19 January 2004
The co-production partnership between the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), BBC World Service Trust (BBC WST) and Doordarshan (DD) has been extended for a year.
The partnership was established to promote HIV/AIDS awareness and support through mass communications. It is under this partnership that detective series like Jasoos Vijay, the youth show Haath Se Haath Milaa and a range of TV spots designed to convey HIV/AIDS messaging, are being broadcast by DD nationally and regionally (in chosen areas, with appropriate language versions).
The new project extension will see both programmes produced for a second run and will also extend the number of languages in which the output is broadcast. The public service ads are mainly produced by DD producers, while the programmes are produced from BBC WST’s base in New Delhi using local technicians and talent and drawing on the expertise of both of its partners and the Trust’s small international staff.
BBC World Service Trust Director India, Colin Rogers, said “Research has shown that our mass communications campaign has achieved significant impact in raising audience awareness of the issues surrounding HIV/AIDS particularly in the area of care and support and in removing stigma. The campaign run by this partnership is the largest of its kind in the world and is a model which is being replicated already in South East Asia and in Africa. We are very proud of our association with NACO and Doordarshan and delighted that the success of the first year’s output has led to their enthusiasm for continuing and expanding the project.”
15 January 2004
French broadcast regulator CSA (Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel) has fixed the date for the launch of terrestrial digital television as between 1 December 2004 and 31 March 2005. The precise date of start of transmissions will be announced six months in advance, with the Council deciding on a coverage target of approximately 60 per cent of the population by the end of 2005 and a final objective of reaching 85 per cent.
Viewers will be able to receive about fifteen national television channels, as well as local programmes, with the possibility of another fifteen subscription stations.
The CSA has published a list of 88 planned transmitter sites on its web site at www.csa.fr/pdf/frequences_tnt_191203.pdf.
15 January 2004
The Hutton Report into the circumstances surrounding the death of British government scientist Dr David Kelly will be announced on 28 January.
The Hutton Inquiry investigated the role of the BBC, Britain’s Ministry of Defence and the British Prime Minister’s office and the report is expected to have significant impact on British politics and the way that journalists and news editors cover stories.
The BBC has already introduced some changes in the way it operates in advance of the Report’s publication, such as restricting its journalists from writing for newspapers and magazines.
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