27 April 2015
CNNI is now offered across the Middle East & North Africa via the superior coverage of ARABSAT BADR-6 in an agreement between parent company Turner Broadcasting and Arabsat. The agreement gives Middle Eastern audiences the opportunity to watch CNN International’s award-winning mix of breaking news and news, business, sports and feature programming via the minimum dish size.
CNN International has dedicated editorial and broadcast hubs in London, Atlanta, Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong, and provides round-the-clock coverage of the most important international stories for its diverse global audience.
“After being present in the region for many years we’re delighted to expand our reach in the Middle East still further through this new partnership with Arabsat,” said Rani R. Raad, Chief Commercial Officer CNN International. “As the region’s leading international news provider this is just our latest commitment to ensuring CNN is widely available in the region and we’re very pleased to welcome Arabsat viewers to the channel.”
Khalid Balkheyour, President & CEO of ARABSAT said “It was always our ambition in ARABSAT to bring CNNI on board. CNN has a long & professional history of covering the Middle East news & critical events. We are pleased to deliver CNNI to ARABSAT viewers across the Middle East & North Africa combined with an extensive offering & wide varieties of the prime Free-To-Air international and regional news channel on ARABSAT hotspot at 26⁰ E .”
CNN can be viewed on:
ARABSAT BADR-6 at 26⁰ E
Frequency: 11,785 MHz (Vertical)
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CNN International’s arrival on Arabsat comes as the latest signal of CNN’s long-standing and evolving commitment to the Middle East region. The CNN Abu Dhabi bureau is home to flagship weekday show Connect the World with Becky Anderson and a number of locally produced feature shows dedicated to the region, and the CNN Arabic website based in Dubai was relaunched last year for its users with a refreshed responsive format. The network operates a number of newsgathering bureaux in the region. CNN has a portfolio of important commercial partnerships across the region and recently chose the Middle East for its first CNN Traveller café, based at Abu Dhabi Airport. (Arabsat Press Release)
24 April 2015
Since launching in February this year, Reuters-TIMA has provided global Location Services to over 25 clients across four continents. CNN, Nippon TV, Euronews and Seven Network are among the first broadcasters to have used the new service.
Reuters-TIMA Location Services provides every aspect of newsgathering facilities and support services on the ground during breaking news stories. Recent stories covered include the Germanwings crash, the Tunisia museum shooting, border unrest between Saudi Arabia and Yemen as well as migrant boat disasters in the Mediterranean.
The partnership between Reuters and TIMA, which launched at the 87th Academy Awards, also provides coverage of key global events and unprecedented access, as well as providing logistical and editorial services. In the last two months Reuters-TIMA have made 132 transmissions from five events. Upcoming events, booked by global clients, include the birth of the royal baby, the UK general election, the G7 Summit in Bavaria and the Russian Victory Day parade.
Reuters-TIMA Location Services was created in response to the increased demand for live content in a shifting media landscape. Combining Reuters’ unparalleled global editorial content, seen by over a billion people every day, with TIMA’s cutting-edge technology and considerable experience of service delivery for the international media industry, Reuters-TIMA Location Services form a vast news and editorial network.
From New York to Moscow and Rio to Singapore, plus a network of Middle Eastern offices, including TIMA’s facilities in Tehran, Reuters-TIMA Location Services has been set up to help broadcasters cover every major world event, from elections to summits, sports to national celebrations and breaking news such as war, natural disasters and militant attacks, providing every aspect of newsgathering facilities and support services.
Tim Santhouse, Reuters’ Global Head of Video Products, says: “We’re delighted that such a broad range of broadcasters – large and small, public and commercial – have taken up the service, letting them focus on covering the story while we take care of the operational side, including technical and local knowledge.”
Alla Salehian, CEO of TIMA, says: “With strategically placed broadcast and satellite resources in regional hubs around the world, we’re able to respond quickly to breaking news. Since our partnership launch, the last two months have been exciting and fast-paced, responding to important global stories and working with key broadcasters.”
Reuters-TIMA Location Services include:
> Breaking news facilities: Reuters-TIMA Location Services provide every aspect of newsgathering facilities and support services on the ground during breaking news stories throughout the year.
> Event facilities: The partnership also provides coverage of key global events and unprecedented access to events that are also of regional significance, as well providing logistical and editorial services and dedicated customer support.
> Studio space: The service also offers clients access to high-tech live studio facilities around the world, many with stunning city backdrops.
www.reuters-tima.com
Reuters
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest international multimedia news provider, reaching more than a billion people every day. Reuters’ 2,600 journalists in nearly 200 locations around the globe deliver unparalleled international and national news coverage with speed, impartiality and insight to professionals via Thomson Reuters’ desktops, the world’s media organizations and directly to consumers on reuters.com.
TIMA
TIMA provides a range of broadcast services from its offices and studios worldwide, including production facilities, content production and events coverage. Its London headquarters opened in Spring 2012 and was swiftly followed by bureaux in Washington DC, New York and Paris. TIMA also operates across the Middle East in Saudi, Sanaa, Damascus, Baghdad and Tehran, where it provides media services for accredited broadcasters. Everything TIMA does is aimed at developing new ways of producing and distributing content. www.tima.com
22 April 2015
France 24 has launched a new Android TV application compatible with the Nexus player and all the devices equipped with the Google operating system (OTT boxes, smart TVs, etc.).
Available for free on Google Play, this new service is already available in North America, France, Germany and the UK. It will be accessible in the rest of the world by the end of 2015.
Adapted to new practices in news consumption, this new trilingual application (French, English, Arabic) has been completely designed for navigation on television. It features streamlined design and fast video loading for greater user comfort.
This application offers access to France 24 livestream in three languages as well as the latest news bulletins on demand (World news, Africa news, Business news, Sports and Weather). In addition to these short programmes, all the channel’s magazines and debates are also available for free on VOD.
In addition, users can also get access to articles and personalize their navigation thanks to a new ‘Favourite’ function that lets them create a catalogue of content.
This new development is part of France 24’s innovative multi-platform distribution strategy on connected devices. Thus, the channel renews its presence on Android operating systems on which it is available since 2010.
20 April 2015
Two Broadcast and New Media solutions from arvato Systems win awards at NAB 2015
- NewBay Media Group praises AdStore, the central advertising slot sales platform for cross-media campaigns
- Best of Show Award also goes to high-performance Media Asset Management System VPMS
At NAB 2015, the world’s leading trade show for TV and New Media, arvato Systems entered two of its software solutions – Adstore and VPMS – which both won the coveted “NAB Best of Show” awards.
NewBay Media, the internationally recognized publishing group, uses the opportunity provided by NAB to honor technology solutions in key areas of the industry. NewBay Media’s Best of Show Awards are evaluated by a panel of engineers and industry experts, and are selected based on innovation, feature set, cost efficiency and performance in serving the industry.
Taking part in the competition for the first time, arvato Systems put forward two of its customized IT solutions, which both won: centralized advertising slot sales platform for cross media campaigns AdStore convinced the judges, as did Media Asset Management system VPMS. VPMS has long been market leader in Germany and is also now increasingly in use in North America.
“Recognition with an award at the NAB Show from NewBay Media’s Broadcast & Video Group is a strong vote of confidence and admiration from our leading industry publications,” said NewBay Media Broadcast & Video Group Vice President & Group Publisher Eric Trabb.
Ralf Schürmann, CEO of arvato Systems S4M GmbH, said arvato Systems’ IT solutions are able to provide effective support for TV, Production and Media enterprises around the world as they respond to the challenges of digital transformation.
www.s4m.arvato-systems.com
20 April 2015
Director of BBC World Service Group, Fran Unsworth has announced the upcoming launch of a weekly BBC Bangla TV programme, BBC Probaho, on Bangladesh’s leading cable/satellite station, Channel-i. According to the contract signed today between BBC Bangla and Channel-i, the co-production between BBC Bangla and Channel-i, BBC Probaho, will go on air in June 2015.
The new weekly TV current-affairs show, BBC Probaho, will deliver in-depth reporting and live studio interviews, covering international and business stories. Presented by BBC Bangla’s Sharmin Rauma and co-produced with Channel-i, the programme will directly engage with the audiences. It will be broadcast live by Channel-i from its Dhaka studios.
Fran Unsworth is visiting Dhaka alongside the Controller of BBC World Service Languages Liliane Landor and Executive Director of the BBC’s international development charity, BBC Media Action, Caroline Nursey. Fran Unsworth said:
“I’m delighted to announce that we will be bringing BBC Probaho to Bengali TV screens via our partnership with Channel-i. BBC Probaho, hosted by Sharmin Rauma, will bring viewers hard-hitting interviews and analysis, and we’ll be actively encouraging audience interaction. For almost 10 years BBC Bangla and BBC Media Action have brought BBC Bangladesh Sanglap to Channel-i, and BBC Probaho sees our partnership going from strength to strength.”
This new partnership with Channel-i builds on the network’s decade-long collaboration with BBC Media Action and BBC Bangla. Channel-i has broadcast over 250 editions of the weekly television debate, BBC Bangladesh Sanglap, which is funded and managed by BBC Media Action. BBC Bangla provides key editorial support for the programme.
Shykh Seraj, Head of News of Channel-i, added: “Geographically the location of Bangladesh is predominantly important from a global perspective. The country has achieved remarkable social and economic progress since liberation. It has ensured free flow of information and transformed lives of many through the contribution from media. I firmly believe this partnership is certainly a milestone which will enrich the news and current affairs scenario and would also contribute to the democracy, politics and good governance in the region.”
The upcoming launch of the TV programme, BBC Probaho, adds to BBC’s strong presence in Bangladesh. BBC World Service’s radio programmes in Bangla and English are relayed on state broadcaster Bangladesh Betar’s FM frequencies in ten cities. While the website bbcbangla.com registers over a million unique visitors per month, the BBC Bangla Facebook page has over 4.7 million followers. BBC Bangla also offers a mobile news service, delivering 12 audio news and sports bulletins for mobile phone users in Bangladesh every day.
BBC Bangla is part of BBC World Service.
17 April 2015
RT’s exclusive interview with the ISS crew is part of a special project, #COSMOTREK. Roskosmos cosmonaut Mikhail Korniyenko and NASA astronaut Scott Kelly will talk to RT’s Peter Scott in an exclusive interview with the channel on April 21.
RT will air a live broadcast of its exclusive link-up with the International Space Station on Tuesday, April 21. RT journalist Peter Scott will check in with Russian Mikhail Korniyenko and American Scott Kelly, who have recently embarked on the space expedition, at 12:45 pm Moscow time from the RKA Mission Control Center in Russia’s Star City, a cosmonaut training center.
During the interview, which will air live on RT, the ISS crew will also take questions from the general public. Viewers can send in their question via multiple social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter, using hashtags #Cosmotrek and #СпросиКосмонавта. Questions can also be posted in comments to RT article here http://rt.com/news/250573-rt-live-space-station/.
ISS Expedition 43 crew took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 27, 2015. Kelly, Korniyenko and another Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka joined American Terry Virts, Russian Anton Shkaplerov and Italian Samantha Cristoforetti, the remaining members of the previous expedition, who are scheduled to return to Earth in May.
