19 March 2012
Two British journalists working for Press TV have been released after four weeks in detention in Libya.
Gareth Montgomery-Johnson and Nicholas Davies had been arrested by a Libyan militia group, accused of spying.
According to Britain’s Guardian newspaper, Abed al-Menemayad, head of the media and international cooperation office at the Interior Ministry, said: “They have been released and tomorrow they will leave the country.”
“The British consul received them and the charges against them have been dropped.”
The British embassy in Tripoli confirmed the release, adding: “The journalists have confirmed that they are well and look forward to being reunited with their families soon”.
19 March 2012
Discovery is to enter the genre of children
19 March 2012
India will digitise its vast cable television network by the end of 2014 as planned, Uday Varma, secretary for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting told delegates at FICCI Frames 2012 in Mumbai.
“We believe that radio and TV play a very important role in transforming a democratic and open society such as ours. The parliament has taken the step towards passing a law for mandatory digitisation of cable TV,” said Varma.
“Efforts of the auctioning process of the FM Phase 3 revolution have also begun. We will soon see 835 new FM stations come up across 250 towns in India. We are committed to time-bound digital transformation and the whole country will go digital by December 31, 2014.”
Cable is by far the largest distribution method for India’s burgeoning channel industry. IRS media figures from 2011 show a 17% compound annual growth rate in the spread of cable and satellite TV across India
16 March 2012
In a tribute to the life and work of Vaclav Havel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and RFE/RL announce the launch of the Vaclav Havel Journalism Fellowship. The inaugural Vaclav Havel fellow, Franak Viachorka, will be in Washington for a week of training beginning on March 19, and will also be recognized at a reception hosted by the Czech Embassy.
Petr Gandalovic, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the U.S., described the goals of the program by invoking the legacy of his country’s former president. “Havel was a playwright, dissident and political leader. He had an uncompromising belief in the power of words and the power of truth to unite people and overcome tyranny. This Fellowship carries the spirit of his convictions to places struggling against censorship where — even in 2012 — people are still denied the fundamental human right of free speech.”
Fellowships will afford independent journalists from countries lacking a free media six months of professional, on-the-job training and development at RFE/RL’s Prague headquarters. The program initially targets EU Eastern Partnership countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, and may expand to include fellows from other countries, including Afghanistan and Pakistan.
“RFE/RL has a special relationship with the Czech people,” says RFE/RL president Steven Korn. “This partnership will give promising young journalists an opportunity to work for impact in their own countries without fear.”
During his fellowship, Viachorka, a journalist and documentary filmmaker from Belarus, will train with RFE/RL’s Belarus service, Radio Svaboda. His visit to Washington will also include high-level meetings with journalists, diplomats, congressional staff members, and think tanks.
Viachorka has worked as a journalist and editor for several independent publications in Belarus, including as a freelancer for the BelaPAN news agency and the independent Polish satellite TV station, Belsat. He first came to the attention of Radio Svaboda at the age of 13 when he appeared from 2001-2002 on the program “Young Voices.” In 2006 he starred in the award-winning documentary,
16 March 2012
In a tribute to the life and work of Vaclav Havel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and RFE/RL announce the launch of the Vaclav Havel Journalism Fellowship. The inaugural Vaclav Havel fellow, Franak Viachorka, will be in Washington for a week of training beginning on March 19, and will also be recognized at a reception hosted by the Czech Embassy.
Petr Gandalovic, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the U.S., described the goals of the program by invoking the legacy of his country’s former president. “Havel was a playwright, dissident and political leader. He had an uncompromising belief in the power of words and the power of truth to unite people and overcome tyranny. This Fellowship carries the spirit of his convictions to places struggling against censorship where — even in 2012 — people are still denied the fundamental human right of free speech.”
Fellowships will afford independent journalists from countries lacking a free media six months of professional, on-the-job training and development at RFE/RL’s Prague headquarters. The program initially targets EU Eastern Partnership countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, and may expand to include fellows from other countries, including Afghanistan and Pakistan.
“RFE/RL has a special relationship with the Czech people,” says RFE/RL president Steven Korn. “This partnership will give promising young journalists an opportunity to work for impact in their own countries without fear.”
During his fellowship, Viachorka, a journalist and documentary filmmaker from Belarus, will train with RFE/RL’s Belarus service, Radio Svaboda. His visit to Washington will also include high-level meetings with journalists, diplomats, congressional staff members, and think tanks.
Viachorka has worked as a journalist and editor for several independent publications in Belarus, including as a freelancer for the BelaPAN news agency and the independent Polish satellite TV station, Belsat. He first came to the attention of Radio Svaboda at the age of 13 when he appeared from 2001-2002 on the program “Young Voices.” In 2006 he starred in the award-winning documentary,
15 March 2012
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