

China’s state-owned mobile TV service provider, China Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has announced that the encryption operation of mobile TV service has been officially made available in 280 cities in China’s 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. This marks the establishment of the world’s largest mobile multimedia broadcasting network.
China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) is a new [...]

British Sky Broadcasting has announced that it will launch Sky 3D, Europe’s first dedicated 3D TV channel, this April. As part of the final preparations for this ground-breaking launch, Sky will preview the new service with a world first this Sunday (31 January), becoming the first TV company anywhere to broadcast a live 3D TV [...]

Spacecom, the Amos satellite fleet operator, today announced that the Amos-5i satellite has reached its 17 degrees East orbital position and has begun commercial service. With clients from Africa, Europe and the Middle East already on board, the Amos-5i satellite enables Spacecom to start serving the growing African market with C-band and Ku-band capacity. Amos-5i [...]

ITV, Britain’s biggest commercial free-to-air broadcaster, has appointed Adam Crozier, the boss of Royal Mail and a former head of the English Football Association, as its new chief executive, it said today. Mr Crozier, who has previously worked in advertising as the UK head of Saatchi & Saatchi but not in broadcasting, will join later [...]