Posts from ‘March, 2011’

Media practitioners in the East African Region have called for the establishment of television and radio stations in Arusha to cater for the entire East African Community (EAC). It was among the recommendations that summed up the fourth East African Media Summit which was recently held at the Tsavo hall of the Hilton hotel in [...]

Mats Svegfors, Director General of Swedish Radio, and SR’s Deputy Director General Cilla Benkö have published an interactive book online entitled Journalism 3.0 - Media Ecology and the Future. “Welcome to a book that we hope you will write together with us!” the authors write in their preface, speaking of the “chaotic media reality” of [...]

Radio Station Belarus says on its website that its programmes in French are now broadcast every Saturday and Sunday at 1940 UTC, while the weekly programme in Spanish continues to be broadcast at 2000 UTC on Sundays.
(Source: Radio Station Belarus)
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For the first time in its history, Libya is getting its own independent satellite channel. A group of Libyans from abroad and inside the country is setting up the new station to broadcast news and commentary about Libya for a Libyan audience, with the aim of countering Libyan state propaganda and promoting dialogue about the [...]

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said Sunday that al Qaeda militants have seized control of a weapons factory, Presidential Palace and a state radio station in Yemen’ southern province of Abyan. The president, facing massive street protests across the country demanding an end to his 33-year rule, made the remarks in a meeting that aired [...]

Kiribati’s state radio, a division of the Broadcasting and Publications Authority, began broadcasting today on a new frequency of 1440 kHz, thanks to a grant of almost AU$137,000 from the government of Taiwan. The new frequency replaces 846KkHz which has been used since independence.
General manager of BPA, Betarim Rimon, told the national paper, Te Uekera, [...]

Russia has followed in the footsteps of France and Germany, who have a joint TV network Arte, and launched a special digital TV channel Theatre to promote contemporary dramatic art. The new channel begins transmission today, on World Theatre Day.
At first the newly launched channel will be available on the web only in Moscow and [...]

Russians set their clocks one hour forward in the early hours of this morning, and in so doing put an end to the 30-year old tradition of moving clock hands one hour forward in spring, and one hour backward in autumn, says the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. He argued that this would [...]

MDC MPs in Zimbabwe have expressed outrage at the continued delays by the government in issuing broadcasting licences to private players at a time when President Robert Mugabe has tightened his grip on the state-run ZBC. Member of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Communications, Edward Msumbu (MDC-T, Norton) said he did not believe that Zanu (PF)’s [...]

Pakistan’s Ambassador to China, Masood Khan who was associated with Radio Pakistan before joining the Foreign Service said that his visit to China Radio International (CRI) has always revived the sweet memories of his association with radio. “Yes, I have been here (CRI) a couple of times. It is a very good organization. I have [...]

The Dutch radio market shares for Jan/Feb 2011 were published this week. These are the first figures for 2011 which don’t include the Christmas period when some stations boosted their shares with special programming. For example, Radio 2 has gone back to its ‘normal’ share after playing the Top 2000 in the weeks leading up [...]

A special radio service for Sri Lanka’s fishing community will be launched today by the President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the opening ceremony of the state-of-the-art fish trade center at Peliyagoda on the outskirts of Colombo city. The radio service, named Sayura (ocean) FM, will cater for the working fishing community from 12 midnight to 4am [...]

Relentless jamming by President Robert Mugabe’s forces is depriving Zimbabweans of a wide array of free entertainment sources provided by foreign governments. Music and soccer have become the latest battlefronts, with talented musicians forced to sing praises of Mugabe while footballers play in tournaments named after him. But the latest deployment of Chinese-made jamming has [...]

The Executive Yuan of the Taiwan government today approved a draft amendment to a radio and television law that regulates investments by the government, political parties, and state-funded foundations in the country’s broadcast media. According to the draft amendment, the government and political parties are prohibited from making direct investments in radio and television companies. [...]

Yemen said today it evicted Al-Jazeera, which gives extensive coverage of Arab revolts, after it said footage of torture in an Iraqi jail was broadcast as having been filmed in the Arabian peninsula state. The closure of the Arab news channel’s offices in Sanaa on Wednesday was the result of “false information and the broadcast [...]