Posts from ‘September, 2010’

A proposal made over the weekend by a Turkish journalist, suggesting the establishment of a watchdog institution to oversee the activities of print and online media, has drawn a sharp rebuke from a media organization. The Internet Media Association released a statement today saying the group is “ashamed” of Yigit Bulut, a columnist for daily [...]

BBC World Service has further expanded the availability of its live radio broadcasts via mobile phones in the United States. The extension of the BBC’s agreement with provider of mobile phone radio distribution in North America, AudioNow, means that now, in addition to BBC Arabic radio, BBC World Service’s broadcasts in English, Persian, Somali and [...]

Radio Australia’s website carries the following announcement:
On Wednesday 20 October from 0800 AEST [2100 UTC on 19 October] our Shepparton transmitter[s] will be shut down for maintenance, affecting the following services:
Indonesian
This service will not be available on 15415 kHz. You may still receive us on 5935, 11550, 15225 and 15335 kHz during this period.
English [...]

SW Radio Africa, a UK-based exile Zimbabwean radio and multimedia operation, has announced that it is to halt its SMS news service. In a message sent to users on 27 September, SW Radio Africa said: “We regret that due to lack of funding the last SMS news will be Fri 01 Oct. Service will resume [...]

The Broadcasting Service of Nigeria’s Ekiti State (BSES) will reopen for test transmission next month, said Governor Olusegun Oni, yesterday, in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. The stations will be among the projects to be commissioned by President Goodluck Jonathan during his proposed visit to the state in November.
While stressing the commitment of his administration [...]

The Rajya Sabha [Upper House Parliament of India] is likely to have an independent TV channel to broadcast its proceedings from next month’s winter session of parliament, official sources said yesterday. The sources said the proceedings will be aired by a separate channel from 7 November, the expected date for start of the winter session.
They [...]

Egyptian Information Minister Anas al-Fiqi has called on officials from Egyptian and Arab satellite channels to steer clear of issues that could be seen as inciting sectarian strife. He said that “no good can come from such incitement,” which would “only lead to the disruption of national unity.”
Mr Al-Fiqi also said that television was “no [...]

The National Council for Radio and Television in Greece is to rule within two weeks on the legitimacy of a decision by an Athens prosecutor to confiscate the transmitter of Athens International Radio (AIR), the foreign-language radio programme of the municipal Athina 98.4 station.
The station has been off the air since 16 September, after the [...]

The Iranian regime’s Minister of Intelligence has lashed out at the main opposition satellite channel for producing popular clips that ridicule the regime, according to the state-run Mehr news agency on Friday. “These satellite channels seek to hollow out the establishment from its beliefs by producing and broadcasting satires and short stories,” Heydar Moslehi said.
Some [...]

This week, a regional division of the Ministry for Regional Development and Vnesheconombank’s development corporation will open in the North Caucasus Federal District. A TV channel providing an insight into regional developments may start broadcasting in the federal district and elsewhere.
Alexander Khloponin, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy in the North Caucasus Federal District, is primarily concerned about [...]

LBA Technology has designed, built and delivered to Taiwan an advanced technology AM Triplexer system  for Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC). This is the second successful multiplexer project undertaken by the North Carolina company for the BCC.
The project is especially notable because the tower site posed an engineering challenge. The AM triplexer had to be [...]

TWR-UK has launched a new look TWR Today programme, broadcasting news and views live from its Manchester studios. The new look current affairs programme will feature a clear Christian voice speaking into an increasingly secularised world. TWR Today broadcasts live at noon on weekdays with all the latest regional, national and international events. Cutting-edge news [...]

Two Egyptian lawyers had filed a lawsuit against the government aimed at halting broadcast of a Shia channel currently carried by Egypt’s Nilesat satellite station on the pretext that the channel attacks sacred Sunni symbols,  judicial sources said on Sunday.
The sources said the two Islamist lawyers, Tarek Abu Bakr and Nizar Ghorab, had filed their [...]

Radio Netherlands Worldwide is among the winners with three English-language programmes at the prestigious New York International Television and Radio Festivals 2010. The radio documentary The Lonely Funeral was crowned with a gold medal. The radio programme The State We’re In won two awards, a silver medal for Babah’s Day In Court and a bronze [...]

Legislation establishing the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) is to be amended to make it easier for the Government to appoint a board of directors. The PBCJ has been operating without a board and a CEO for an extended period.
Minister with responsibility for information, Daryl Vaz, said the proposed amendments would be completed soon. [...]