3 December 2015
The event that will bring together prominent politicians, foreign policy experts and media executives from around the world will take place on December 10, 2015 – ten years since RT’s flagship English-language news channel aired its first broadcast.
The conference, titled “Information, messages, politics: the shape-shifting powers of today’s world,” will explore a wide range of pressing international issues, including Middle East security, the state of geopolitical power balance, the battle of media narratives, the role of Russia on the world stage, tradeoffs between information privacy and security at the time of a global terrorist threat, the evolution that the international news landscape has undergone over the last decade and the role of media in addressing the challenges facing the world today.
Among the speakers and panelists are Ken Livingstone, recently appointed to co-chair the opposition defence review in the UK and a mayor of London at the time of the 2005 terrorist attacks; former Interior Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Cyril Svoboda, who led the negotiations on Czech accession to the E.U.; U.S. politician and the Green Party’s 2012 candidate for President of the United States Jill Stein; German statesman and ex-VP of OSCE Willy Wimmer, president of pan-Latin American news network teleSUR Patricia Villegas, Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, who headed the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, the country’s main foreign military espionage organization; noted CIA whistleblower Raymond McGovern, and RT’s own editor in chief Margarita Simonyan.
RT aired its first broadcast from the Moscow studios on December 10, 2005. Since then, what was once a single channel, has grown into a global news network, bringing a fresh perspective on current events around the clock to over 700 million people in 100+ countries in English, Arabic and Spanish, with additional content available online in Russian, German and French. RT is the winner of the Monte-Carlo TV Festival for Best 24-Hour Newscast, the only Russian TV channel with three International Emmy nominations for news coverage, and the #1 TV news network on YouTube with nearly 3 billion views.
The conference will take place in Moscow’s historic Metropol Hotel from 9:30 to 16:30 on Thursday, December 10, 2015. To find out more about the event, press accreditation and how to attend, please go to http://conference.rt.com/ or contact: Anton Konyaev, aakonyaev@rttv.ru , +7 (499) 750-00-75 ext. 2390. (Source: RT press release)
1 December 2015
Committed to shaping mature media assets through adopting latest technologies, Sky News Arabia has developed linear, digital, mobile and radio broadcast services to provide a wide selection of mediums for disseminating up-to-date news. The network’s strategy to provide a holistic multiplatform offering is based on its vision to drive interactive conversations with audiences and offer them a platform to voice their perspectives and opinions.
The only news organization that comprises television, radio, mobile and website services in the region, Sky News Arabia has recently upgraded its online portal, launched a WhatsApp mobile feature, and introduced a radio broadcasting service that takes its innovative content to more than 50 million households across the Arab world and beyond.
The network has to date attracted nine million downloads on its App, 3.4 million followers on Twitter and seven million fans on Facebook.
The beta version of the network’s upgraded portal features a qualitative enhancement in form, content and ease of use. Offering a sophisticated interface, the revamped online platform seamlessly interconnects the television channel with the smartphone app and social networking sites. The website is easily accessible via computers, tablets and PCs, enabling visitors to effortlessly keep in touch with the latest news. Sky News Arabia is seeking to double the number of website visitors over the next few months.
Beyond the online portal, Sky News Arabia’s WhatsApp service provides subscribers with instant breaking news updates, photos, videos, and feeds on their mobile phones.
Furthermore, Sky News Arabia has recently launched its own radio broadcasting service in the UAE on 90.3 FM. The service provides live news bulletins 24/7 covering a wide range of Arab and international news developments in real time – focusing on politics, economics, sports, art and culture. According to IPSOS MediaCt, 67 percent of Arab radio listeners in the UAE tuned in to radio stations in 2015, making the country one of the fastest growing markets for radio broadcasting. Sky News Arabia also provides radio news bulletins on channels in several Arab countries including Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon.
In effectively integrating traditional and digital media platforms, Sky News Arabia is well geared to increase its accessibility, responsiveness and reach while reinforcing its vision to emerge as the preferred integrated platform for accurate and unbiased reportage. (Source: Sky News Arabia)
26 November 2015
| RNW Media brings information and gives a voice to Syrian refugees, co-hosts a conference on internet restrictions in China and wins a major award in Africa. And there’s more news from Hilversum, including the appointment of a new RNW Media Programme Director. |
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| Giving a voice to Syrian refugees in the Netherlands |
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| Improving internet freedom in China |
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| Love Matters wins AfriComNet award |
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| Love Matters Africa has won a prestigious regional prize for its innovative online work delivering reliable sexual health and rights information to young people on the continent. |
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Jacqueline Lampe, the new RNW Media Programme Director
Lampe will have final responsibility for the editorial course of RNW Media and lead the organisation together with General Director Robert Zaal. The new Programme Director will assume office on 1 January 2016. |
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25 November 2015
Hikari TV, the leading IPTV operator in Japan, introduces the international news media to Japan by offering Euronews in its basic package
Euronews and Hikari TV announced today that, starting this month, Euronews internationally acclaimed programmes will be available for the first time in Japan. Euronews will be part of Hikari TVs basic service with its English and French language services. Not only the channel premieres in Japan, Euronews is also broadcast for the first time in HD. Several millions of subscribers to Hikari TV in Japan will be able to discover international news from a European perspective and follow Euronews lifestyle and business programmes, including regular reports about Japan.
Appreciative of the channels’ values of diversity and independence, M. Koji Bando, President of Hikari TV, commented: “Our company offers seven international channels so that foreign residents and visitors to Japan may also enjoy watching Hikari TV. We are pleased to add Euronews to our line-up of broadcasting services, a media which has enormous popularity in Europe, and I am convinced that it will enhance the product competitiveness of our company. I also hope broadcasting Euronews will foster increased cooperation between the EU and Japan.”
Michael Peters, CEO of Euronews, commented: “We are very honoured to work with a strong and innovative partner like Hikari TV in Japan. Through its powerful service, Hikari TV will give its millions of subscribers the opportunity to access our independent international information everywhere in Japan and premier our HD offer. This shall contribute to making Euronews in Japan a long lasting and sustainable project.”
24 November 2015
Daystar Television, one of the largest religious broadcasters in the world, has today announced the launch of its network in High Definition (HD) on Sky, in the UK, which is supported by Arqiva’s Direct-to-Home satellite solution. This launch makes Daystar Television the first religious TV channel to launch an HD channel, on the Sky platform, in the UK.
Marcus Lamb, Founder and President Daystar Television Network says: “We wanted to make available to viewers watching faith based television on Sky, in the UK, the best viewing experience possible. Daystar is the first Christian Television Network to launch in HD (High Definition) on Sky. We feel that Daystar viewers will appreciate this enhanced HD viewing option.”
David Crawford, Managing Director, Satellite & Media commented: “We have worked with Daystar Television since their UK launch in 2011, and we are delighted to partner with RUM’s Media Service to help Daystar continue their growth in the UK, by launching Daystar HD on the Sky platform. Arqiva’s commitment to service excellence will ensure that we deliver the very best viewing experience to Daystar’s viewers.”
Broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Daystar Television is available on Sky Channel 583 after 4pm GMT on Monday 23 November, 2015.
