AIB media industry news desk
BBC confirms Arabic World Service TV
The BBC has this morning publicly confirmed its intention to launch a 12 hour-a-day Arabic-language TV service funded by the closure of a number of...
Harris supplies Mississippi station that provides emergency information after Hurricane Katrina
Harris Corporation's Broadcast Communications Division (BCD) has played a key role in rebuilding WQRZ-FM, a low-power FM station serving Hancock...
SES ASTRA secures Channel 4 contract for additional transponder
SES ASTRA has concluded an agreement with Channel 4 from the UK for a third transponder on its satellite ASTRA 2A in the orbital position 28.2°...
RCI honoured in Latin America
The Foundation for New Latin American Journalism (FNPI in Spanish), chaired by Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Gabriel García Márquez, recently...
DW-RADIO nationwide in Ukraine on FM
After concluding a deal with the National Radio Society in Kiev, German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle's Ukrainian programme is now on air...
Megahertz helps AP Television News install its own antenna in Beirut
AP Television News can now send news stories directly from the heart of Beirut to anywhere in the world thanks to the installation of a fixed...
AXN (Sony Pictures Entertainment) goes for RRSat playout center
Since August 1, 2005 AXN (Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.) has been using RR Satellite Communications Ltd's playout center for transmission of...
VT Communications extend hours for CVC on digital AM platform
Christian Visions media arm, CVC, is increasing the number of broadcast hours on VT Communications digital AM transmission platform, which...
GlobeCast launches Planeta Sport on Hot Bird in Europe; adds two RTR channels to GlobeCast WorldTV roster in US
GlobeCast announced today that it has signed an agreement to deliver Russian-language channel Planeta Sport to audiences in Europe via the Hot Bird...