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.

Di kawasan Asia Pasifik, siaran Bahasa Mandarin dan Vietnam juga dihentikan, sementara siaran dalam bahasa Birma masih melanjutkan siaran gelombang pendek SW.

Namun jangan khawatir, karena Anda tetap bisa mendengarkan siaran BBC World Service lewat sejumlah stasiun mitra radio FM di beberapa kota di Indonesia. Selain itu, siaran BBC Indonesia juga bisa didengarkan langsung lewat situs bbcindonesia.com pada pukul 05.00-05.30 WIB dan pukul 18.00-18.30 WIB setiap hari. Siaran tersebut masih tersedia dan bisa anda dengarkan selama 24 jam sebelum diganti dengan siaran terbaru.

Berikut ini adalah radio mitra yang menyiarkan BBC  di seluruh Indonesia :

. Aceh Barat DALKA 101.3 FM

. Ambon PELANGI 103.7 FM

. Bali GLOBAL 96.5 FM

. Bali SWIB 106.8 FM

. Balikpapan SMART – BALIKPAPAN 97.8 FM

. Banda Aceh PRIMA – ACEH 104.4 FM

. Banjarmasin SMART – BANJARMASIN 101.1 FM

. Banyuwangi SRI TANJUNG 102.3 FM

. Barabai, Kalsel SUARA BARABAI 104.5 FM

. Batam RAMAKO – BATAM 100.7 FM

. Batu, Malang MENSANA 102.5 FM

. Bengkulu LESITA 102.3 FM

. Biak Papua MERCURY 102.3 FM

. Boyolali KARYSMA 100.3 FM

. Bontang NBI 103.1 FM

. Bukit Tinggi BIMANTARA 98.8 FM

. Banyuwangi FAJAR 92.85 FM

. Cilacap UTARI 101 FM

. Cimahi AR 92.9 FM

. Duri Riau PATRA 93.6 FM

. Gorontalo SELEBES 100.1 FM

. Halmahera SPB 103.6 FM

. Jakarta ELSHINTA 90 FM

. Jakarta SMART – JAKARTA 95.9 FM

. Jambi DIAN IRAMA 104.3 FM

. Jatibarang, Indramayu KC10 87.9 FM

. Jayapura ART 105.1 FM

. Jember SOKA 102.1 FM

. Jembrana, Bali SWARA NEGARA 89 FM

. Kebumen MAS 101.7 FM

. Kediri ANDIKA 106.5 FM

. Kendari SUARA ALAM KENDARI 99.1 FM

. Kupang DMWS 103.3 FM

. Lampung SUARA WAJAR 96.8 FM

. Langsa, Aceh GIPSI 106.1 FM

. Lhokseumawe ADYEMAJA 103.5 FM

. Lhokseumawe RRI PRO 2 94.4 FM

. Lombok GLOBAL LOMBOK 98.1 FM

. Lubuk Linggau PAPEJA 101.8 FM

. Madiun DCS 100.5 FM

. Makassar SMART – MAKASSAR 101.1 FM

. Manado SMART – MANADO 101.2 FM

. Manokwari MATOA 102.6 FM

. Manna-Bengkulu ARTHA 103.7 FM

. Malang MAS 104.5 FM

. Maumere – Flores KHABARI 90.3 FM

. Medan SMART – MEDAN 101.8 FM

. Padang CLASSY 103.4 FM

. Palembang SMART – PALEMBANG 101.8 FM

. Palu NUGRAHA TOP FM 102.6 FM

. Pamekasan PAMEKASAN AM 738 AM

. Pangkal Pinang PRIMA – PANGKAL PINANG 105.9 FM

. Pasuruan PASURUAN WARNA PESONA 93.6 FM

. Pati PAS 101 FM

. Payakumbuh HARAU 100.6 FM

. Pekanbaru ADITYA 87.6 FM

. Pekanbaru BHARABAS 97.5 FM

. Pekanbaru SMART – PEKANBARU 99.5 FM

. Pematang Siantar CEK 101.2 FM

. Pontianak VOLARE 103 FM

. Purwokerto DIAN SWARA 98.2 FM

. Raha – Sul Teng GETAR 09 96.2 FM

. Rembang CITRA BAHARI 101.9 FM

. Samarinda MITRA 102.7 FM

. Samarinda METRO 101.9 FM

. Semarang SMART – SEMARANG 93.4 FM

. Serang Banten PBS 104.8 FM

. Sigli MEGAPHONE 105.6 FM

. Sikka, Maumere RSPD 100 FM & 102.6 AM

. Singaraja SINGARAJA – BALI 92 FM

. Singkawang BOMANTARA 102 FM

. Sintang SWARA PERKASA 738 AM

. Solo KARAVAN 107.3 FM

. Solo PTPN RASITANIA 99.6 FM

. Solo SOLOPOS 103 FM

. Sorong CENDRAWASIH 92.5 FM

. Situbondo Bhasa 93.1 FM

. Subang ADITYA 91.5 FM

. Sukabumi NBS 92.3 FM

. Surabaya MERCURY – Surabaya 96 FM

. Takengon AMANDA RASISONIA 810 AM

. Tanjung Pinang BISS 103.2 FM

. Tarakan – Kaltim BEO PERSADA 107 FM

. Tegal RK 98.3 FM

. Ternate HIKMAH 103 FM

. Tulung Agung PERKASA 96.8 FM

. Yogyakarta GLOBAL JOGJA 107.6 FM

. Yogyakarta UNISI 99.6 FM

Siaran radio gelombang pendek dari BBC layanan bahasa Arab, yang memiliki sekitar 400.000 pendengar di Mesir, akan dikurangi secara signifikan dalam beberapa minggu sebagai bagian dari rencana untuk  menyelamatkan anggaran sebesar £ 46 juta ($ 74,5 juta) dari World Service.

Sebuah email dikirim kepada staf ABU pada hari Rabu oleh Peter Horrocks, direktur berita global BBC, yang mengungkapkan rencana untuk merespon kejadian besar di daerah konflik khususnya dengan membeli kapasitas radio gelombang pendek, dengan latar belakang pemberontakan politik kekerasan yang saat ini tengah melanda kawasan Timur Tengah.

“Kami sedang melihat kemungkinan untuk membeli kapasitas gelombang pendek dalam waktu singkat untuk memastikan bahwa kami dapat bereaksi dengan cepat, seperti yang disorot baru-baru ini di Mesir,” tambahnya.

“Saya tekankan bahwa setiap perubahan yang kita buat adalah untuk rencana asli kita, semuanya harus dibuat dalam konteks penyesuaian keuangan yang ketat – karena apa yang tidak bisa kita lakukan sebenarnya adalah mencari dana baru.”

“Namun, BBC Arab akan terus melayani pendengar radio melalui mediumwave, melalui jaringan relay FM dan ada pula melalui kemitraan rebroadcasting baru.

“Ini akan terus melayani khalayak pendengar yang paling sensitif di Sudan dan semenanjung Arab dengan siaran gelombang pendek dan menengah.”

(Sumber: ABU)

Sebagaimana diketahui, BBC bulan lalu mengumumkan bahwa mereka akan memangkas produksi bahasa asing pada jaringan World Service karena pengurangan dana dari pemerintah, sebuah langkah yang telah memicu protes luas dan pertanyaan di parlemen Inggris.

Mr Tully, sesepuh koresponden asing di India, telah bergabung dengan penulis dan aktivis Arundhati Roy, sejarawan dan penulis Guha Ram Vikram Seth menandatangani pernyataan yang mengkritik penutupan Radio BBC Hindi.

Kelompok itu mengatakan “terkejut” dengan tidak lagi disiarkannya BBC Hindi melalui gelombang pendek mulai 1 April, yang artinya BBC akan meninggalkan jutaan penduduk miskin di pedesaan India yang sangat membutuhkan akses informasi penting.

“Selama hampir tujuh dekade BBC Hindi radio telah menjadi sumber informasi yang dapat dipercaya, aktual dan akurat, terutama pada saat krisis,” kata para penandatangan, termasuk seorang pengacara Mahkamah Agung dan aktivis sosial.

“Kami mendesak pemerintah Inggris untuk meninjau ulang keputusannya yang akan mengurangi pendanaan untuk BBC World Service sehingga memungkinkan transmisi radio BBC Hindi melalui gelombang pendek dilanjutkan,” kata mereka.

(Sumber: ABU)

Dari                 R A D I O A C T I V I T Y <alokeshgupta@gmail.com>

Tanggal           4 Februari 2011 09.11

Kepada            mapemclub2020@gmail.com

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Making the cut

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:09 PM PST

BBC Nepali Service survives budget cuts, expands listenership

RUBEENA MAHATO
http://nepalitimes.com/issue/2011/02/04/Nation/17921

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R A D I O A C T I V I T Y

Dari                 R A D I O A C T I V I T Y <alokeshgupta@gmail.com>

Tanggal           6 Februari 2011 09.16

Kepada            mapemclub2020@gmail.com

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Invitation for inauguration of RMS station at Trivandrum

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 07:09 AM PST

INVITATION

We cordially invite all Hams & SWLS for the inauguration of the Radio Mail Server (RMS) station set up by National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR)at Amateur Radio Club, VU2CLU, Kerala State Science & Technology Museum, Trivandrum under “Amateur Radio Advanced Digital Communications System” project of Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India.

Date: Monday, 7 February 2011
Time: 6.00 pm
Venue: Kerala State Science & Technology Museum & Priyadarshini Planetarium, PMG Junction, Vikas Bhavan PO, Trivandrum 695033

Shri. M.A.Baby, Hon’ble Minister for Education & Culture, Govt. of Kerala will inaugurate the same in a function presided over by Shri. V. Surenderan Pillai, Hon’ble Minister for Ports & Youth Affairs, Govt. of Kerala.

(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad )

Radio silence in Khandwa

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 09:15 PM PST

BBC Hindi will no longer be heard in the north Indian heartland from March. Achala Sharma, former head of the service, remembers how a British broadcaster brought the world to the towns and villages of India.

Read the ‘Indian Express’ story here :
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/radio-silence-in-khandwa/746519/0

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Dari                 R A D I O A C T I V I T Y <alokeshgupta@gmail.com>

Tanggal           7 Februari 2011 09.09

Kepada            mapemclub2020@gmail.com

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Why ham radio endures in a world of tweets

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 12:07 AM PST

Somehow it makes little sense that amateur “ham” radio continues to thrive in the age of Twitter, Facebook and iPhones. Yet the century-old communications technology — which demands such commitment that you must generally pass an exam to receive a licence……..

Read the article here :

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-02/03/why-ham-radio-endures?page=all

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R A D I O A C T I V I T Y

Dari                 R A D I O A C T I V I T Y <alokeshgupta@gmail.com>

Tanggal           8 Februari 2011 09.07

Kepada            mapemclub2020@gmail.com

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The Wave Silenced

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 10:22 AM PST

The BBC Hindi radio, a constant for the last seven decades, is set to go off air

Namrata Joshi
Read the Outlook story here : http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?270321

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Dari                 R A D I O A C T I V I T Y <alokeshgupta@gmail.com>

Tanggal           11 Februari 2011 09.15

Kepada            mapemclub2020@gmail.com

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• Radio Taiwan International test to South Asia
• Vatican Radio marks 80 years, looks to new media
• UN radio ordered off the air in Ivory Coast
• Fantastic condition on FM band this morning !

Radio Taiwan International test to South Asia

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 07:14 AM PST

Frequency : 9435 kHz (replacing 11550 kHz)

Time : 1600 to 1700 UTC

Dates : February 13 to 16, 2011

Language : English

Reception reports to : paula at rti.org.tw

Vatican Radio marks 80 years, looks to new media

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:29 PM PST

By NICOLE WINFIELD

The Associated Press

Thursday, February 10, 2011; 4:08 PM

VATICAN CITY — Vatican Radio, which broadcasts the pope’s message in 45 languages worldwide, is looking to a future in new media, said a top official on Thursday, as the station launched an exhibition commemorating 80 years of broadcasting.

Read the full story here :

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/10/AR2011021004355.html

UN radio ordered off the air in Ivory Coast

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:26 PM PST

By MARCO CHOWN OVED

The Associated Press

Thursday, February 10, 2011; 12:43 PM

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — United Nations radio was ordered off the air in Ivory Coast by a regulatory board loyal to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo, though the station refused to comply Thursday.

Read the full story here :

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/10/AR2011021002544.html

Fantastic condition on FM band this morning !

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:40 PM PST

Fantastic conditions noted this morning :

10 Feb 2011 (Fri) @ 0030- 0200 UTC

88.0 Unid weak
89.8 Unid from Nepal
90.8 Jaagran FM , Nepal 55555
91.4 Unid from Nepal
91.9 Mantra
92.4 Indreni FM
93.2 Phoolbari Fm Nepal 55555
93.8 Dinesh FM, Nepal
94.0 Krisnasar FM
94.6 Bageshwari FM 55555
95.6 Radio Bheri Awaz , Nepal
96.2 Radio Mahakali, Mahendranagar,Nepal
97.3 Unid Nepali
98.6 Radio Bheri, Nepal 55555
99.4 Shuklaphanta FM, Nepal 55555
100.1 AIR Gorakhpur
100.2 AIR Patiala 55555
100.3 AIR Unid
100.4 AIR Bareilley 55555
100.6 AIR Varanasi
100.7 AIR Lucnow
100.9 AIR Shimla
101.0 Unid from Nepal
101.3 AIR Aligarh 55555
101.4 AIR Kurukshetra 55555
101.5 AIR Sawai Madhopur
101.8 AIR Hamirpur
102.1 AIR Mussourie 55555
103.0 Radio Nepal Buditola 55555
103.1 AIR Chandigarh 55555
103.4 AIR Dharamshala
103.5 AIR Rohtak
103.7 AIR Unid 55555
104.5 Unid Weak
107.2 AIR Kasauli
107.3 Unid Nepal weak

Hep forecast : http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo_mid.html

IMD Fog forecast : http://121.241.116.157/dynamic/weather/fogforecast.html

Sony XDR-F1HD + Trax 5 ele Yagi beaming at 60 deg

(Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE)