[HCDX] Media Network Newsletter

[Stewart MacKenzie <wdx6aa@xxxxxxxxx>]

From: Media Network Newsletter <medianetwork@xxxxxx>
Subject: Media Network Newsletter
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Date: Thursday, November 24, 2011, 8:28 AM


 
  
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Hello from Hilversum
It's the fourth Thursday in November, so I'd like to wish all our American friends a very Happy Thanksgiving.
Unlike this time last year, when we had snow on the ground, it's a very mild and dry November here. Daytime highs are around 10C, and so far in this part of the country we've only had about 8 mm of rain since the start of the month. That's about 10 percent of the normal total for November. Still they're predicting a very harsh winter, so I was pleased today when someone came to clean my boiler and check that it's working properly. 














This week I've been listening online to Saint FM from St Helena. There's great excitement on the small, remote island in the South Atlantic because a couple of weeks ago the papers were signed to build an airport, which will open in about five years' time. Tourist numbers are expected to rise from under 1,000 a year to 30,000.
I hope and pray that the lifestyle, quality of life and culture of St Helena will not suffer too much. But a colleague made the very valid point that the sort of people who would visit St Helena are not your run-of-the-mill tourist, and will hopefully respect these things. The island does need an influx of new money, and has been steadily losing population over the last several decades. It's now down to just over 4000.Â
 Those of you who listened eagerly to Radio St Helena Day on shortwave will be pleased to here that Tony Leo, who retired in 2004 after 29 years with Radio St Helena, has a weekly show on Saint FM every Wednesday at 1500-1700 UTC. He's still full of life, with a great sense of humour. Their audio stream is only 32k, but if you look at the slow speed and high price of broadband on the island, you can understand why. The stream - which I think is provided by Cable and Wireless - is obviously taken off air, and you notice that the audio level sometimes rises and falls, giving a similar effect to listening to a strong signal on shortwave. As a former SWL, I find that utterly charming :-)

The same company also produces the weekly newspaper St Helena Independent, which is free to read online. The URL is nice and simple: www.saint.fm


















Media Network Weblog
Here are the stories we've published since the last Newsletter. Click on any headline to go direct to that item in the Weblog:
Thursday 24 November 2011


HD+ continues on growth path in Germany
Zanu-PF supporters awarded Zimbabwe radio licences
Dutch radio market shares Sept/Oct 2011
Flemish Ping FM ordered to stop relaying Radio 538
ZBC to broadcast CCTV News programming

Wednesday 23 November 2011

M7 Group contracts new Astra capacity for Belgium
Google terminating more products in house cleaning
ARTICLE 19 highlights satellite jamming
VOA Web traffic up after Burma eases censorship
Barbados will not privatise CBC
Dutch coalition partner opposes broadcasting merger
Auditor General to investigate Australia Network bid

Tuesday 22 November 2011

Radio campaign to warn against explosives in Libya
Pakistan shelves âobsceneâ text message ban
Kenyan firms in deal for joint broadcast signals
Azerbaijan public TVâs website hacked
Central Somalia administration silences radio station
BBC chief hints at U-turn over local radio cuts
World Electronic Media Forum makes âAccra Declarationâ
Samsung holds final talks on Google TV venture
Maghrebâs new TV stations face commercial realities
Montreal Haitian radio silenced by technical problems

Monday 21 November 2011

CRTC grants two new Montreal AM licences
Iran launches first shopping TV channel
Broadcasters team with ITU to connect Africa
Azerbaijani language TV channel launched in Canada
NZ public broadcast shutdown reduces Maori options
Azerbaijan joins international forum on broadcasting regulation
BSkyB launches journalism review at Sky News

Sunday 20 November 2011

Colombia Farc rebel radio station âshut downâ by army
Voice of Russia starts broadcasting in Istanbul
EAC ministers call for zero tariff on digital TV boxes
Co-director comments on closure of Kol Hashalom

Saturday 19 November 2011

Police shut down Jewish-Palestinian radio station
Belarus-TV switches to 24-hour broadcasting
Euronews to start broadcasting in Azerbaijani

Friday 18 November 2011

Illegal satellite dishes cheaper than legal in China
Malawi: High Court dismisses MBCâs application
Eutelsat statement on deliberate jamming of satellite signals
RTÃ could charge licence-payers for online services
Netherlands âfully committedâ to digital radio
MediaCorp launches pay-TV channel in Indonesia
Voice of Russia listeners confederation in Pakistan
Bolivia: Mayorâs supporters attack TV/radio stations

The next Newsletter will be on Thursday 1 December 2011. Good listening!

Andy Sennitt
Media Network
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