8 August 2016
For the first time ever, BBC Burmese radio programmes will be rebroadcast by Myanmar’s state broadcaster, Myanmar Athan (Myanmar Radio) expanding the BBC Burmese service’s footprint in Myanmar further. Three programmes – the BBC Burmese youth show, Mobigeno, the technology and digital innovations programme, Cool Tech, and the programme introducing innovative farming methods, San Thit Tehtwin Lai Myay Ta Kwin, are now part of the Myanmar Athan programming aired on FM, medium- and shortwave.
Collaboration with Myanmar Athan further expands BBC Burmese availability in Myanmar. BBC Burmese is currently broadcast through major local broadcasters, on TV and radio. Its audio news bulletins are available on mobile phones in the country.
BBC Burmese Editor, Tin Htar Swe, commented: “Our collaboration with Myanmar Athan means that now, for the first time for BBC Burmese in Myanmar, our content will be available via a state broadcaster. In addition to medium- and shortwave availability, airing these programmes on FM will help us capture a new radio audience which will include a lot of young people who listen to FM on their mobile phones. This is great news for the BBC in Myanmar, further reinforcing our multiplatform presence in Myanmar.”
MRTV Director-General, U Myint Htwe, said: “In such a good time of openness, Myanmar Athan will be carrying BBC content for the first time, and I am really proud of it. By adding the BBC’s high-quality radio programmes to the schedule of Myanmar Athan, we are further diversifying our radio offer. I am looking forward to continuing MRTV’s cooperation with the BBC.”
The BBC Burmese 10-minute bi-weekly programmes will be re-broadcast by Myanmar Athan and repeated the following week at these times:
Mobigeno (Mobile Generation) – 15.15 Myanmar Time on Monday
Cool Tech – 14.20 on Tuesday
San Thit Tethwin Lai Myay Ta Kwin (Innovative Methods of Farming) – 11.45 on Thursday
The BBC Burmese radio programming is broadcast from London on shortwave and on Asiasat5 satellite television channel and streamed online via bbcburmese.com. In addition to availability on MNTV, BBC Burmese TV news bulletins are streamed live on the website bbcburmese.com at 20.45 local time (14.15 GMT) Monday to Friday. The BBC Burmese Facebook page has around 6.5 million fans while the BBC Burmese channel on Viber has around 200,000 followers (August 2016). BBC Burmese also connects with its audiences on Twitter.
BBC Burmese is part of BBC World Service. (Source: BBC press release)
4 August 2016
On the day of the Rio 2016 opening ceremony on Friday 5 August, BBC Brasil will start piloting its new daily Facebook Live, #BBCporaí, which will bring unique stories from the Olympic city. The programme will run live from 12.15 Brazil time (16.15 GMT) Monday to Friday throughout the Games on the BBC Brasil Facebook page as well as the website bbcbrasil.com. The inaugural edition of #BBCporaí will test the mood in Brazil as the country announces the start of the biggest global sports event.
#BBCporaí benefits from innovative software that allows real-time editing and multimedia inserts from BBC reporters as well as contributions from social-media audiences on platforms such as Skype and WhatsApp. #BBCporaí is presented from Rio de Janeiro by BBC Brasil’s Ricardo Senra, whose movements through the streets of the city will be filmed and broadcast live from 12.15, Monday to Friday. #BBCporaí seeks the widest possible audience engagement which will in fact define the running time of each edition.
“With #BBCporaí, we tried to create a format and a tone that we believe works best with our audiences connecting with us via social media,” says BBC Brasil Editor, Silvia Salek. “#BBCporaí is a pilot project based on the strategy that has helped BBC Brazil massively increase its reach. It’s all about making the most of our proximity to our audience via our social-media presence, understanding what they want and bringing high-quality content to as many people as possible.”
The impact of BBC Brasil has increased significantly over the last year. Its website bbcbrasil.com reached 20.1 million unique users in June 2016 (Source: ComScore). In addition to the website, the BBC Brasil content is available via its channels on Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and Instagram.
BBC Brasil is part of BBC World Service. (Source: BBC press release)
4 August 2016
Following the new IPSOS Affluent Survey Africa release today, every month Euronews is consumed (TV+digital) by nearly 800,000 of Africa’s most affluent people; daily, Euronews is also the most watched international news channel in Cameroon.
Euronews is available in Africa through its complete offer (TV + digital: online, social networks, mobile apps). Every month, 797,000 of the most Affluent African people consume Euronews, which represents 23.1% of the elite population.
IPSOS analyses the media consumption of Africa’s elite including the top 15% of the most prosperous and influential adults in 7 countries (Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda) which represents 3.455 million people.
Among the monthly digital users of Euronews, the survey highlights that 78% of them chose to access through either a mobile or a tablet. With its responsive web design, euronews.com is suited to all mobile and tablet to better meets consumer needs and habits, in information seeking.
Moreover, among the language services available, 56% of monthly digital consumers use either the French or the Arabic version of Euronews. Once again, the multilinguism of Euronews is a key element to succeed around the world and meets the need for the elite to follow the international news in their own language.
Euronews: #1 in Cameroon on daily reach
Euronews is the leading international news channel in Cameroon. Every day, 37% of the most affluent Cameroonian watch Euronews, which represents 107,000 viewers.
Furthermore, 51.3% (148,000) watch the channel every week and 69.7% (202,000) each month.
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Olivier de Montchenu, Euronews Sales Managing Director |
“Today in Africa, Euronews group is a key player for all advertisers who want to reach people interested in extensive and reputable news content. Euronews is positioned as a multilingual and international news source, is already well established over the continent as the new IPSOS survey shows. With Africanews launched this year, the first independent and multilingual pan-African news source, we are able to propose cross-media advertising campaigns using all Euronews and Africanews’ products from TV to our platforms and social networks.”
IPSOS Affluent Survey (formely EMS)
In 1995, EMS was designed to expand the Pan European Media market and to allow comparative analyses on a national and multi-national basis. EMS contained significantly more detailed demographic, classification and marketing data than any other survey available at the time or indeed now.
The Affluent Survey Africa is part of the Ipsos suite of Affluent surveys which now cover Europe, The Middle East, Africa, Asia/Pacific, Latin America and the USA, spanning 50 countries and reflecting approximately 147 million affluent individuals.
(Source: Euronews press release)
3 August 2016
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2 August 2016
An Azerbaijani court will convene on August 3 to hear RFE/RL’s appeal against tax-related claims that were used by the government as grounds to shut down the company’s Baku bureau in December 2014.
“The commercial court should affirm that all claims brought against us are baseless, and the prosecutor should move without delay to unfreeze our Baku bureau’s bank accounts, return the company seal, stamp and documents that were confiscated in December 2014, unfreeze the personal bank accounts of our Baku staff members, and let us get on with our journalistic mission of providing independent news and information to the people of Azerbaijan,” said RFE/RL President Thomas Kent (pictured).
Earlier this year Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court effectively threw out two claims against RFE/RL’s Baku bureau when it overturned two charges against RFE/RL journalist Khadija Ismayilova (pictured right), leading to her release from prison in May. Of two remaining allegations against RFE/RL, one involves the Azerbaijani government’s interpretation of a bilateral tax treaty that exempts U.S. nonprofit organisations from corporate income tax. The other relates to the process of accrediting journalists, which the Azerbaijani government revised effective July 1 this year, and with which RFE/RL is in compliance.
RFE/RL was forced to close its Baku bureau in May 2015, after it was raided by Azerbaijani authorities on December 26, 2014. Agents with the prosecutor’s office confiscated company property, interrogated over 20 staff members without legal representation, imposed travel bans on employees, and froze company and personal bank accounts pursuant to a tax inspection on unspecified grounds.
The raid came just weeks after the top advisor to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev published a statement in the country’s official media calling RFE/RL journalists spies and threats to the country’s national security.
Despite the closure, RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service has continued to actively engage audiences in Azerbaijan via satellite and the Internet, attracting nearly 1.5 million visits per month to its website, and more than 20 million views on YouTube during the first six months of 2016.
1 August 2016
As part of the support project by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for the recovery from the Kumamoto Earthquake, Japan International Broadcasting Inc. (JIB) will broadcast a series of TV programmes entitled Japan Food Quest – Kyushu – comprising of programmes domestically produced by broadcasting members of The Minkyokyo. The series will air starting in August continuing through September, 2016.
Due to the Kumamoto Earthquake, the number of tourists from abroad visiting the Kyushu Region has drastically decreased. A proactive worldwide presentation of the charm and appeal of Kyushu, particularly its local harvests and food specialties, is necessary in order to bring back and attract more overseas tourists to the region.
Japan Food Quest – Kyushu – is a series of 30-minute documentary programmes featuring various food specialties from Kyushu. Each programme also takes a look at the efforts of the farmers and producers, as well insights on the cultural landscape of the area. JIB will broadcast nine programmes produced by the broadcasting members of The Minkyokyo, with an updating commentary from the programmes’ directors, on NHK WORLD TV, in English. (On-air every Friday, 8:30 am JST, broadcast four times each programme)
・Aug. 05- Tonkotsu Ramen: The Heart and Soul of Hakata (RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corp.)
・Aug. 12- Kumamoto Salad Onions: A Vegetable-led Revival (“RKK” Kumamoto Broadcasting Co., Ltd.)
・Aug. 19- Ayu Fish Sauce: A Saucy Success Story (Oita Broadcasting System, Inc.)
・Aug. 26- Adversity and Triumph: Miyazaki Beef (Miyazaki Broadcasting Co., Ltd.)
・Sep. 02- Makurazaki Dried Bonito: New Recipe for a Tasty Classic (Minaminihon Broadcasting Co.,Ltd.)
・Sep. 09- Champon: Secrets behind Nagasaki’s Signature Dish (Nagasaki Broadcasting Company)
・Sep. 16- Amanatsu: The Fruit of Dreams (RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corp.)
・Sep. 23- Kumamoto Shio Tomatoes: Gifts from the Sea (“RKK” Kumamoto Broadcasting Co., Ltd.)
・Sep. 30- Pearly Specialty: Miyazaki Caviar (Miyazaki Broadcasting Co.,Ltd.)
※For more information, please visit the series’ website: kyushu.jibtv.com
The series is also scheduled for broadcast on Taiwan’s terrestrial channel FTV-Formosa TV in English with Chinese subtitles, and South Korea’s terrestrial channel OBS dubbed in Korean.
(Source: JIB press release)
