23 March 2012
RT launches a new Smart TV App through LGs global application store LG apps TV,* providing happy owners of the latest generation LG Smart TVs with free access to all of RTs TV programming.
Watching any RT channel on an LG Smart TV is now easy. It does not require any additional wiring or set-up. All the viewer needs to do is to connect their TV to the Internet and launch the RT application, available through LG apps TV*.
TVs future is online, and Smart TV technology proves it brilliantly. We are happy that viewers of LGs smart TVs can watch all of RTs channels and no longer have to depend on cable networks or satellite signals, said RTs editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan.
Additionally, free RT applications for IPhone, Blackberry, and Android are being rolled out.
LG is among the key players in the global Smart TV market, which introduces web browsing capabilities to a TV set and enables viewers to enjoy a wide range of entertainment options such as Web content, services and applications, in addition to television programming.
The RT network comprises three news channels and a documentary channel RTDoc. Our 24/7 Broadcast from Moscow and Washington, DC studios is available for viewing in over 100 countries with a total audience of more than 480 million people. RT streams online at the networks website, RT.com. RT is also one of the worlds largest news providers on YouTube, and the first to register half a billion views on the platform. It was also the first Russian TV network to be nominated for the prestigious Emmy International award in 2010 in the News category.
23 March 2012
Generation Y, a programme produced by euronews in partnership with the Culture DG of the European Commission, examines the opportunities that are open to European youth through various initiatives. In spite of the uncertain future of this generation, their creativity, innovation and mobility are giving them a boost.
“Generation Y” can often be described by the 4 “i’s: interconnected, inventive, individualist and impatient. “Interconnected”, because this generation grew up with an increasingly mobile Internet: 70% of this generation use the Internet every day and 80% are on the social networks
21 March 2012
Eutelsat Communications today officially launched its innovative newsgathering service called
21 March 2012
RT launches a new Smart TV App through LG
21 March 2012
Al Jazeera English, the multi-award winning global news channel, has today announced the launch of its exciting new iPhone app for up-to-the-minute news and programmes.
The new Al Jazeera English iPhone app features content from popular sections of the Al Jazeera English website, including: Breaking News, Opinion, Features, and same-day access to full-length programmes. The trailblazing app also allows users to watch live streaming of 24-hour news broadcasts in audio and video format completely free of charge.
As well as receiving the latest news information, the iPhone app reaffirms Al Jazeera
20 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, A Lesson of Belarusian, which chronicles his teenage years in Aleksandr Lukashenka’s Belarus. Viachorka is also the author of the European travel book “Wanderer’s Guide” and director of the Citizen Journalist blog.
