18 June 2007
The Al Jazeera Network has announced it has signed its largest ad campaign agreement with the Turkish Ministry of Tourism and Culture for an undisclosed amount.
Speaking from Al Jazeeras headquarters in Doha, Commercial Director Abdullah Al Najjar said, We are delighted with this agreement. It represents the growing recognition within the commercial sector of the strength of the Al Jazeera brand and the value of advertising on Al Jazeera. We take great pride in this agreement and our relationship with the Turkish Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
H.E. Mr. Mithat Rende, Turkish Ambassador to Qatar said, Al Jazeera has emerged as the leading network in the region and in the process the network has become one of the most familiar international brands. We recognize this value, and therefore, it was quite natural for the Turkish Ministry of Tourism and Culture to choose the Network to broadcast its tourism ads. I am very happy with this relationship and I look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with the Network.
The ad campaign will start in June on Al Jazeera and will showcase the Turkish Ministry of Tourism and Cultures new advert.
Al Jazeeras portfolio of advertisers includes international names such as Reuters, Sony, Nokia, Shell, The Malaysian Tourism Authority, Dubai Tourism and Cyprus Tourism as well as Tanmyat, Pepsi, Samsung, Etihad Airways, Qtel, LG, Qatar Airways, QNB, General Motors, Red Bull, Master Food Snickers, Qatar Financial Centre, Rolls Royce, Vodafone, Qatar Petroleum, Reach out to Asia, Dubai Properties, Mercedes .
5 June 2007
The English-language TV channel Russia Today has launched its own section at YouTube portal. The channel plans to use the YouTube service to showcase its top news, reports, documentaries and stories.
For us, the agreement with YouTube is the chance to widen audience of our channel by hundreds of thousand users of Internet, for whom, watching TV on the computer monitor is more habitual and comfortable, said Russia Today Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan.
The section will be renewed each day and the access to Russia Todays stories will be free for all users.
1 June 2007
German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle is now offering hourly updated one minute news headlines for mobiles in German and English.
DW has been experimenting with special Internet services for mobile phones since 2005 – for the football world cup 2006 30 languages were on offer.
The German and English programmes of DW-RADIO were also recently launched for mobile reception.
The new ‘DW-TV News’ service is available free of charge from mobile.dw-world.de, for use with UMTS or EDGE-enabled mobile devices such as mobiles, PDAs or Pocket-PCs.
1 June 2007
RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd., a rapidly growing provider of comprehensive content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries, announced today that it recently started operating a new multiple channels per carrier (MCPC) platform on the Galaxy 23 satellite located at 121 degrees West. The new C-Band platform, acquired through a deal with a leading satellite operator – Intelsat, will serve a growing number of broadcasters wishing to enter the dynamic North American market by connecting to the leading cable operators and direct broadcast satellites (DBS) in the USA and Canada.
“We are very excited to increase our penetration to the lucrative North American market through the new MCPC platform on the renowned and leading Galaxy 23 satellite,” commented David Rivel, CEO and Founder of RRSat. “This new platform will enable us to further expand our reach to the leading cable and satellite operators in North America, offering our customers even broader distribution by reaching millions of new households daily. We constantly strive to offer our customers the most diverse and geographically broad basket of products, and this addition will substantially enhance our offering to the North American market.”
31 May 2007
The General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs) today announces the award of a prestigious fifteen-year contract to VT Communications (part of VT Group plc) for the provision of a state-of-the-art enhanced Loran (eLoran) radionavigation service to improve the safety of mariners in the UK and Ireland.
The first development phase of this contract, until 2010, will build on existing successes and provide a focus for a European agreement on eLoran service provision. This would then trigger the start of the operational phase from 2010 onwards.
The Department for Transport is sharing the costs during the development phase having recognised the broader potential of Loran to improve the resilience of critical transport infrastructure.
eLoran is intended to assist mariners navigating the complex and crowded waters around our shores and those of our northern European neighbours. It complements Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) such as GPS and is entirely independent, allowing users to retain the benefits of electronic positioning, navigation and timing when satellite signals are disrupted.
This contract will see VT Communications develop a new Loran station at its radio communications facility in Cumbria, UK. The first signals from the Cumbrian eLoran station will be transmitted on 1st October 2007 with a full trial service launched in November 2007. The existing trial service will be suspended by the end of July 2007.
VT Communications Managing Director, Doug Umbers says: VT Communications is proud to be working with the GLAs to deliver this critical service to their user community. This contract demonstrates VT Communications unrivalled expertise in delivery of the LF infrastructure and service provision projects, providing the GLAs with a radically improved service.
We chose VT Communications because of its commitment to service provision and its flexible approach to partnership, comments Dr Sally Basker, the GLAs Director of Research and Radionavigation.
Over the last decade we have worked hard to reduce the overall cost of service provision by 50% in real terms. e-Navigation is the maritime sectors future: berth-to-berth navigation in the digital world with its associated safety, security, environmental and economic benefits. As we press ahead with e-Navigation, eLoran provides the only way of maintaining our service levels until 2020 without undue increases in cost or risk. eLoran will help us to deliver a reliable, efficient and cost-effective Aids to Navigation service for the benefit and safety of all mariners.
