Archive for the ‘Public Service Media’ Category
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 ...
Posted in Flirt FM, Public Service Media, Radio | No Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Alternative Media, Public Service Media, Radio, Society and culture | Comments Off
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 ...
Posted in Public Service Media | Comments Off
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 ...
Posted in Corporate media, Media regulation, Public Service Media, Radio | Comments Off
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 ...
Posted in Public Service Media | Comments Off
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 ...
Posted in Public Service Media | Comments Off
Friday, May 26th, 2006
RTÉ has announced significant changes to its afternoon and evening radio schedules on both Radio One and 2FM. It seems that staff are concerned at some of the changes, and I'm not too surprised.
First, certain well-liked shows, such as the Mystery Train, are being cut, which always leads to audience ...
Posted in Public Service Media | Comments Off
Friday, May 26th, 2006
An interesting piece in the Irish Times of the policy currently being followed by RTÉ regarding political advertisements - specifically their interpretation of how the ban on such ads is to be applied to charities.
Posted in Public Service Media | Comments Off
Thursday, March 30th, 2006
An interesting, and rather complex, challenge facing public service broadcasters is what services to provide to those outside the state in which they are based, and how to fund such services. The BBC has announced plans to generate advertising on bbc.com, which is to be the portal for those accessing ...
Posted in Public Service Media | Comments Off
Monday, March 20th, 2006
Disturbing news on the AFL-CIO blog about recent developments at NPR:Sister Barbara Krieger writes that NPR (National Public Radio) has shut down negotiations with its technical employees, represented by NABET-CWA Local 52031, and has implemented workplace changes without bargaining with the union despite an arbitrator's ruling to cease and desist.
Posted in Labour issues, Public Service Media | Comments Off
