AIB media industry news desk
Inmedia Communications aquires CAST
Inmedia Communications Limited (Inmedia) has acquired Cable and Satellite Transmissions (Cas.t) Limited (CAST) from Barnes Trust Television Limited,...
Al Jazeera launches campaign for tsunami disaster victims
Arabic-language satellite news channel Al Jazeera has launched a campaign to collect donations for the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster. The...
Jan Hoek named as Radio Netherlands new DG
The Radio Netherlands Board of Governors has appointed Jan Hoek as the new Director General of Radio Netherlands. The appointment has the formal...
CPJ urges Zimbabwe to turn away from repressive new media law
Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe has signed into law a measure that sets prison terms of up to two years for any journalist found working without...
Deutsche Welles Arabic programmes on FM in Lebanon
From 6 January the Arabic programmes of DW-RADIO can be heard on FM in Lebanon. The 60 minute programmes which are broadcast late in the evening can...
How international broadcasters dealt with the tsunami disaster
Here are two perspectives Deutsche Welle and Radio Netherlands. A comment from the Financial Times newspaper of 9 January 2005 on coverage by...
Harris helps develop first spatial audio codec available for HD Radio use
Neural Audio Corporation, a leading provider of digital signal processing technology for the broadcast industry, and iBiquity Digital Corporation,...
UK: BBC's audience share falls – satellite TV gains
Television viewing figures published by the Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB) on 10 January reveal significant audience share declines...
Croatian Vodatel and SES ASTRA introduce broadband Internet and video on-demand
SES ASTRA and Vodatel d.o.o., a company based in Zagreb, Croatia, have entered into an agreement for satellite Internet services via ASTRA 23.5°...