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WRN provides live feed of Vatican Radio for UK and Irish listeners (05 April 05) WRN, the London-based international transmission company, is providing UK and Irish audiences with a 24 hour a day live feed from Vatican Radio. The service, broadcast live from Vatican City, is being broadcast via channel 934 on Sky Digital, the UK�s leading direct-to-home satellite platform, into 7.6 million homes across the UK and Ireland. The feed includes daily programmes in a number of languages produced by Vatican Radio including English and Italian. Tim Ayris, WRN�s Marketing Manager said: �We are pleased to offer this service to Vatican Radio at this important time allowing listeners to keep up to date with events as they unfold.� (Source: WRN press release 05 April, 2005) RNZ and ABU to study DRM implementation strategies : (20 April 05) Radio New Zealand (RNZ) - together with the ABU, Thales Corp and THL-Australia - has launched a project to investigate the appropriate Digital Radio Modiale (DRM) implementation strategies for radio broadcasters in the region. The technical investigation, which started early this week in Wellington, is being carried out on digital radio transmissions in the medium wave band using the DRM digital system. An analogue medium wave radio transmitter of RNZ has been converted for digital transmissions in this project. This is to facilitate investigations on simulcast transmission of analogue and digital radio programmes. A Digital Radio Symposium and Demonstration has also been organised as part of the project. Around 70 experts from the radio industry in the region will meet from 27-29 April to provide technical information on digital radio and the conversion of transmitters to digital mode. The symposium also aims to provide an opportunity for the participants to carry out measurements of various technical parameters. It will culminate with a field measurement trip on 29 April. (Source : ABU Webste) BBC launches marketing campaign across West Bank: (16 April 05) The British Broadcasting Corporation yesterday announced it has launched its first-ever marketing campaign across the West Bank, promoting the availability of BBC Arabic on partner station Radio Bethlehem 2000, 89.6 FM. The joint initiative will enable Radio Bethlehem 2000 listeners to hear BBC programming - in Arabic and English 12 hours a day. Hosam El Sokkari, Head of BBC Arabic, said: "With this campaign, even more people in the West Bank will be aware of the availability of BBC programmes�in crystal clear quality, and our listener base in this region will further expand." BBC Arabic is a leading international radio news service in Arabic and bbcarabic.com is a leading Arabic online news site. The advertising campaign, featuring two hands cupping a globe that focuses on the Middle East, can be seen on billboards in high-profile areas in Jerusalem, Ramallah and Bethlehem. West Bank commuters can also see the campaign on buses branded with the design and in advertisements placed in Al Quds newspaper. The strapline running throughout the three-month-long jointly branded campaign is 'BBC Arabic on Radio Bethlehem 2000 - together we enrich your world'. (Source : ABU Website) BBC appoints new global news development head: (19 April 05) The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has announced the appointment of Michele Grant as Head of Global News Development - a new position designed to ensure that the broadcaster develops successful new editorial and commercial news partnerships and ventures around the world. Ms Grant�s role will become the key link between BBC News, BBC Worldwide and the Global News Division. She will remain based in Washington DC where she has been responsible for managing and developing the BBC's key news gathering partnerships in the United States. She will also act as the BBC's senior ambassador to the American news community and to other external organisations. Commenting on her appointment Ms Grant said: "Demand for the BBC's journalism is growing, and I want to make sure that we meet that demand with news services of the highest quality and in the variety of formats that people need. "The goal is: If it just happened, you can hear about it from the BBC wherever you are, whenever it's convenient." Prior to working in America, Ms Grant was Controller of BBC News Publicity. (Source : ABU Website) Best Regards, MD. AZIZUL ALAM AL-AMIN BANGLADESH ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
