17 June 2010
New in the App Store: owners of the iPhone can create content with My No Comment TV.
The No Comment TV application can be downloaded for free in the News section.
The World Cup and UGC (user generated content)
euronews is launching this application for the World Cup and invites viewers and iPhone owners to provide any videos and comments relevant to this world sporting event.
With the No Comment TV application, these videos and photos can be posted as soon as they are made.
My No Comment
In the My No Comment section, users can create and share their own content.
Therefore, any No Comment entry created can be viewed via the No Comment TV application for iPhone, the nocommenttv.com website and it will also be broadcast during the No Comment programme on euronews global network to 153 countries.
This instantly shared live news service, provided by No Comment reporters, can be accessed in the Galleries section.
iPhone owners can also access the following pages:
– Latest the latest 25 No Comment entries by euronews
– Top Videos the months most-watched videos on euronews.net
– Categories every day, 50 No Comment entries are grouped by themes or by geographical area.
17 June 2010
BTs Media & Broadcast division and RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd (RRsat) announced today a five year strategic alliance. The alliance will enable their customers to benefit from high quality broadcast services over a deeper global reach as well as being a catalyst to facilitate both companies growth in their global media businesses.
The alliance will combine RRsats world-class capabilities in content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries over satellite, fibre and IP with BTs Global Media Network and existing satellite portfolio,
RRsat will gain access to BTs media switch in London linking in to its Global Media Network, satellite services and offering dedicated bandwidth for short-term event coverage, while BTs media customers will benefit from the RRsat Global Network which offers extensive distribution coverage currently provided to more than 550 channels using over 50 satellite platforms in more than 150 countries.
Each company has agreed to bring between £5-£10million of additional business to the other party.
BT Wholesales Media & Broadcast director of global sales & marketing, Mark Wilson-Dunn, said: This is an important step towards the formation of a global ecosystem to support the creation, movement and monetisation of content, and we are delighted to be taking that step alongside RRsat.
David Rivel, founder and CEO of RRsat Global Communications Network, said Bringing together the energy, culture and capabilities of both parties and both our high quality service standards promises exciting new prospects in the global broadcast and satellite market, delivering significant benefits for all our customers.
8 June 2010
The YouTube video which is embedded below is a presentation by Dr Anthony Leiserowitz of Yale University of the results of the lastest Gallup survey of attitudes of people throughout the world to climate change. The survey has been carried out annually since 2006 and has a huge scope with nearly half a million people having been polled up to now. Although Dr Leiserowitz obviously believes in manmade climate change and the need to act to combat it, the figures provide interesting reading whatever your views.
The headline states that 40% of the world have not heard of climate change, but in fact the 40% figure includes those who answered “Do Not Know” and those who refused to answer the question, as well as those who actually said they had not heard of climate change. It also, as Dr Leiserowitz carefully points out, does not mean that 40% have not experienced changes in climate themselves. However, this headline figure is a good indication of how many people, usually the most disadvantaged by poverty and lack of education, are not aware of the debate and so have very little voice in deciding how the issue should be tackled.
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/B3R6VE4EvnU&hl=en_GB&fs=1&rel=0
The analysis by country is fascinating and makes the video well worth watching. The results of the first question, on awareness, are not that surprising, with the developed world most aware of the debate and Africa & South Asia the areas least aware. Some countries have over 70% of their population unaware and because of their large populations India & China have by far the largest number of inhabitants who are unaware. The example of Bangladesh is used to analyse the huge gap in awareness between those who are highly educated (98% aware) and those who are mainly or totally uneducated (under 30%).
But the question of belief in the causes of climate change presents a different geographical picture, with the USA joining India and a number of African countries as those with the highest belief that climate change is due to natural causes. Also, it is the countries of South America, particularly Brazil, who feel the risk to them from climate change is the highest.
Finally, despite the differing views, it is interesting to note that in nearly all the countries which are major carbon emitters, there is a majority of those who are aware who state that their governments should be doing more.
For more details of this report and similar work, visit the Yale Project Climate Change Communication website
4 June 2010
Because the AIBs (international media excellence awards) this year include a People’s Choice category for the best TV coverage of climate change, I have been looking at the online coverage on this subject and the wide range of different views expressed. It is a fascinating subject because of the way it affects, or may affect, different nations and peoples around the world (listen, for example to an interview with a campaigner from Samoa talking about climate justice) and also because of the widely differing views on the subject from fervent climate change disbelievers (e.g. Watts Up with That) to those who have made careers out of propounding manmade climate change (e.g. Al Gore)
But it is interesting to see other angles taken on climate change – from Ecological Buddhism’s view of the morality of mankind treating nature as a resource to be cared for, through those who care passionately about the effect on people living at the margins (see Oxfam’s website, for example) to those who focus on green technologies as business opportunities as well as necessary for our future (e.g. Clean Technology Business Review).
If you do not have a set viewpoint, it is difficult to make sense of all the conflicting claims and studies. Thank goodness for sites like “Information is beautiful”, in particular the blog post putting arguments from opposing views on climate change side by side with the data graphed inbetween. It is a really useful infographics tool to allow readers to make informed decisions themselves.
It can be difficult to make up your mind on the arguments, but once you have, you can be sure of finding a group who is championing the point of view on which you decide.
4 June 2010
On 1 June 2010 Radio Netherlands Worldwide is starting RNW Classical, a 24-hour web radio station playing classical music from the Netherlands: www.rnwclassical.com.
The emphasis in this English-language programme is on Dutch classical music, performed by orchestras, ensembles and soloists based in the Netherlands. The major international repertoire will, of course, be represented too. RNW Classical will also open up RNWs extensive music archives to international audiences.
Radio Netherlands Worldwide is programming RNW Classical 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Both the daily radio programming and background information can be found on the new stations website.
RNW Classical can be heard at www.rnwclassical.com and via RNW’s websites in ten languages.
1 June 2010
euronews, Europes leading international multilingual news channel, and Google, the popular search engine, announce the launch of trends, a new programme based on Europes top Google searches and beginning 1st June 2010.
What interests Europeans? Each week trends compiles the list of the 5 most popular terms that have seen the greatest increase in searches on Googles search engines across Europe. In collaboration with Google, trends, euronews new programme, explores tendencies and behaviour in society today.
Find trends on the euronews website at: euronews.net/sci-tech. trends is available on air and online in 9 languages: Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.
People can also do their own exploration of global and local search trends using Google Trends, which compares search volume patterns across queries. www.google.com/trends
“We are excited Euronews is bringing Google Trends to viewers across Europe and the Middle East,” said Bill Echikson Google Head of Communications and Public Affairs Southern, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. “Google Trends reveals the hottest topics in news, sport, business and entertainment and we are glad that its insights will enhance euronews’s programming.”
Michael Peters, Managing Director of Euronews added: “euronews is proud to have this exclusive agreement with Google which allows the channel to provide to its worldwide audience a barometer of news interest on the web. This medium is both a news source and a tool that has changed the perception and the consumption of information. We are glad to be associated to Google, a top web property in all major global markets, who has contributed to this new way of keeping people informed all around the world.”
trends
Frequency: twice-weekly
Duration: 1
Online :
www.euronews.net/sci-tech
