Posts from ‘August, 2010’

Chinese Ambassador to Iran Xie Xiaoyan voiced his country’s readiness to develop cultural and media cooperation with Iran in all fields. In a meeting with the Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Ezatollah Zarghami, he described Iran-China ties as historical and said that the Chinese government and nation are both keen on developing [...]

Maldives Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) today filed a lawsuit in Civil Court against the Finance Ministry to procure assets, money, and employees of Television Maldives (TVM) and Voice of Maldives (VOM), now rebranded to MNBC One and Raajje Radio. In a news conference this afternoon, Chairperson Ibrahim Umar Manik said the company took the matter to [...]

Al Shabab militants this week took control of Holy Qur’an Radio, a private FM station based in Mogadishu. Earlier this year Al Shabab militia also looted a transmitter and other radio equipment belonging to Somaliweyn, a private media based in Mogadishu and installed the same equipment in Elbur, a district in central [...]

Radio/TV Martí director Pedro Roig resigned yesterday after more than seven years at the head of the US government stations that broadcast to Cuba. “We have, most certainly, achieved the goals of bringing the news and information denied by the communist regime to the Cuban people,” Roig, a 69-year-old lawyer, wrote in his resignation letter.
The [...]

A car bomb exploded early today outside the local affiliate of Televisa TV network in the northeastern city Ciudad Victoria, with no casualties, military officials and the network said. The car bomb detonated at 0518 UTC, slightly after midnight.
“Fortunately none of our colleagues were wounded,” said Carlos Loret de Mola, the host of the Televisa [...]

BBC Radio Ulster listeners may be used to driving along to the sounds of Hugo Duncan’s popular afternoon programme, but they can now enjoy hearing the presenter keep them on the right path any time of the day by downloading the unique voice of Uncle Hugo to their SatNav system. From today, listeners can get [...]

Text of press release issued by Geneva-based International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on 25 August

Geneva: ITU is proud to announce that the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste has become the Union’s 192nd member state, effective from 24 August 2010.
The country, which gained its independence on May 20, 2002 to become the 21st century’s first new sovereign state, [...]

Marko Filli has been named as the new Director-General of Slovenian Radio and Television. Mr Filli began his career 15 years ago in the Technical department of the regional radio and television centre, Koper-Capodistria, where he later became head of the radio production unit.
At RTV Slovenia he was initially responsible for the digitization of the [...]

People-related issues are the biggest challenge when digitalising a newsroom, a top Singapore broadcaster has said. Shaun Seow, MediaCorp’s Deputy CEO (News, Radio, Print, Interactive), said the company had planned its digital path for years, and implemented the change in stages. The entire exercise had taken several years.
“More than financials and technology, the biggest challenge [...]

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Finnish national broadcaster YLE, Kari Neilimo, says that the public broadcaster could be broken up in order to improve productivity. He told the publication Nykypäivä that more productivity is needed to make up for YLE’s 25 million euro budget shortfall and that transforming the company into a [...]

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ASCAP)/Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Roadshow on Emergency Warning Broadcasting Systems (EWBS) Implementation has adopted a draft recommendation on EWBS Implementation, Coordination and Disaster Relief efforts in the Asia-Pacific region. Held for the first time, the two-day workshop ended in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.
In [...]

Vietnam’s state broadcaster Radio, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) and the Voice of Russia have agreed to enhance cooperation in the field of radio and broadcasting and multimedia services, VOV News reports. The agreement was signed in Moscow by VOV’s Deputy General Director Hoang Minh Nguyet, and Vice-President of the Russian Federal National Broadcasting Corporation [...]

The US group Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), a division of Time Warner, today announced the purchase of the private television channel Chilevisión, owned by Chilean President Sebastián Piñera.
“Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) has reached an agreement to purchase Chilevisión, Chile’s most profitable broadcast channel and one of the leading channels in audience and in industry ratings,” [...]

The output of Russian number station UVB-76 has increased dramatically over the past week or so. The station, which broadcasts from near Povarovo [on 4625 kHz AM with suppressed lower sideband], is known as “The Buzzer” by its listeners because of the short, monotonous buzz tone that it normally plays 21 to 34 times per minute. [...]

Irish public broadcaster RTÉ has published details of its worldwide coverage of the All Ireland Finals on 5 and 19 September 2010:
Britain: Across most of Britain, listeners can receive coverage on Long Wave 252 kHz. In addition RTÉ Radio 1 is available on the UK free to air satellite platform Freesat on channel 750.
Worldwide: Across [...]