President Nicolas Sarkozy said today that France would make it a crime to consult websites that advocate terrorism or hate crimes and would toughen a crackdown on people who went abroad for ideological indoctrination. “From now on, any person who habitually consults websites that advocate terrorism or that call for hatred and violence will be [...]
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CNN granted Finnish terrestrial TV permit
The American-based international news channel CNN will soon be available on digital terrestrial television (DVB-T) in Finland. The round-the-clock news station has, to date, been available either via cable or satellite. From next April, CNN will be available on subscription thanks to today’s government decision to grant a licence to Turner Broadcasting System Europe until [...]
Children in Sierra Leone get a “radio in a box”
The Netherlands has shipped a container with a mobile radio studio to Sierra Leone. The Radio Netherlands’ Training Centre donated the studio to War Child, an organisation that assists children and young people in war zones.
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Taiwan NCC approves satellite licence for Cite Media
The National Communications Commission (NCC) of Taiwan today approved a satellite TV licence for Cite Media Holding Group (Cite), a Taiwan-based subsidiary of the TOM media conglomerate of Hong Kong. The channel will focus on human interest programmes and information, and will be operated by Cite and China Entertainment Television Broadcast (CETV), which is registered [...]
President calls Mauritius TV ‘a tool of government’
Television in Mauritius has become nothing more than a Government tool for managing public opinion, the island republic’s president declared as he called for reform to allow the establishment of independent television broadcasters. Mauritius has three television channels, all run by by national broadcaster Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). But President Sir Aneerood Jagnauth criticised the [...]
Bangladesh to shut Facebook pages for blasphemy
A Bangladesh court today ordered authorities to shut down five Facebook pages and a website for blaspheming the Prophet Mohammed, the Koran and other religious subjects, a lawyer said. Judges at the high court in Dhaka ordered the telecommunications regulator, home ministry officials and police to block the offending pages immediately.
“These [...]
Sky reveals NOW TV brand for new internet TV service
British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) today announced that its new internet TV service, offering access to Sky content on a wide range of broadband-connected devices, will be called NOW TV. The new brand was revealed this morning by Sky’s Chief Executive, Jeremy Darroch, as he delivered the opening keynote at the Media Guardian Changing Media Summit [...]
BBC World News added to ERT digital package
The BBC has agreed a deal with ERT - the Greek public radio and broadcasting enterprise - to add its international news channel BBC World News to ERT’s digital package. The award-winning international news and information channel has been added to ERT’s digital bouquet of channels and is available as of Monday 19 March. Following [...]
Radio Seagull to use 1395 kHz in daytime from 1 April
Dutch broadcaster Radio Seagull announces on its website: “Starting Sunday April 1st 2012 Radio Seagull will be back on 1395AM. In spite of the date, this is not a joke. Every day, from 7 am ’till 7 pm (0500-1700 UTC), Radio Seagull programmes will be going out via 1395AM. From 7 pm until 7 am, [...]
Competition boosts pay TV in ME and North Africa
The social and political turmoil that has rocked the Middle East and North Africa region has resulted in liberalization measures that will open up the pay TV sector in the region, according to consultancy Digital TV Research. Digital TV penetration for the 16 countries covered in the Digital TV Middle East & North Africa report [...]
Azerbaijan to ban foreign language TV from 1 May
A ban on the broadcast of foreign language television programmes imposed by Azerbaijan’s National Television and Radio Council (NTRC) will come into force on 1 May. According to Times.am, foreign movies will be exempt from the ban. The council’s chairman Nushiravan Maharramli told the Azerbaijani Press Agency (APA), dubbing must become a greater focus for [...]
TDM to broadcast Portuguese programmes on CRI
Teledifusão de Macau (TDM) will broadcast some of its Portuguese radio programmes via China Radio International (CRI). A TDM official stressed that their editorial authority and expression of freedom would not be sacrificed for the programmes to be broadcast on CRI. The two sides signed a cooperation protocol yesterday in Zhuhai, allowing TDM to broadcast [...]
Dutch company to set up ISP in South Sudan
The Dutch telecommunication company INISI bv has promised to establish an Internet Service Provider (ISP) in South Sudan. This was announced on Tuesday by the director of the company, Erik-Jan Klijn, after a consultative meeting with the Minister for Information and Broadcasting Hon Dr Barnaba Marial Benjamin.
The minister welcomed the idea saying the government of [...]
US military rapidly boosting cyber abilities - general
The US military’s ability to detect and identify attackers in cyberspace is improving rapidly but is still being outstripped by the growing number of threats, the head of the US Cyber Command said on Tuesday. General Keith Alexander told a House of Representatives panel that “the risks that face our country are growing faster than [...]
VoR wins Turkey Journalism Association award
The Voice of Russia (VoR) has received the annual award of the Turkey Journalism Association. This year the award went to the Evening Mail programme with Atilla Guner as the best news programme. Voice of Russia programmes are broadcast in the FM band to Ankara, Istanbul, Antalya, Izmir and other Turkish cities 24 hours a [...]
