Archive for the ‘Public Service Media’ Category
Monday, November 12th, 2007
The 'he said/she said' model of journalism is frequently problematic, reducing complex issues to two 'sides' and often unduly elevating a marginal or rogue opinion to parity with broad informed consensus. Sometimes, however, it can be rather helpful, and I think that this example from the BBC shows that in action. ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
I recently got a mail calling for proposals for a symposium on "Media | Literacy | Education" to take place 3rd November in Dublin. Proposals are due by 28th September:We are specifically looking for people to contribute to A) parallel breakout sessions and B) general assembly presentations.
The facilitated parallel breakout sessions ...
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Monday, September 10th, 2007
Interesting news from Enda O'Kane, letting me know of some new DRM tests being conducted by RTE on the 252kHz wavelength:This broadcast will also be available at the IFA Show Amsterdam and is part of a 24hr trial. RTE has carried out digital trials over the past month on Longwave 252 kHz.These ...
Posted in Citizenship, migration, race, and ethnicity, Digital Audio, Public Service Media, Radio | 1 Comment »
Friday, September 7th, 2007
It's always interesting to consider the difference in scale between the costs of radio and television programming. Today the BCI announced €8.7m in funding for television programming, spread across 54 projects (out of 121 applications). With over €150k on average being provided for each project, one of the figures released by ...
Posted in Alternative Media, Citizenship, migration, race, and ethnicity, Media regulation, Public Service Media, Radio, Society and culture | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Meant to post this previously, but I've been somewhat distracted recently. Anyhow, the BCI recently announced the latest round of Sound and Vision funding for Irish radio, and there was good news for Flirt FM, with two projects getting a total of €13,950 - including funding for a project by my ...
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Community radio returns to Brattleboro with the launch of WVEW, serving southern Vermont (this time it's FCC-approved).Chef Ra, long-time WEFT DJ (Champaign, IL), and High Times columnist, has passed away. May he rest in peace.Meanwhile, a year-end review of the activities of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India ...
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Monday, November 27th, 2006
A row between Rwanda and FranceRwanda severed diplomatic ties with France on Friday after a French judge implicated President Paul Kagame in the assassination of his predecessor.has had some fall-out for Radio France International, which has been banned from broadcasting (FM) signals to Rwanda by the Rwandan government. "What?", you ...
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Friday, October 6th, 2006
A new Broadcasting Bill is currently being considered in Ireland, and a number of issues bear comment: The Oireachtas committee dealing with the Bill mandated an internet-based consulatation. Unfortunately, I was travelling when I became aware of the process, and though I registered, I wasn't able to set aside time to ...
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
It's been a little while since I've given an update on Irish digital radio, and there's a variety of items that should be of interest to readers (and thanks to Enda O'Kane for drawing my attention to most of them).
Jessie Collins had a short report in Village while I was ...
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Thursday, August 31st, 2006
I've previously posted about Euronews plans to expand into extra languages, specifically those of potential accession members of the EU. At that time I noted that several member countries of the Euronews consortium - such as Eygpt - did not have service in their language. Now it appears the EU ...
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