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		<title>Ukraine to use DRM to continue national MW b&#8217;casts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Radio Company of Ukraine (NRCU) plans to continue  broadcasting on mediumwave with the help of DRM transmitters. Two  channels of Ukrainian radio will go on broadcasting on mediumwave with  new DRM digital radio transmitters; this was stated by the Chairman of  the State committee for television and radio broadcasting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU - public policy has to remain neutral to technological solutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission has said that the future of radio distribution  will be multi-platform and public policy has to remain both neutral in  terms of technological solutions and sufficiently flexible to adapt to  future evolutions. This has emerged from the response of European  Commission to the letter sent by The Community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Files on Australia Network kept secret</title>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/files-on-australia-network-kept-secret</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia&#8217;s federal government has refused to release documents on the abandoned tender for the Australia Network under Freedom of Information laws, citing the integrity of the tender process, despite the responsible minister calling it &#8220;compromised&#8221;. The tender for the soft diplomacy broadcasting service is believed to have been scuttled by leaks from the government.
After two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi government trashes Press Freedom index report</title>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/malawi-government-trashes-press-freedom-index-report</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Malawi government has disputed a report released recently by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), arguing that Malawi’s poor showing on the Press Freedom Index was based on inappropriate criteria. The Worldwide Press Freedom ranking for 2011-2012 has listed Malawi as one of the worst countries in the world in promoting press freedom. The study shows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanon cable providers drop Al Jazeera in fees dispute</title>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/lebanon-cable-providers-drop-al-jazeera-in-fees-dispute</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most Lebanese cable providers stopped broadcasting Al Jazeera channels earlier this week to protest the Qatari corporation’s demand for new fees from local cable providers. The popular news broadcaster was taken off the air on Tuesday and all Al Jazeera channels on televisions in Beirut, Mount Lebanon, Kesrouan and the north were replaced by a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCTV America starts programming from Washington</title>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/cctv-america-starts-programming-from-washington</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Sennitt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CCTV America launched this week. CCTV America represents the latest initiative in China Central Television&#8217;s (CCTV) effort to grow its English language news channel for a global audience seeking diversified perspectives on significant global issues. CCTV America&#8217;s programming aims to inform, engage, and provide debate on a range of issues of relevance to American and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radio Pakistan inaugurates 100 kW MW tr at Turbat</title>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/radio-pakistan-inaugurates-100-kw-mw-tr-at-tarbat</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pakistan Information Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan and Senator Ismail Buledi inaugurated a 100 KW high power mediumwave transmitter of Radio Pakistan Turbat on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion‚ the Information Minister - who was in Karachi due to a technical problem with the aircraft that was due to take her to Turbat - said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taiwan NCC plans new terrestrial TV licences</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Sennitt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Taiwan&#8217;s National Communications Commission (NCC) said today it is planning to issue two new terrestrial television licences, adding it would soon host a hearing on the new policy.
Commission spokesperson Chen Jeng-chang said the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, which is in charge of planning the use of the nation’s broadcasting spectrum, had indicated earlier that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most TV sets in Azerbaijan not ready for digital</title>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/most-tv-sets-in-azerbaijan-not-ready-for-digital</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over 50% of the TV sets used by the Azerbaijani population are not ready for the reception of digital signals. The Communication and Information Technologies Ministry has stressed that in order to make use of digital broadcasting services, it&#8217;s necessary to purchase a digital decoder, the cost of which is about $30-35, and locally produced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHK World Radio Japan to live stream its programmes</title>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/nhk-world-radio-japan-to-live-stream-its-programmes</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NHK World Radio Japan will start live streaming via its website in all 18 languages in which it broadcasts, enabling listeners to enjoy powerful programmes and latest news from Japan. The live streaming is offered in Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Japanese, Indonesian, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Urdu and Vietnamese.
The [...]]]></description>
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