7 November 2011
GlobeCast has signed a contract with broadcaster Trace to broadcast its new high-definition channel, Trace Sports HD, on the NSS-806 satellite. Thanks to this new coverage, Trace Sports HD will enter the region with strong growth in the pay-TV sector and have access to a potential audience of 18 million DTH and cable homes in North, Central, and South America.
The service provided by GlobeCast for Trace includes reception of its European signal in Paris, as well as turnaround uplink and space capacity on the NSS-806 satellite. This satellite offers ideal coverage to every country in the Americas.
Trace is a multimedia group and an international brand that specializes in the production and distribution of channels dedicated to urban music and sports celebrities. Trace and GlobeCast have a longstanding working relationship going back several years.
Trace Sports HD will further diversify the neighborhood of channels present on NSS-806, as well as the HD offerings of pay-TV bouquets on cable, DTH satellite, IPTV, and mobile services. Several operators in Latin America have already decided to include Trace Sports HD in their lineups.
7 November 2011
Deutsche Welle (DW), Germanys international broadcaster, has had a presence in India since the 1960s. DW-TV’s 24-hour news channel is broadcast on Doordarshans DTH platform, DD Direct+.
Following this agreement, Doordarshan (DD), the television division of Prasar Bharati, Broadcasting Corporation of India, and Deutsche Welle will cooperate in the areas of co-production, training, joint events and the broadcasting of selected DW-TV and DW-TransTel programs on the Doordarshan network.
DW and DD will also enter into a detailed agreement on the exchange of television programs in the areas of Science & Technology (Tomorrow Today), Lifestyle (Euromaxx), Global Issues as well as Personalities and Events (Global 3000).
In addition, the two partners agreed to conduct training projects with DW-AKADEMIE. Training for DDs staff will focus on advanced broadcasting techniques and it will also cover program production, technology and management.
Both parties will also explore the possibility of television co-productions.
Deutsche Welle has been expanding its services in India for many years, and this new agreement marks another milestone in these efforts. The agreement was signed in Delhi on November 5th by the Director General of Doordarshan, Tripurari Sharan and Erik Bettermann, Director General of Deutsche Welle.
Prasar Bharati and Deutsche Welle have been given responsibilities which enable both organizations to serve the public in different ways, Sharan said. We are committed to working constructively to achieve the purposes set out in this memorandum of understanding (MoU).
The MoU is a keystone in the relationship not only between Prasar Bharati and Deutsche Welle, but also between the two countries. I am convinced that the cooperation between our two public service broadcasters will contribute to a closer exchange and better understanding between our cultures and nations”, Bettermann said.
4 November 2011
Eurosport 2, one of Europe’s fastest growing TV channels, today officially launched a dedicated Dutch-language version for the Benelux.
Ziggo, CanalDigitaal, Belgacom, TV Vlaanderen and Multivisie TV are among the first distributors to broadcast the Dutch Eurosport 2 version, with other carriers in the region expected to sign in the coming months.
The Dutch version of Eurosport 2 will offer 2,000 hours of live broadcast per year from freestyle skiing, snowboarding, and skateboarding, as well as team sports and motorsports, such as the Superbike World Championships, the FIA WTCC and the Le Mans 24 Hours.
In addition, as of August 2012, subscribers to Ziggo and Multivisie TV receiving Eurosport 2 in the Netherlands will have live and exclusive access to the German premier football league Bundesliga, Bundesliga 2 and the Bundesliga Supercup.
Eurosport 2 is now available in 47 countries across Europe in 18 language versions and reaches over 52 million homes.
4 November 2011
More than 400 representatives of global news organisations today issued a call for global action to halt the killing of journalists.
Gathered at the News Xchange 2011 convention in the Portuguese resort, they backed a resolution demanding the killers of journalists be brought to justice and committed themselves to “create maximum exposure” for each and every death.
The motion, proposed by the International News Safety Institute and supported by the European Broadcasting Union which runs News Xchange, noted that more than 1,100 news media staff have been killed in the past 10 years. Over 100 have died this year alone, with Libya being the worst killing ground.
Nine out of 10 killers of journalists are never held to account, “fueling a culture of impunity that helps encourage more deaths,” the resolution said.
Backed by more than 90 percent of the 440 news executives from major world news organisations at the conference, it stated: “We, the News Xchange community, call on the authorities and governments whose jurisdictions are involved in any unresolved cases to bring the killers of journalists to justice.
“We are also committed to reaearching these suspicious deaths through journalistic endeavour, wherever possible, and creating the maximum exposure for each death. Any developments will be reported back to News Xchange 2012.”
INSI said it will put the resolution before the United Nations and other concerned governments and world bodies.
Resolution:
“In the past 10 years more than 1,100 news media workers have been killed. Most were murdered or died in suspicious circumstances.
Nine out of 10 killers of journalists around the world escape justice, creating a culture of impunity that helps encourage more deaths.
We the News Xchange community call on the authorities and governments whose jurisdictions are involved in any unresolved cases to bring the killers of journalists to justice.
We are also committed to researching these suspicious deaths through journalistic endeavour, wherever possible, and creating the maximum exposure for each death.
Any developments will be reported back to News Xchange 2012.”
4 November 2011
FRANCE 24 has recently signed a new distribution agreement in the United States with MIND TV, allowing FRANCE 24, English version, to be available 24/7 throughout Pennsylvania, notably in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, the fifth largest in the country.
Available on major U.S. operators such as Comcast, Verizon and AT & T, the new digital terrestrial television network MIND TV now distributes FRANCE 24 English version on channel 31.4 to 3.3 million households in the region.
With this agreement, one of the most significant since its launch in North America, FRANCE 24 continues to expand in the United States where its penetration rate increased by some 50% during the first semester of 2011.
FRANCE 24 is available in the United States 24/7 :
– in its French & English versions on DISH World, channels 660 and 665 respectively, available all over the territory.
– in its English version on Time Warner Cable in the New York Metropolitan area.
– in its English version on RCN, Comcast, Cox and FiOS TV in Washington D.C.
– in its English version on RCN in Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia and Boston
And on many other offers throughout the country – More info on : http://f24.my/lEKrhj
