5 August 2011
Voice of America has launched a new mobile service that makes daily news summaries available to cell phone users in Guinea.
The new service is made possible by a partnership with AudioNow, a mobile radio distribution provider, and is hosted on the Cellcom network in Guinea.
Any phone user can access the VOA French language news bulletins by calling a single national number. Cellcom customers can dial a short special access code, which is available at reduced rates.
VOA Africa Division Director Gwen Dillard says the new service provides our listeners in Guinea with a simple and easy way to get news that is important to them, no matter where they are. VOAs strategy is to use the right platform in the right place, and in Africa people are increasingly using mobile phones, so putting our news on those devices makes sense.
Users in Guinea can dial 65100993 to hear the daily VOA news bulletins through AudioNows patent-pending single-stream technology. Cellcom subscribers in Guinea who pay a small weekly fee can access the VOA French service by calling the short code 503.
VOAs news, feature and music programs are broadcast throughout Africa on television, shortwave, medium wave and FM. The programs are also available on mobile, streamed on the internet and distributed direct to home by satellite and affiliate stations across the continent. VOA is also increasingly offering its radio and television programs via smart-phone apps and now on any mobile device on AudioNow.
1 August 2011
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1 August 2011
Non-rights holders covering the 2012 Olympics in London can now book space in the London Media Centre, operated by London tourism body London & Partners.
Located in Westminster, a stone’s throw from the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, the London Media Centre will provide a comprehensive range of services to TV and radio broadcasters during the XXX Olympiad.
In addition to the Media Centre, London & Partners will be offering a range of additional services, such as HD B-roll material, beauty shot cameras and stand-up positions around London.
For more information about covering the London Olympics, contact AIB which is able to help in a variety of ways. Call us on +44 20 7993 2557.
You can also download the LMC rate card using the link below.
1 August 2011
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29 July 2011
The Associated Press (AP) will offer customers multimedia coverage of the 13th IAAF World championships in Daegu, South Korea, launching a new digital sports product that will provide text stories linked to photos and video clips from Sports News Television (SNTV).
The Aug. 27-Sept. 4 IAAF Championships is the last major international athletics event before the 2012 London Olympics and is likely to attract high public interest. A 22-member coverage team from the AP will be dedicated to chronicling the entire championships in text, photo and video.
Each day AP customers will benefit from access to up to 50 text stories, at least 250 photos and ten video clips from the very best of the action at the International Association of Athletics Federations championships. Photos will be shot, edited and filed at the stadium and directly transmitted so images are ready within moments of being taken.
AP Director of Emerging Products Sue Brooks said: This new multi-format product represents APs commitment to packaging our content to meet the growing demand for quality video and news from online players.
Customers will be able to access the text, photo and video via a single AP platform, making it quicker and easier to publish with minimal editorial effort.
29 July 2011
Vizrt Ltd. announced today that it has signed a contract with both The Independent and the London Evening Standard, two major UK newspapers.
The new license deal includes an upgrade for The Independent from version 4 to version 5 and a new system for the Evening Standard, including Engine, Content Studio and In-page edit. The deal will be implemented through Vizrt’s London partner, First Clarity.
Martin Burkhalter, CEO for Vizrt, stated, “This deal does add one very big name to our stable of publishing customers. In both cases, the need for traditional publishers to reach new audiences has driven their web strategy and we are very pleased that our products form a crucial part of the execution of this strategy.”
About Vizrt:
Vizrt provides real-time 3D graphics and asset management tools for the broadcast industry – from award-winning animations & maps to online publishing tools. Vizrt’s products are used by the world’s leading broadcasters and publishing houses, including: CNN, CBS, Fox, the BBC, BSkyB, ITN, ZDF, Star TV, Network 18, TV Today, CCTV, NHK, The Globe and Mail, Times Online, The Telegraph, and Welt Online. Furthermore, many world-class production houses and corporate institutions such as the Stock Exchanges in New York and London use Vizrt systems.
