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		<title>Chines media hit out at Google</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chinese media unleashed a torrent of criticism against Google today following reports it would leave the country, with state news agency Xinhua alleging the company was linked to US intelligence. The comments were the latest in a series of angry exchanges sparked by the row over the Internet giant&#8217;s complaints of cyber hacking and censorship [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/chines-media-hit-out-at-google</link>
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		<title>EU ready to act on Iran satellite jamming - draft</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Union plans to take action against Iran for its jamming of European satellite broadcasts, according to a draft statement by EU foreign ministers ahead of a meeting on Monday. The statement, obtained by Reuters, follows talks among EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton and the foreign ministers of Britain, Germany and France on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/eu-ready-to-act-on-iran-satellite-jamming-draft</link>
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		<title>PM says Ethiopia plans to jam VOA broadcasts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ethiopia is preparing to jam the Amharic-language broadcasts of the Voice of America, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi declared on Thursday in a press briefing with international media correspondents based in the capital, Addis Ababa. The prime minister accused VOA’s Amharic service of “engaging in destabilizing propaganda,” comparing it to Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/pm-says-ethiopia-plans-to-jam-voa-broadcasts</link>
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		<title>US imposes sanctions against Hamas TV station in Gaza</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The US Treasury imposed sanctions today against two firms in Gaza - Islamic National Bank and Al-Aqsa Television - for their ties to the ruling Hamas movement. The Treasury said the sanctions prohibit Americans from transactions with the entities and seek to freeze any assets they may have under US jurisdiction. The Treasury lists Hamas, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/us-imposes-sanctions-against-hamas-tv-station-in-gaza</link>
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		<title>BBC DJ who championed world music dies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tributes were paid today to Charlie Gillett, a British radio presenter who championed world music, a day after his death aged 68. During a long career on the BBC World Service and elsewhere he was known for championing world music artists including Youssou N&#8217;Dour, Salif Keita and Portuguese fado singer Mariza.
&#8220;His broadcasts brought together music [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/bbc-dj-who-championed-world-music-dies</link>
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		<title>Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations establishes secretariat in Bulawayo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (ZACRAS) has announced the establishment of a secretariat in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe to spearheard specific advocacy and lobby activities aimed at establishing community radios stations in the country. It noted with concern that Zimbabwe is the only country with no community radio stations functioning and believes that this has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/zimbabwe-association-of-community-radio-stations-establishes-secretariat-in-bulawayo</link>
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		<title>Google, Intel, Sony team up on Google TV platform: NY Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google and Intel have teamed up with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Internet to a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes, The New York Times said yesterday. The newspaper said that Google has built a prototype TV set-top box, but the Web-enabling technology may be incorporated directly into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/google-intel-sony-team-up-on-google-tv-platform-ny-times</link>
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		<title>Digiturk renews Eutelsat contract until 2021</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eutelsat Communications and Digiturk, Turkey’s leading pay-TV platform, today announced the signature of a major agreement for the lease renewal of 12 transponders until 2021 at Eutelsat’s 7° East video neighbourhood occupied by its W3A satellite.
The Digiturk platform was launched in 2000 at 7° East and currently comprises more than 170 television channels, of which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/digiturk-renews-eutelsat-contract-until-2021</link>
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		<title>WBU-ISOG honoured for fighting satellite interference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A group established by the world’s broadcasting unions has been honoured for its work to reduce the problem of interference to broadcasters’ satellite signals. The World Broadcasting Unions International Satellite Operations Group (WBU-ISOG) received an industry innovators award this week from the Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI).
WBU-ISOG was jointly honoured with the Satellite Users [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/wbu-isog-honoured-for-fighting-satellite-interference</link>
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		<title>Eutelsat lodges complaints over Iranian jamming of satellite signals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Text of press release by the European satellite organization Eutelsat on 17 March 
Eutelsat wishes to give the following clarification regarding the transmission via its satellites of BBC Persian and Voice of America in Persian, which are the target of repeated and deliberate jamming operations:
1. Eutelsat continually carries out technical operations aiming to preserve transmission [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/eutelsat-lodges-complaints-over-iranian-jamming-of-satellite-signals</link>
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