26 June 2007
WORLDSPACE Satellite Radio walked home with an award for Best Programme/Show (Kannada), from the India Radio Forum 2007 Awards Ceremony held earlier this month in Mumbai, India.
The award honored Suvarna Samputa, a three-month series airing on WORLDSPACE Satellite Radio’s Kannada channel, Radio Sparsha. The category under which Radio Sparsha won this award is designed for shows that deserve particular recognition for their high standards, originality, professionalism and innovation.
Radio Sparsha’s original series was produced in-house and scripted by Mr. Prem Kumar, a well-known expert in Kannada history and literature. The series aired consecutive Sunday mornings beginning in February, to coincide with the commemoration of the Golden Jubilee celebrations for the state of Karnataka. As the name indicates, this ‘Golden Collection’ is a collection of highly interesting facts about the state, its history, literature and people. These include well researched narratives and dramatic adaptations of historical events and peoples’ profiles read out and enacted by popular Indian faces and voices from film, theatre and various other fields.
“It is an honour to be recognised for the Suvarna Samputa series on our channel Radio Sparsha, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Indian state of Karnataka,” said William Sabatini, vice president of global programming, WORLDSPACE Satellite Radio. “WORLDSPACE strives to provide programming that is unique, compelling and exclusive to our listeners in our primary market of India and beyond. This award validates that approach and motivates us to continue to develop unique programming for our markets around the world.”
26 June 2007
WORLDSPACE Satellite Radio has announced that Dr. Frank-Jurgen Richter, president of Horasis, was elected to the Company’s board of directors.
“Dr. Richter has demonstrated throughout his career, the leadership, knowledge and strategic insights that he will bring to our board,” said WORLDSPACE Chairman & CEO, Noah A. Samara. “In addition to Europe, WORLDSPACE continues to be focused on emerging markets and we believe Dr. Richter’s insights and experience will be very valuable to WORLDSPACE in the years ahead.”
“WORLDSPACE is one of the global growth companies that I most admire,” said Dr. Richter. “I am really looking forward to working with Mr. Samara and the rest of the WORLDSPACE board to help with all of the amazing things they are doing in India and Africa and as they expand into China and beyond.”
Frank-Jurgen Richter is a world authority in international affairs and global business and is the founder and president of Horasis (http://www.horasis.org) — The Global Visions Community, incorporated in Geneva, Switzerland. Through Horasis, Dr. Richter is a senior advisor to the leadership of corporations from Asia, Europe and North America. Prior to founding Horasis, Dr. Richter was director of the World Economic Forum, in charge of Asian affairs. During this time he has developed an extensive experience and knowledge on the world’s economic, business and political scene and of its key players. Under his leadership, the World Economic Forum’s summits in Asia, as well as the Asia portion of ‘Davos’ have evolved to facilitate the exchange of experiences and ideas between leaders in business, government, and civil society. He has a thorough understanding of how the world functions today — an understanding created through an on-going interaction with top business, political and intellectual leaders around the world.
19 June 2007
Australia’s ABC News has developed a ground-breaking programme to prepare journalists and
crews for covering potentially traumatic events.
The ABC’s Trauma Awareness Program was developed in collaboration with the
Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma.
In developing the courses, Heather Forbes from ABC News said she was
conscious that journalists and crews work in a demanding environment of
deadline pressures and high levels of responsibility.
“Almost by definition news is about change, fast-paced events, confrontation
and sometimes conflict,” Ms Forbes said. “Some stories, such as war, road
crashes, crime, violence, bushfires and other natural disasters may be
especially stressful and traumatic.”
The ABC has hundreds of journalists, producers, camera crews, editors and
technical staff working Australia and overseas who deal with covering
potentially traumatic events.
“Given the importance of this issue to the ABC, it was crucial to develop a
program of education, training and support that met the needs of staff and
to raise the awareness of the issues of stress and trauma in the workplace,”
Ms Forbes said.
Cait McMahon of the Dart Centre says most staff are resilient, and with good
management and a supportive work culture will cope well with reporting
traumatic events.
“But a minority of staff exposed to trauma will develop mental health
problems,” Ms McMahon says.
The ABC programme takes a three-tier approach: peer support group training,
manager awareness and staff awareness. The training sessions begin with a
powerful documentary made by ABC News in which ABC journalists and
production staff talk about their experiences of covering traumatic events.
The Trauma Awareness programme has already been rolled out in Western
Australia and training sessions are planned for the rest of the country over
coming months.
On Sunday 24 June on ABC TV at 2130, Compass examines the trauma experienced by
journalists. Former ABC News Correspondent Philip Williams speaks about his
experience of the traumatic aftermath of covering the Beslan massacre.
Philip also speaks to other journalists about their experiences.
19 June 2007
The results of the latest annual EMS Survey, published on 19 June, show that EuroNews is the most watched international news channel by upmarket consumers in Europe.
7.1million affluent decision makers and opinion leaders watch EuroNews every week. EuroNews audience has experienced continuous growth and today weekly reach stands at 18%. According to the survey, EuroNews is ahead of all the other international news channels: CNN International, Sky News, BBC World, CNBC and Bloomberg, across 16 European countries.
Olivier de Montchenu, Sales and Marketing Director of EuroNews said: “This is a huge breakthrough for the channel and will be a major turning point for the international advertising market. This is the latest evidence of the relevance of EuroNews’ concept, which meets the needs of the European elite. It really is a knock-out win for the next generation TV news channel and this will be our communication message in the coming days.”
EuroNews is the leading international news channel, clearly ahead of CNN International, with 18% weekly reach (7.1million viewers in 16 countries ahead of all other PETV news channels). When Eastern European countries are taken into account, EuroNews is also the leading international news channel, ahead of CNN International, with 17.4% weekly reach in 19 countries. EuroNews has gone from strength to strength and in 2007 the channel gained 62,000 viewers, meanwhile CNN International lost 657,000 viewers.
EuroNews is now the leading international news channel in weekly reach in 7 of the countries covered by the survey: Czech Republic, France, Finland, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.
For the first time, EMS has expanded in Eastern Europe, providing an insight into the media consumption of the elite in Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary. 54% of the Central Eastern European elite do not understand sufficient English to watch an English-speaking channel. Russian and German are key foreign languages in this region and are 2 of the 7 languages in which EuroNews broadcasts.
18 June 2007
The AIB is delighted to
announce that its 2007 Media Excellence Awards are
now open for entries.
This is the third year that the Association
for International Broadcasting has celebrated excellence in the field of
international broadcasting and new media. In 2006, we received almost 100
entries from broadcasters and other organisations in the international
broadcasting sector, all of the very highest quality. This year, we expect the
number of entries to be higher still and to come from more countries (in 2006,
more than 20 countries were represented in the Awards entries).
We have extended the number of categories
to reflect changes happening in international media. We’ve recruited a truly
international panel of judges who will provide peer review of the work of
colleagues. We have maintained the AIB’s reputation for independence and
non-commercialism. And now it’s up to you.
You can download the entry form
here,
and we’ve also made paying the entry fee simple using our online payment system
– click
here. And remember, Members of the AIB receive complimentary access to the
Awards as part of their membership benefits.
The presentation of the AIB Media
Excellence Awards 2007 will take place in central London on
Tuesday 20 November – we’ll be
holding a Diner Pensant and Awards at a superb venue that will help us
celebrate excellence in international broadcasting and new media on a grand
scale.
For more information about
the 2007 AIB Media Excellence Awards, call the AIB in London on +44 (0) 20 7993
2557 or e-mail us: awards2007(at)aib.org.uk.
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 .
