Posts Tagged ‘WorldSpace’
Radio Activity 1-2/1
January 5th, 2010 Posted 6:50 am
- Off AIR
- BBG’s Statement on Interference of Broadcasts to Iran
- BBC Persian television broadcasting despite interference from Iran
- Bangladesh will bring back its time by one hour from 11.59 Hrs local time on Dec31
- HCL to set up radio network ahead of Games
- Airtel DTH to replace WorldSpace with AIR channels
- Special Announcement for India Subscribers to WorldSpace Satellite Radio
- All India Radio Patna turns 50
Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:09 AM PST
Debjeet Kundu, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, December 30, 2009
Remember Munnabhai giving Gandhigiri lessons on radio in the film Lage Raho Munnabhai? The radio service where Vidya Balan wished Mumbai a was on the WorldSpace radio. But now, it won’t happen anymore. As the year ends today, so will the services of this popular radio service that had an audience base of over 4.5 lakh in India.
Read the full story at :
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Off-air/H1-Article1-492039.aspx
BBG’s Statement on Interference of Broadcasts to Iran
Posted: 30 Dec 2009 11:34 PM PST
Washington, DC, 12/29/2009
The Broadcasting Board of Governors condemns the latest efforts of the Iranian Government and its associates to interfere and censor the free flow of objective news and information to the Iranian people. By monitoring satellite signals, BBG’s technical experts have determined that on December 27, the Government of Iran engaged in the intentional jamming of satellite transmissions of the Voice of America’s (VOA) Persian News Network and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Radio Farda. These efforts continue a pattern by the Iranian Government to block the broadcasting of objective and balanced news and information to the Iranian people, efforts which the Government of Iran has amplified since the June 12 Iranian elections. As Iranian citizens once again demonstrate against the current government, Iran has stepped up its measures to ensure that the Iranian people are deprived of the international reaction, as well as of accurate news about the protests taking place in various cities in Iran. The latest actions of the Iranian government in jamming commercial satellites appear calculated to intimidate the commercial satellite providers that are targets of the jamming into complicity with the actions of the Government of Iran and deprive the Iranian people access to free press and information.
“Private industry is an essential partner in freedom of the press. We urge our satellite partners to stand united in the face of these authoritarian acts or risk even greater human rights losses,” BBG Governor D. Jeffrey Hirschberg said after the Iranian Government’s latest efforts to jam U.S. International Broadcasting signals.”This type of intentional, harmful interference is not only a violation of the rules of the International Telecommunications Union to which the Government of Iran has subscribed, but is also a flagrant violation of the internationally recognized right of the people of Iran to receive news and information without government censorship.” Calls to the Iranian Mission to the UN for comment have not been returned.The BBG condemns censorship in any form and vigorously affirms the right of all peoples of the world to receive news and information freely and without restriction. The BBG also strongly urges satellite owners and service providers not to allow themselves to become unwitting instruments of censorship of the free press under the guise of avoiding harmful interference. The people of Iran, like the peoples of all countries, have the right to know about their country and the world.
Visit www.bbg.gov for more information on BBG programming.The Broadcasting Board of Governors is an independent federal agency, supervising all U.S. government-supported, civilian international broadcasting, whose mission is to promote freedom and democracy and to enhance understanding through multimedia communication of accurate, objective, and balanced news, information, and other programming about America and the world to audiences overseas. BBG broadcasting organizations include the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa), Radio Free Asia, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio and TV Marti).
BBC Persian television broadcasting despite interference from Iran
Posted: 30 Dec 2009 11:30 PM PST
BBC Persian television is continuing to broadcast into Iran despite attempts to jam the station’s signal. The persistent interference began soon after BBC Persian began extended coverage of the death of leading reformist cleric Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri. This includes the first airing of an exclusive interview with the grand ayatollah which was filmed before his death. The senior cleric, who had not been seen on Iranian television screens for 20 years, was one of Shia Islam’s most respected figures and a leading critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The jamming began on Sunday 20 December and affected the Hotbird 6 satellite which carries the BBC’s international television and radio services in various languages as well as services from other broadcasters. BBC Persian television is also carried on other satellite networks including Telstar and Eutelsat W2M.
The BBC is looking at ways to increase the options for its Farsi-speaking audiences in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, which may include broadcasting on other satellites. In June this year, BBC Persian television suffered similar deliberate attempts to interfere with its signal when airing extended coverage of the Iranian elections. At that time, the satellite operator traced the interference and confirmed it was coming from inside Iran. BBC World Service Director, Peter Horrocks, said: “The fact that someone would go to these lengths to jam BBC Persian television’s signal is indicative of the impact we make in Iran. The Iranian people want to know the truth about what is happening in their country, and they know they will get impartial and independent news from the BBC. We’ll do everything we can to give them that news.”
BBC Persian is the BBC’s integrated news and information service for Persian-speakers. It is available on-air and on-demand 24-hours a day, seven days a week. It is designed to reach audiences on radio, television, the internet – on bbcpersian.com – mobile phones and handheld computers in whatever way best suits the audience. BBC Persian is one of the oldest of the BBC’s non-English language services. Launched on 28 December 1940, it has evolved into the Persian-speaking world’s leading international broadcaster, covering the political, social and cultural issues that matter to its diverse audiences in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and across the world. With its TV presence, BBC Persian is bringing the world to Persian-speaking audiences – reporting the news wherever it leads. The latest news from BBC Persian is now available on mobile phones, PDAs and other wireless handheld devices.
(BBC World Service Publicity)
Bangladesh will bring back its time by one hour from 11.59 Hrs local time on Dec31
Posted: 30 Dec 2009 07:59 PM PST
Bangladesh will shift its clock back by one hour from midnight of 31st December 2009. It means 11.59 Hrs Bangaldesh time will become 10.59 Hrs on 31st December 2009.This will continue till 31st March 2010 when it will shift forward by one hour again.
(http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=119573)
BBC Bangla had earlier shifted its time to match the changed Bangladesh time and VOA Bengali service recently announced that it will shifts its evening service by one hour from December 31st to match the Bangladesh time. However, the VOA announcement was made before this announcement of shifitng back of Bangladesh timings was announced on 25th December 2009.
It will be interesting to watch the international broadcasters match this twice a year change and also manage the A and B frequency change seasons.
(Supratik Sanatani)
HCL to set up radio network ahead of Games
Posted: 30 Dec 2009 07:46 PM PST
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/HCL-to-set-up-radio-network-ahead-of-Games/561683/
Airtel DTH to replace WorldSpace with AIR channels
Posted: 30 Dec 2009 06:53 AM PST
December 30, 2009 06:31 PM
Yogesh Sapkale with Amritha Pillay
Airtel DTH is all set to replace WorldSpace services from its platform with 10 radio channels of All India Radio.
Full story at :
http://moneylife.in/article/8/3012.html
Special Announcement for India Subscribers to WorldSpace Satellite Radio
Posted: 30 Dec 2009 06:51 AM PST
Dear customer,
On December 31, 2009, the WorldSpace satellite radio broadcast service will be terminated for all customers serviced from India.
This action is an outgrowth of the financial difficulties facing WorldSpace India’s parent company, WorldSpace, Inc., which has been under bankruptcy protection since October 2008. The potential buyer of much of WorldSpace’s global assets has decided not to buy the WorldSpace assets relating to and supporting WorldSpace’s subscription business in India. As a consequence, WorldSpace, Inc. must discontinue its subscriber business in India. Your subscription contract is with WorldSpace, Inc., a US company that is in a bankruptcy proceeding in the United States. The company recognizes that you may have paid for services to be rendered beyond the termination date, but is not in a position to offer a refund for any unused portion of your subscription.
You may have a potential remedy under the U.S. bankruptcy law. You may file a claim under the claims procedure that is intended to protect creditors of the bankrupt company. Sometime early next year, a claim servicing company will send notice to all creditors listed by the company. In order to ensure that you receive timely notice, we would request that you send the following information by mail or email to Rakesh Raghavan at WorldSpace, Inc. headquarters in the United States.
1. Name
2. Address
3. Email
4. Subscription Account Number
5. Date of Subscription
6. Length of Subscription
7. Amount paid for your current subscription
Send this information to: By email — CustomerServiceUS @ worldspace.com or by regular mail – Rakesh Raghavan, WorldSpace, Inc. 8515 Georgia AV, Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA.
Our sincere apologies for this circumstance.
s/ Robert Schmitz
Chief Restructuring Officer
WorldSpace, Inc.
All India Radio Patna turns 50
Posted: 30 Dec 2009 06:09 AM PST
Patna, (BiharTimes): The All India Radio, Patna, officially known as Akashvani, completed 50 years of its journey on December 28. Though it was established in the year 1948, its news wing started functioning in the year 1959. The first provincial news (Pradeshik Samachar) bulletin was broadcast on December 28, 1959 at 7 pm, which was of five-minute duration. Later it shifted to 7:30 PM with 10-minute news in Hindi. In the pre-television age it was the lone source of news and information to the masses, especially the rural folk.
Read the full story here :
http://www.bihartimes.com/Newsbihar/2009/Dec/Newsbihar30Dec2.html
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- Demise of Satellite Radio in India
- Worldspace listeners want music to play on
BBC Bangla changes in transmission schedule from 1st January 2010
Posted: 31 Dec 2009 09:57 PM PST
BBC Bangla changes its schedule to keep pace with Changes in Bangladesh Local time
BBC Bangla schedule from 1st January 2010
0030 – 0100 UTC 6065, 9510, 11750 kHz
0130 – 0200 UTC 9510, 11995 kHz
1330 – 1400 UTC 5835, 7550, 11850 kHz
1630 – 1700 UTC 6155, 7205, 9650 kHz
Sunday Special Broadcast 1400 – 1500 UTC on 7550, 11915 kHz
BBC Bangla website does not mention these changes. Its frequency page
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bengali/institutional/frequencies.shtml still displays one year old b08 schedules !
(Supratik Sanatani via Bangladx yg)
Demise of Satellite Radio in India
Posted: 31 Dec 2009 09:41 PM PST
http://talesofavisitingnri.blogspot.com/2009/12/demise-of-satellite-radio-in-india.html
Worldspace listeners want music to play on
Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:27 AM PST
By: Harpreet Khokhar 30 Dec 09 15:06 IST
MUMBAI: The news of Worldspace Radio shutting down has shocked its subscribers in India, a country that housed 95 per cent of its subscription base. Music lovers are aggrieved at the abrupt termination of the music service from 31 December. It is the loss of music that the users are upset about most, over the monetary damages they will have to bear.
Says a Worldspace regular, “It was the only thing that kept the music alive to the best of quality and diversity. It really feels strange and profoundly sad to refer to Worldspace in the past tense.”
Read the full story here :
http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/special-reports/worldspace-listeners-want-music-play
Tags: BBC Bangla, BBC Persian Television, BBG, WorldSpace
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Radio Activity 20/12
December 24th, 2009 Posted 10:30 pm
- WorldSpace may go mute in India
- India, Russia deliberate on cooperation in broadcasting
- World news in one minute: video news bulletins on the go from bbcrussian.com
- Prasar Bharati Chairman’s resignation accepted
- Amateur (Ham) Radio classes in India
WorldSpace may go mute in India
Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:10 PM PST
R. Ravikumar
Chennai, Dec. 17
Signals indicate that the troubled digital satellite radio broadcasting company WorldSpace Inc may fold up its India operations too. Though the company’s Asia operations head, Mr M. Sebastian, is not available for comment, sources close to the development say he has already put in his papers, and employees are believed to be in rounds of internal discussions to figure the way out of the quagmire.
Read the full story here :
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/12/18/stories/2009121853080100.htm
India, Russia deliberate on cooperation in broadcasting
Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:40 PM PST
New Delhi:Organised jointly by the Voice of Russia Broadcasting Company and the Russian Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC), the Conference was dedicated to Indo-Russian cooperation and ‘Year of Russia in India.’ The two-day long conference also witnessed the opening of ‘Year of India in Russia’. India and Russia deliberated on cooperation in the field of broadcasting in fourth All India Conference of Listeners’ Clubs of Voice of Russia, which concluded here recently.
Chief Guest Alexander M Kadakin, Ambassador of Russian Federation to India, while inaugurating the conference on December 15 had said, ”The Conference assumes great significance in terms of the imperative of disseminating and exchanging information on the history, culture and developments of both countries through the broadcasting media for the interest of general public.” Referring to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s recent visit to Russia, he said the agreements signed in areas like nuclear energy and defence would cement bilateral relations. RCSC Director Fyodor A Rozovskiy expressed the hope that the deliberations of the conference would facilitate better understanding on each other’s history and culture and strengthen people-to-people relations. Acknowledging the immense potential of bilateral cooperation, Prasar Bharati Deputy Director-General (External Services Division), AIR, H K Pani elaborated the broadcasting service being rendered by AIR in Russian language.
http://ncrsamaylive.com/NewsDetails.aspx?lNewsID=105502&lCategoryID=105
World news in one minute: video news bulletins on the go from bbcrussian.com
Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:23 AM PST
In an innovative move for the Russian online and mobile news scene, the BBC Russian website, bbcrussian.com, has launched video news bulletins. A new way to reach Russian-speaking audiences, the video bulletins are delivered in a format that works well on mobile phones and are available via the bbcrussian.com mobile site, m.bbcrussian.com.The BBC Russian daily online video news bulletin is issued at 14.00 GMT (17.00 Moscow time) Monday to Friday, when the traffic to bbcrussian.com reaches its peak.The 60-second bulletins bring the Russian-speaking online audiences the global news agenda, with headline reporting on the essential news stories of the day from the BBC’s newsgathering network across the world.Head of BBC Russian, Sarah Gibson, comments: “We know that our audiences want immediate access to concise news, and our video news bulletins deliver just that.
We are delighted to be in the forefront, bringing this new product to the Russian-language online news market.”As our traffic already shows, the bulletins are quickly gaining popularity with our audiences who want news on the go, and we hope that catching up with world news by watching our bulletins on mobile phones soon becomes part of the daily routine for Russian-speaking news consumers.”
BBC Russian is a multimedia broadcaster offering radio, online and mobile content to Russian-speaking audiences, with up-to-the-minute news, features and analysis.BBC Russian radio programmes are streamed online via bbcrussian.com and are broadcast on shortwave, on medium wave in Moscow (1260 MW), St Petersburg (1260 MW) and Yekaterinburg (666 MW). They are also available direct to home via the Hotbird 2 satellite. The 24/7 website, bbcrussian.com, offers news and information in text, audio and video, while the latest headlines and video news bulletins are available for download on mobile phones via m.bbcrussian.com.
BBC World Service Publicity
Prasar Bharati Chairman’s resignation accepted
Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:22 AM PST
New Delhi, Dec 18 Government today accepted the resignation of Prasar Bharati Chairman Arun Bhatnagar, who had resigned in May because he was “dissatisfied” with the functioning of the Board. Bhatnagar, a retired IAS officer who had taken over as chairman of the public broadcaster in May 2008, had tendered his resignation in May close on the heels of the UPA returning to power for a second term. His resignation, which was sent to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has been accepted by the government, official sources said.
(Agencies)
Dec 18, 2009
Amateur (Ham) Radio classes in India
Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:21 AM PST
Amateur radio classes are conducted at various places in India. All interested, especially BCDXers, are requested to join this scientific hobby. Details of places where such classes are being conducted are listed below. Amateur radio classes are also conducted at other locations also from time to time.
1.Hyderabad:
National Institute of Amateur Radio, 6-3-1092/93, Raj Bhavan Road, Somajiguda, Hyderabad 500082, Andhra Pradesh.
Telephone: 040-23310287, 65167388
Email: vu2nro@gmail.com
URL: www.niar.org
Classes start on every first Monday of the month, duration is one month Timings: Batch 1: 10.00 am to 11.00 am, Batch 2: 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm
2.New Delhi:
National Institute of Amateur Radio
Contact: Mrs.D.Bharathi Prasad, VU2RBI
Telephone: 011-2617 8154 Cell: 09811 547109
Email: bhartahipd@yahoo.com
3.Bengaluru:
Indian Institute of Hams, 2nd Floor, Sree Kanteerava Outdoor Stadium, Kasturba Road, Bengaluru 560001, Karnataka.
Contact: Mr.S.Satyapal, VU2FI
Telephone: 080-2666 4501 Cell: 94483 02677
Email: ham7388@gmail.com
URL: www.indianhams.com
4.Thiruvananthapuram:
Kerala Science & Technology Museum, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala.
Next Batch starts on 19th December 2009: Classes are on Saturdays & Sundays at 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm for 4 weeks
Contact: Allen, VU3AUZ
Cell: 94473 19727
Email: allen_marian2005@yahoo.com
5.Kolkata:
Indian Wave of Amateur Radio, Flat 501, 60 New G.T.Road, Uttarpara 712258, West Bengal
Contact: Mr.Tapas Chakraborthy, VU2TKC
Telephone: 033-2663 4171 Cell: 98311 93390
Email: vu2iwa@gmail.com
URL: www.vu2iwa.org
6.Orissa:
Orissa State Disaster Management Authority, Rajiv Bhavan, Unit 5, Bhubaneswar-751001.
Email: osdma@osdma.org
www.osdma.org
7.Chennai:
Contact: Mr.G.Madhavan, VU2GHX, 19 Station View Road, Kodambakkam, Chennai-600024, Tamilnadu
Tel: 044- 2472 3635, 2372 1099
8.Pollachi:
Mr.S.Vijayan, VU2WDP, 2/140, Raju Nagar, Chinnampalayam, Pollachi 642001, Tamilnadu
Contact: Tel: 04259-236667
Cell: 94420 0 5599
Email: vu2wdp@yahoo.com
(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS ,National Institute of Amateur Radio)
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