8 March 2007
EuroNews, Europes leading news channel, is now available on mobile phones in Scandinavia following the launch by Swedish mobile operator “3” of EuroNews Live in Sweden and Denmark. This latest agreement brings to 32 the number of mobile networks on which EuroNews is across 20 European countries.
Scandinavian customers will now have access to EuroNews world news from a European perspective 24 hours a day in English. They can watch breaking news as it happens as well as the regularly updated bulletins on the hour and half hour, containing in-depth coverage of the day’s top news, sport, business and European affairs, together with a comprehensive weather forecast. EuroNews also brings viewers a wide range of Current Affairs and Lifestyle features including space, science, sustainable development, web-news, arts and entertainment.
“This is an important step in the development of EuroNews on the European mobile telephone market,” said Philippe Cayla, Chairman and CEO of EuroNews. “We have already assured distribution with 3 in Austria; and for the first time EuroNews will now be broadcast in Scandinavia via 3G mobile phone devices thanks to our agreement with “3”, the first operator in Scandinavia to offer a mobile video communication service. It is also important for EuroNews to cement partnerships with strong companies such as “3” who have world-leading industrial and technological experience. With this new agreement; EuroNews now broadcasts on 32 mobile offers (3G, VOD) in 19 countries. EuroNews lends itself perfectly to the mobile TV market with its all image and multi-lingual format and this is why our service on mobile phones has become a real success for us.”
Brian Laffan, Nordic Product Manager TV of 3, said: “At 3 our goal is to provide the best mobile TV service available anywhere. This means that we have to work with only the strongest partners which made EuroNews an obvious choice. 3 focuses on delivering state of the art solutions and we are proud that a broadcaster like EuroNews recognizes the opportunities created by the new distribution channels we have made available.”
1 March 2007
S4M – Solution for Media´s Video Production Management System (VPMS) is now also used for production of the Tagesschau, Germanys best known and most successful news programme. VPMS is S4M´s solution for professional creation, management, editing and distribution of digital video material.
In the Tageschau VPMS is used together with Quantels SQ System – as part of an overall solution and handles diverse tasks:
The so called ingest process, i.e. the fully automated recording of video material that reaches broadcasters via satellite for example, is controlled by the VPMS module JobControl. This module also realizes the ARD video-file transfer connection. Another module, the VPMS PlayOut Control, is employed for controlling the tape play-out process for the archives i.e. the possibility to copy stored digital video material from video servers to regular tapes.
A further advantage: The Quantel zone concept which is in use by the Tagesschau is supported by the VPMS system. VPMS synchronizes the video material and thus creates permanently available backups of the videos. So VPMS manages video material through both zones used at the Tagesschau. That way for example recording as well as deletion of video material is possible for the different zones with just one user interface.
Tageschau
The Tageschau is the most popular and longest running news programme on German TV. It was broadcast for the first time in 1952. Since 1961 the Tagesschau is on air daily at 8p.m. In 2006, the 8 oclock edition reached a daily average of over 9 million viewers at ARD, 3 SAT, Phoenix and other German public stations. This is a market share of about 33% and makes Tagesschau the market leader by far. The Tagesschau is produced by ARD-aktuell, a collaboration of the nine affiliated German public broadcasters. ARD-aktuell is based at NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk) in Hamburg.
1 March 2007
On Tuesday 6 March, 12.30-1.30pm, The International News Safety Institute (INSI) is presenting the dramatic results of the world’s most comprehensive inquiry into the deaths of journalists over the last decade in a report called Killing The Messenger: The Deadly Price of News.
The dramatic findings are accompanied by recommendations for radical action by the UN, individual Governments, international development institutions, the military, national security agencies and news organisations.
The presentation will include a Top 20 of the most dangerous countries for journalists and media staff to work. The findings will be presented by Rodney Pinder, Director of INSI and the Chair of the inquiry – BBC Director of Global News Richard Sambrook. The event will be chaired by Foreign Press Association President Annalisa Piras.
Venue:
Foreign Press Association
11 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5AJ
27 February 2007
EuroNews has launched on two ADSL services in Africa: Senegal’s Sonatel network and Maroc Télécom’s network in Morocco.
Following similar moves onto broadband-delivered TV services in Europe, Asia and North America, EuroNews has concluded two agreements in partnership with Multi TV Afrique, asubsidiary of MEDIA OVERSEAS CANAL+ Group.
Sonatel is offering EuroNews to its subscribers in three languages (English, French and Portuguese) while Maroc Télécom is distributing EuroNews in its basic offer in French.
Through MEDIA OVERSEAS and its subsidiary company Multi TV Afrique, EuroNews is now available on ADSL in two countries of sub-Saharan Africa and Maghreb; it is already distributed by satellite in 20 African countries through CANALSAT HORIZONS. EuroNews is also broadcast in the Caribbean (CanalSat Caraïbes), in the Indian Ocean region (CanalSat Réunion) and in the Southern Pacific (CanalSat Calédonie).
Philippe Cayla, CEO and Chairman of EuroNews said: “Thanks to these distribution agreements with Multi TV Africa, EuroNews enters the ADSL market in Africa. After the success in Europe and the further development and expansion in Asia and North America, we are confident that EuroNews will be successful in Africa. I am also delighted because of our partnership with MEDIA OVERSEAS and particularly for Africa which has been important for EuroNews in terms of our distribution. Today EuroNews is distributed by 27 ADSL networks in 19 countries.”
Dominique Faggot, CEO and Chairman of MEDIA OVERSEAS – subsidiary company of CANAL+ FRANCE added: I am pleased to extend our relationship with EuroNews by distributing the channel via ADSL as well as satellite. EuroNews is an important channel for our customers as its multilingual format means that it will benefit our subscribers across the globe.
27 February 2007
Montengro’s broadcasting regulator, the Broadcasting Agency, has announced calls for tenders for new broadcasting services in the country.
Full details are available in the tender document – click on the link below to access this.
