28 January 2005
Press release
At a signing ceremony in Beijing, China Radio International (CRI) has
renewed and extended its agreement with WRN, the London-based international
broadcaster and transmission service provider, for the extensive provision
of global broadcast services. The new contract was signed by CRI Vice
President, Mr Xia Jixuan and WRN Chairman, Mr Karl Miosga, at CRI's
headquarters on 9th December 2004.
WRN has worked closely with CRI for more than six years since signing a
Collaboration Agreement in Beijing in 1999. WRN works on CRI's behalf,
distributing its daily programmes to reach listeners around the world using
AM and FM transmissions that augment CRI's traditional Short Wave
broadcasting from China. CRI's daily programmes can be heard on FM in Berlin
and Moscow and on AM in London, St Petersburg, across Western Europe, South
West Russia, Ukraine and Romania. WRN identifies the most appropriate
transmitters, undertakes local negotiations and monitors the output for CRI.
Furthermore CRI's daily programmes in English, French, German and Russian
can be heard on WRN's international news networks, distributed around the
world via satellite, cable, local FM relays, wireless applications and the
Internet.
After the signing ceremony, Mr Karl Miosga, WRN's Chairman, said: "WRN is
honoured to have signed a new agreement expanding its cooperation with CRI.
2004 saw significant growth in both local and new media outlets that carry
CRI programmes. WRN's networks distribute CRI on key platforms such as
Sirius satellite radio in the USA which has now achieved over 1 million
subscribers, and Sky digital which is reaching over 8 million homes in the
UK and Ireland. 2005 is going to be an exciting year full of new
developments and WRN looks forward to bringing these to CRI."
After the signing ceremony WRN met with Mr Wang Gengnian, the new Director
General of China Radio International, to discuss issues of mutual interest
to the two organisations.
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For more information contact:
Tim Ayris, Marketing Manager, WRN:
Tel: +44 20 7896 9000
Fax: +44 20 7896 9007
Web:wrn.org
Notes for Editors:
About WRN
Founded in 1992, today WRN is a major international broadcaster and
transmission service provider, headquartered in London, England.
WRN is also a major transmission company offering a range of broadcast
services including permanent digital and analogue satellite transmissions,
medium and short wave transmissions, Internet services (live streaming,
on-demand downloading of audio and video), content hosting, broadcast
consultancy and studio facilities. WRN's clients include international and
national public service broadcasters, commercial radio stations, satellite
bouquet operators and cable companies.
WRN's eight 24-hour-a-day international radio networks broadcast a rich mix
of speech radio drawn from more than 30 of the world's leading public radio
stations, offering listeners a uniquely varied cultural perspective. WRN's
English language networks are available globally and are carried as an
overnight service on many local AM and FM broadcasters, cable services,
direct-to-home reception via satellite, and Internet audio. Furthermore, in
Europe, WRN operates networks in German, French and Russian.
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