1.  Maxim Bojok of Belarus, a listener of the Ukrainian language programs,

2.  Gianangelo Rosati of Italy,

3.  Romanian born Valentin Hogea of Sweden,

4.  Nikolai Popov of Russia,

5.  Javier González Balón from Ecuador,

6.  Marius Rybak of Poland a listener of the German language programs,

7.  Kamal Bouamama from Algeria,

8.  Khaled Said Dayan of Yemen,

9.  Long Dingzhong from China,

10.  Ng Chuanwah of Malaysia, a listener of the Chinese language programs,

11.  Jamet Paul of France,

12-13. Naghmouchi Nouari and Naghmouchi Oussama, both from Algeria, listeners of the French service programs,

14.  Sabadou Sy of Mauritania,

15-17.  Gregory Amand, Jeffrey M. Cobb and Chris Larkosh, all 3 from the USA,

18.  Grant Skinner of Great Britain,

19.  Catherine Agboola of Nigeria,

20-21.  Arne Edsbagge and Borje Sahlen, both from Sweden,

22-26. Mizanur Rahman, Robina Aktar Golapy, Mahmuda Sultana Mitu, MD Dipon and Dewan Rafiqul, all 5 from Bangladesh,

27-28.  Balbir Singh and Soutik Hati, both from India,

29.  M. Mansoor Bhatti of Pakistan, and

30.  Jaroslaw Jedrzejczak of Poland.

The 25 third prizes went to:

1.  Danijel Dazdja of Serbia,

2.  Natalia Zabolotna of Ucraina,

3-4. Giovanni Sergi and Stefano Citterio, both from Italy,

5-6. Bogdan and Daniela Itu, from Spain,

7.  Ludmila Dementieva of Russia,

8.  Joan Coba Femenia of Spain,

9.  José Roberto da Silva Cunha from Brazil,

10. Klaus Karusseit of Sweden, a listener of the German language programs,

11. Abdelnaser Mohd Rashad Kamel of Egypt,

12. Ferhat Bezazel of Algeria,

13. Mohamad Taher Amri from Tunisia,

14-16. Gong Yudie, Zhi Yanjiao and Nan Zhou, all 3 from China,

17. Raïf Chaaban of Lebanon,

18. Christian Ghibaudo of France,

19-22. Gita Chakrabarty, Mitul Kansal, M. Ganesan and Anil Tamrakar, all 4 from India,

23. Syed Ali Akbar of Pakistan,

24. Hans Verner Lollike of Denmark,

25. Ian Morrison from China, and

26. Usman Ali of Dubai.

20 second prizes went to:

1.  Ana Savic of Serbia,

2.  Serhii Badik from Ukraine,

3.  Agide Melloni from Italy,

4.  Romanian born Eduard Bogoe from the US,

5.  Nikolai Matveev of Russia,

6.  Antonio Ángel Morilla Ríos of Spain,

7.  Ariel Becerra Pérez from Cuba,

8.  Peter Lakati of Hungary,

9.  Erhard Lauber of Germany,

10. Abdel Karim Ahmad Ali Al-Mabrouk of Lebanon,

11. Noura Toubal from Algeria,

12-13. Xue Fei and Lin Shan, both from China,

14. Barry Ismaila of Sierra Leone,

15. Boumechaal Farid from Algeria,

16-20. Carlo Prelz of the Netherlands, Habib Ur Rehman of Pakistan, Christer Brunstrom from Sweden, Mogire Machuki of Kenya, and Stephen War from Cameroon, all 5 listeners of the English language programs.

10 first prizes went to:

1.  Gian Luca del Marco of Italy,

2.  Romanian born Vasile Constantinescu from Canada,

3.  Martin Rogan of Great Britian who gave detailed answers in the Romanian language,

4.  Nikolai Loghinov of Russia,

5.  David Iurescia from Argentina,

6.  Abdelrahim Ait Awad pf Morrocco,

7.  Nada Mohd Abdelkader of Egypt,

8.  Bai Huijun from China,

9.  François Jaby from France and

10. Chinmoy Mahato from India.

15 special prizes were awarded to:

1.  Zdravka Sebastijanovic of Serbia,

2.  Steve Cherry and Weldon Walles, both from the US,

3.  Alyn Scott of Great Britain,

4.  our co-national Maria Costas from Ukraine,

5.  Valter Bruno of Italy,

6.  our co-national Narcisa Gabriela Bolbos from the US,

7.  Valeri Lugovski of Belarus, a listener of the Russian language programs,

8-9. Juan Franco Crespo and Emilio Sahuquillo Dobon, both from Spain,

10. Burkhard Müller of Germany,

11. Mohamad Al-Sayed Abderrahim of Egipt,

12-13. Wu Chunyan and Liu Ripu, both from China and

14. Renaud Didice of France.

The two Grand Prizes went to:

Igor Kanevski and Irina Goncearova from Harkov, Ukraine.

Congratulations!

You are invited once again to take part in a competition called “Targu Mures in History and In Our Times”, with some exciting prizes on offer. The competition is dedicated to a very interesting area in the center of Romania, Mures County, and especially to its main city, Targu Mures.

Situated in the middle of the Transylvanian highlands, the county covers the Caliman Mountains (over 2,000 meters high), the Gurghiu Mountains, to the Tarnave Highland and the Transylvanian Plain. The Mures River basin and its tributaries cover the county’s entire watershed. Targu Mures is not the only attraction, however. Sighisoara in particular stands out with its exceptional medieval fortress, which is still inhabited, as well as Reghin, which has been a major center for musical instrument making for centuries.

Targu Mures is notable as an important medical center, with its extraordinary achievements in cardiovascular medicine and urology. It is also a center of culture, with its libraries, museums, theaters, and with its special musical institutions. It is home to the National Theater of Targu Mures, the State Philharmonic of Targu Mures, as well as the ‘Teleki-Bolyai’ County Library, boasting one of the richest old book collections in Transylvania and the County Museum, with its many sections.

Targu Mures is a scholarly city, and has been famous as such since the Middle Ages, with its many schools and universities. In addition, it boasts many architecturally important buildings, such as the Administration Palace and the Palace of Culture, both in Secession style, the Orthodox Cathedral, the Flower Park, and the Targu Mures Zoo, to name just a few of the attractions in the city.

You are invited to follow our broadcasts, our website and our profiles on Facebook, Twitter and Flickr for this contest and answer a number of questions in writing. The contest closes on March 15th 2012, which is the mailing date for your answers.

Our two Grand Prizes are two trips for one, for seven nights, with full board at the Targu Mures City Hall Guesthouse, in the ‘Muresul’ Sports and Entertainment Complex.

Radio Romania International’s partners in this contest are the Targu Mures City Hall, the Mures Association of Fine Artists, and Mures City Council.

As usual, you’ll need to arrange your own transport to Romania and obtain a travel visa, if necessary. For listeners who don’t win the Grand Prize, there are other prizes and honorable mentions on offer, including a number of gifts relating to Targu Mures and Mures County, provided by our partners and sponsors.

The county has numerous historical and architectural attractions, buildings dating back to the 14th to 18th centuries, bearing the influence of various European styles. The attractions include the Saschiz fortified medieval church, the medieval fortifications of Sighisoara (from the 14th century) and of Targu Mures (from the 17th century), and the Iernut fortified castle. We should also mention the spa resort of Sovata, which dates back at least a century. There’s

plenty for nature lovers too, since the county boasts a number of beautiful nature reserves where rare species of plants can be found, such as Zau de Campie with its steppe peony, Poiana Narciselor, the ancient forest of Mociar, and the Gurghiu Tree Park.

Now here are the questions:

1. What is the name of the most important mountain chain in Mures county?

2. Please tell us at least 3 cultural or tourist attractions in Targu Mures.

3. What is the name of the city in Mures County whose medieval center is a UNESCO cultural heritage site?

4. When was the Targu Mures Palace of Culture built?

Please fill in the competition form on our website, www.rri.ro, or mail, fax or e-mail your answers. Please also make sure to mention what motivated you to take part in the contest, and, if you wish, mention what sources of information you used other than our broadcasts, the RRI website and our social network profiles (Facebook / Twitter).

Our address is: 60-64, G-ral Berthelot street, sector 1, Bucharest, PO BOX 111, zip code 010165, Fax: 00.40.21.319.05.62, E-mail: engl@rri.ro.

We are eagerly waiting for your answers by March 15, 2012, mailing date. The winners will be announced right after April 1, 2012, allowing them time to prepare for the journey. Good luck!

(Sumber: Newsletter Radio Romania International No. 37, 6 February 2012)

20 Pemenang Kehormatan

1. Pavel Puchkov of Russia,
2. Nikolaus Türk of Germanny,
3. Hamzaoui Mahmud Hamzaoui of Egypt ,
4. Abdel Karim Najim of Morroco,
5. Naser Farid Zifir of Yemen,
6. Alberto Machado Marchand of Uruguay,
7. Berny Solano Solano of Costa Rica,
8. Ricardo Barsotti Zimmermann of Portugal, a listener of the Spanish language broadcasts,

9-12.  Qian Xiuping, Liu Wei, dan Zhou Fei and Meng Cheng, from China,

13-15. Giuseppina Albanese, Mirella Damiani and Giorgio Borsier, from Italy,

16.  Amadou Tidjane of Mauritania, a listener of the French programs,

17.  Muhhammad Aslam Javed of Paksitan, a listener of the English language programs as well as Henk Poortvliet of the Netherlands and

18-19. Joaquim Pombo and Michael Whing of the UK.

10 Pemenang Ketiga

1. Sergiu Cr?ciun Romanian born listener from Russia,
2. Wolfgang Kühn of Germany,
3. Boudoukha Mohamad of Algeria,
4. Volodimir Gudzenko of Russia, a listener of the Ukrainian language programs,
5. Salvador Lavín Carral of Spain,
6. Romanian Adriana Petri of Israel,
7. Xu Wenfeng of China,
8. Stefano Citterio of Italy,
9. Rachad Affo of Benin, a listener of the French language programs and

10.  Shri Pal Garg of India, a listener of the English service programs.

20 Pemenang Kedua

1. Valeri Lugovski of Russia,
2. Michael Lindner of Germany,

3-4.  Ben Amer Laid and Abdel Hamid Djebbari, both from Algeria,

5.   Serhii Kozlenko of Ukraine,

6.   JoséLuis Corcuera of Spain,

7.   Ivan Profor of the Republic of Moldova,

8-12Lu Jiawang, Xue Fei, Meng Chunquan, Li Ming, Xu Tongya, from China,

13-15.  Agide Melloni, Lina Battanoli, Giovanni Sergi, from Italy and

16.  Romanian Cristina Mirabela R?dulescu, a listener of Italian language programs,

17.  Alain Roques of France,

18.  Nassir Aziz of Pakistan,

19-20. Mitul Kansal and M. Ganesan both from India.

10 Pemenang Pertama

1. Nikolai Matveev of Russia,
2. Goumidi Mohamad of Algeria,
3. Konstantin Kisili of Russia, who listens to our Ukrainian service,
4. Roberto Carlos Alvarez Galloso of the US, who listens to our Spanish service,

5-7.    Fan Hongjie, Shan Jinghai and Long Dingzhong, from China,

8.   Gianluca del Marco of Italy,

9-10.  Zenon Teles of India and Amand Gregory from the US, both listening to our English service.

4 Pemenang Spesial

1. Jan Pongs of Germany,
2. our co-national Marin Gherman of Ukraine, who listens to our Romanian language service,
3. Jacques Giraud of France, and
4. Richard Chen of Trinidad Tobago, listening to the English service programs.

Grand Prize

1-2.  Cristina Russo and Giulio Pagani, a couple from Genoa, Italy.

3-4.  Edith and Claude Unsinger of Strasbourg, France.

(Sumber: Newsletter Radio Romania International No. 36, 23 January 2012)

WEEK ENDED 27 JANUARY 2012

A weekly summary of news from ABU members and other broadcasting news items
from around the Asia-Pacific region and the world.

27 Jan 2012

German public service broadcasters seek HD cable carriage

German public service broadcasters ARD and ZDF are seeking cable carriage for their 10 new HD channels, which will be launched on April 30 2012, broandbandtvnews.com reports.

27 Jan 2012

Kuwait allows Al Jazeera to resume local operations

Al Jazeera is re-opening its Kuwait office a year after authorities in the Gulf state ordered its closure, rapidtvnews.com reports.

27 Jan 2012

Russian channel to air WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s TV show

Russia Today, the Kremlin’s English-language TV channel, has forged an unlikely partnership with the founder of WikiLeaks Julain Assange, British newspaper The Guardian reported.

26 Jan 2012

India: AIR, DD to expand reach in tribal areas

The Indian government is set to expand the reach of national broadcasters, All India Radio and Doordarshan, in tribal areas in the next few years. Most of these areas, affected by Maoist insurgency, will now be served by special programmes in tribal languages like Halbi, Gondi, Munda and Sargujia. The step has been initiated in an effort to reach out to the local population of the backward tribal regions of the country in their mother tongue.

26 Jan 2012

Al Jazeera set for Romania

The English language version of Al Jazeera is to become available in Romania, sat-universe.com reports.

26 Jan 2012

Yahoo! India intensifies role in video advertising

Yahoo! India is going  to venture into the online video advertising space. The digital  giant has announced its offerings to leading marketers to reach their target audiences through online video messaging.

25 Jan 2012

Indian Government considers tax holiday for broadcasters

A ten-year tax holiday, duty exemptions, and the granting of infrastructure status are among the proposals reportedly being considered for the Indian broadcasting industry by the government, rapidtvnews.com reports.

26 Jan 2012

MCOT selects Aspera Mobile for remote news gathering

MCOT’s Thai News Agency has selected and implemented Aspera’s mobile data transfer solution for Apple iOS and Google Android, asperasoft.com reports.

26 Jan 2012

Nepali TV station broadcasts by lantern light to protest power cuts

A television station in Nepal has broadcast a news bulletin lit by a lantern to protest the country’s long hours of power cuts, the German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported.

26 Jan 2012

Only half of Nepal’’s licensed radios are regularly on air

The Nepalese government has issued broadcasting permission to 405 FM radio stations until mid January. However, only 242 of them are regularly on air according to the Nepalese website myrepublica.com.

25 Jan 2012

Sale of popular Turkish commercial TV Channel

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, Time Warner and Texas Pacific Group are among five foreign companies expected to show interest in assets belonging to Turkey’’s second-biggest media group ATV-Sabah this week, but international bidders have doubts about the $700 million – $1.25 billion auction process leading to a sale.

26 Jan 2012

34 percent of Uzbekistan population uses Internet

The number of Internet users, including mobile Internet users, in Uzbekistan has reached 8.8 million in 2011, Gazeta.uz website reported.

26 Jan 2012

3.3 million TNTSat receivers sold at end of 2011

Satellite operator SES Astra’s TNTSat French digital terrestrial offer on satellite sold a total of 3.3 million receivers at the end of 2011,..

26 Jan 2012

Sweden launches 24-hour news channel TV4 News

Sweden has its very own 24-hour news channel following the launch of TV4 News, broadbandtvnews.com reports.

26 Jan 2012

Indian government to set up new agency to oversee telecom, cyber security

India plans to set up a new body that will oversee telecom and cyber security to avoid overlap between various ministries and intelligence agencies that are currently handling this issue.

26 Jan 2012

BlackBerry maker to offer Facebook and Twitter in Saudi Arabia

The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone plans to roll out services to support Facebook and Twitter in Saudi Arabia after sales in the kingdom more than doubled last year.

26 Jan 2012

ITU launches Girls in ICT web portal

ITU has launched a new web portal (http://girlsinict.org/) focused on helping girls and women access training, job opportunities and career information in the fast-growing information and communication (ICT) sector.

26 Jan 2012

WRC-12 Conference on Frequency Spectrum opens in Geneva

The 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference opened on 23 January in Geneva, addressing a large number of issues on the use of radio frequency spectrum by several industries including the broadcasters. This conference is organized by the International Telecommunication Union, the Specialized UN Agency on telecommunications.

26 Jan 2012

Indian PM goes on Twitter

The Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s office made its debut on popular microblogging site Twitter on Monday.

25 Jan 2012

CCTV, Cisneros strike doc deal

Chinese broadcaster CCTV and Venevision International have struck a wide-ranging documentary deal at NATPE, the American documentary market.

25 Jan 2012

30th anniversary of CCTV Festival Gala

The annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala held successfully on 22 Jan 2012; attracting people’s attention across China, cctv.com reports.

25 Jan 2012

Saran Media brings 3D sports technology to Turkish TV

Turkish broadcasters will be now having local access to 3D sports programming following the acquisition of SterGen’s 3D conversion platform by Istanbul-based sports broadcast and entertainment distributor Saran Media, sat-television.com reports.

26 Jan 2012

Small Japanese paper reconnects with readers during earthquake disaster by handwriting its stories

When the March 2011 tsunami struck a great swathe of the northeast coast of Japan leaving 19,000 people dead or missing and triggering the Fukushima nuclear disaster, it also submerged the Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun’’s presses.

26 Jan 2012

German court rules against Samsung Electronics in its lawsuit against Apple

A German district court has ruled against Samsung Electronics in a lawsuit the Korean firm filed against Apple regarding communication patent violations.

25 Jan 2012

BBC World Service Trust becomes BBC Media Action

After twelve years supporting and strengthening the media in the developing world, the BBC World Service Trust has entered a significant new stage. As of 16 December 2011, it has changed its name to BBC Media Action.

25 Jan 2012

First DTH TV platform in Georgia starts via Astra

Satellite Services (SES) and MagtiCom, the Georgian mobile and telecommunication company, have announced the launch of MagtiSat, Georgia’s first domestic direct-to-home (DTH) satellite platform, via Astra. The pay-TV offer will be available beginning 23 January 2012.

30 Dec 2011

‘Top 10 most dangerous places for reporters’

The Arab Spring has taken its toll on the media with double the number of journalists being killed in the Middle East in 2011 compared with 2010.

30 Dec 2011

Pakistani broadcasters under threat

At least two prominent broadcast journalists in Pakistan have accused the state security of threatening them, International Business Times reports.

30 Dec 2011

China to launch 3D channel

China’s first 3D TV channel will begin a trial run on Jan 1, before its official launch in late January, in time for the Chinese New Year holiday, China Daily reports.

30 Dec 2011

Philippine Catholic TV station gets green light

The Philippine House of Representatives has granted a Filipino Catholic organisation a franchise to operate and maintain a television station in the country, Business Mirror reports.

30 Dec 2011

Journalists attacked during protests in Yemen

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the attacks on at least eight journalists over the weekend by armed forces loyal to outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

30 Dec 2011

RTM’s new integrated news centre nearly complete

The RM100-million (US$31.4 million) integrated news centre of Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) in Kuala Lumpur will be ready next month, Bernama reports.

30 Dec 2011

End of era for NZ TV as Avalon faces sale

As 2011 draws to a close, so does an era in New Zealand’s television history, Wellington-based Internet news agency Stuff reports.

30 Dec 2011

China vows to speed up convergence of TV, Internet, phone

China will push ahead the convergence of television, Internet and telecom services in 2012, said Miao Wei, China’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology today, Xinhua reports.

30 Dec 2011

Saudi TV channel to broadcast to Spain, Latin America

A new TV channel, sponsored by the government of Saudi Arabia, will begin broadcasting on 1 January, El Pais reports.

30 Dec 2011

BBC Bangla turns 70 with TV debate

BBC’s Bengali services, known as BBC Bangla, marked its 70th anniversary – and 40 years of Bangladeshi independence – with a special television debate about the changing media scene in Bangladesh.