1 July 2012
On 1 July His Excellency the Prime Minister Dr. Mawlay Weld Mohamed Al-Aghzaf inaugurated the Mauritanian bouquet broadcasting from Nouakchott platform for satellite broadcasting on Arabsat satellites (Badr – 5) , 26° degrees East , which was recently established in collaboration with Arabsat.
This is a significant step in the development of the infrastructure of TV satellite broadcast in Mauritania as governmental and private Mauritanian channels will be part of one bouquet which viewers in Mauritania and the Arab world will be able to watch on one frequency in all parts of the Middle East, North Africa and large parts of Europe and Asia.
Khalid bin Ahmed Balkheyour, President & CEO of Arabsat, said he hoped the cooperation with the Ministry of Telecommunications and with the Parliament in Mauritania would continue and further develop.
About ARABSAT
Founded in 1976 by the 21 member states of the Arab League, ARABSAT has been serving the growing needs of the Arab world for over 35 years. It carries over 450 TV FTA channels, 35HD channels, 4pay TV networks,. and 160 radio stations reaching tens of millions of homes in more than 100 countries across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and way beyond around the world including an audience of over 170 million viewers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region alone tuned into ARABSAT’s video “hotspot” at 26º East.
Operating a growing fleet of satellites at the 26°East , 30.5°East, 34.5°East and 20ْ East positions of the geostationary orbit, ARABSAT is the only satellite operator in the MENA region offering the full spectrum of Broadcast, Telecommunications and Broadband services. This capacity will continue to expand with the launching of new satellites, making the ARABSAT satellite fleet the youngest in the region.
1 July 2012
New IPTV platform for international and thematic content in the United States launches with 16 Romanian channels; more international channels will be available soon
GlobeCast’s new IPTV platform, MyGlobeTV, made its commercial debut with today’s launch of 16 premium Romanian-language channels to U.S. viewers. MyGlobeTV is a television bouquet that brings international and thematic audiovisual content directly to subscribers in the Americas.
This full end-to-end solution provides broadcasters with not only the technical solution for reaching homes in the Americas, but also the necessary marketing and demographics research and support, as well other services including customer support and billing.
In the coming weeks and months, GlobeCast will expand the service beyond the initial Romanian offering, adding communities of channels targeted to different audience segments. GlobeCast is in discussions with broadcasters from around the world that wish to be a part of this exciting new platform.
Today, www.myglobetv.com opens its doors to allow interested viewers to sign up for the service. Currently, the solution uses a set-top box connected to the viewer’s existing broadband connection. By the end of 2012, however, GlobeCast expects to launch the application version of this product, allowing viewers to access the service from any Internet-enabled device, such as a smartphone, tablets, or PC, with or without the use of equipment.
“We unveiled MyGlobeTV at the 2012 NAB Show in April, and we’re very happy now to launch the initial group of channels to the public,” said Emma Brackett, Vice President of Consumer Video Products and Services at GlobeCast. “Broadcasters from around the world now have an additional means of distribution in the world’s largest media market. With MyGlobeTV, they can develop new revenue streams and expand their viewer base by reaching markets not easily accessed via DTH satellite. We will continue to develop the service by adding more channels from around the world that include content from many different genres, such as science, music, history, drama, faith, and culture.”
27 June 2012
The 2012 AIBs – open for entry
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Content from all over the world is arriving at AIB headquarters for this year’s AIBs – the international media excellence awards. The AIBs celebrate the best in factual programming across TV, radio and online broadcasting, as well as on-air talent and the most innovative production technology. Find out more about the 2012 AIBs at theaibs.tv, or download the entry book here.
Please note: The closing date has been extended to 16 July.
25 June 2012
Vizrt Ltd. announced today that the Company has signed a deal worth in excess of USD 500,000 for the implementation of broadcast graphics products with a television network in Australia.
The deal expands the broadcasters’ already significant Vizrt infrastructure by adding channel-branding capabilities for their HD and SD channels. With Viz MultiChannel, the broadcaster can promote commercial messages on multiple channels while having a centralized workflow on a single desktop.
The broadcaster also purchased several Viz Engines, Vizrt’s real-time 3D rendering engine. The combination of Viz MultiChannel and Viz Engine gives the broadcaster an integrated workflow for triggering graphics, video and images in real-time across every channel.
About Vizrt:
Vizrt provides real-time 3D graphics and asset management tools for the broadcast industry – from award-winning animations & maps to online publishing tools. Vizrt’s products are used by the world’s leading broadcasters and publishing houses, including: CNN, CBS, Fox, the BBC, BSkyB, ITN, ZDF, Star TV, Network 18, TV Today, CCTV, NHK, The Globe and Mail, Times Online, The Telegraph, and Welt Online. Furthermore, many world-class production houses and corporate institutions such as the Stock Exchanges in New York and London use Vizrt systems.
www.vizrt.com
25 June 2012
Media must perceive themselves as providers of education”
“Upbringing, culture and education for all are key to peaceful interaction, to sustainable development and to intercultural dialogue.”
This was the message of the Deputy Director General of Deutsche Welle, Reinhard Hartstein, on June 25 at the opening of the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum inBonn. Through June 27, more than 1,800 participants from around the world will be discussing the subject of “Culture. Education. Media – Shaping a Sustainable World.”
“Education for all is key to a country’s economic progress and prosperity – which in turn drives the growth of the global economy,” Hartstein said. Conversely, educational emergency leads to poverty and social tension. Even many armed conflicts are rooted in lack of education or the poverty and social inequalities it causes. “So our goal must be to better distribute education opportunities around the world. This is a task of global importance,” Hartstein stressed.
He pointed to the importance of the media. Their task is “to get the public involved, create transparency about education shortfalls and raise awareness of the topic.” Moreover, they “must perceive themselves as providers of education and embrace education as their objective.”
Knowledge and education are “an important resource – for developed and less developed countries alike.”
The Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum provides a venue for media professionals to interact with academics and lawmakers, people from the business and cultural sectors, to share and develop ideas about “how to do even more, even better,” Hartstein said.
Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2012
Partners for the 2012 international media congress include the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA), the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), the German Development Institute (DIE), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the World Catholic Association for Communication (SIGNIS), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), CARE Deutschland Luxemburg, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Commonwealth of Learning and many other organizations.
The Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2012 takes place under the patronage of the German Commission for UNESCO. The conference is co-hosted by the Foundation for International Dialogue of the Sparkasse in Bonn and also supported by Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, the European Regional Development Fund, the State Chancellery of the State of North-Rhine Westphalia, the City of Bonn, Deutsche Post DHL, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) as well as the Fritz Thyssen Foundation.
Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum:www.dw-gmf.de
