Media Network Newsletter 4 November 2005
 

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Hello from Hilversum,

It has been quite an eventful week. On Tuesday, Dutch filmmaker Theo van
Gogh was killed in the street in Amsterdam, and the story made headlines
around the world. As in the case of the murder of Pim Fortuyn, Radio
Netherlands found itself covering a national story that only a few years ago
would have been unthinkable. The story shared the front pages of Wednesday's
Dutch newspapers with the US election. And the outcome of that election is
the basis for this week's feature article:

Getting the cleaners in

So, the American voters (or, at least, the 60% who bothered to turn out)
have made their choice. George W Bush gets another four years in the White
House. Based on what happened in the last four years, the electronic media
could be in for a highly eventful time. And, because the US is such a big
media market, the effects will also be felt here in Europe and elsewhere.
But will the President be able or willing to do anything about cleaning up
the Internet?

http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/features...usa041104.html

New Web site coming soon

It's planned that our new-look English Web site will go live the week after
next. It's a bit like moving house - every time you think you've got
everything accounted for, something else turns up. But we're getting close
now. More details next week.

Media News

These are the stories we've carried in the Weblog in the past seven days
(the reduced number of stories is due to the amount of time I've had to
spend getting the Media Network pages ready for the new site):

Friday, October 29, 2004

Antenna Hungaria privatization gets green light
Abkhaz State Television and Radio off the air

Saturday, October 30, 2004

Zen (Good) TV - Youth TV for the Middle East
Ofcom publishes UK Communications Market Quarterly Update

Sunday, October 31, 2004

RVI asks listeners to write to Flemish Media Minister
UK FM transmitter mast collapses after fire
Taiwanese TV channels launch in Latin America
Peel's music collection may go to National Sound Archive
Broadcasters' union wants NHK President to resign
Bagapash's supporters take control of Abkhazian TV

Monday, November 01, 2004

ITV3 launches this evening on Sky Digital
Firefighters don't think FM mast collapse was arson
Colorful Radio now broadcasting on Astra satellite
UK amateurs gain access to 7.1 - 7.2 MHz

Tuesday, November 02, 2004

FM services back on the air in Peterborough
RTE Radio 1 back on 567 kHz from 5 November
Philippines state radio chief sacked for airing secret security meeting
VOA provides election coverage in 44 languages

Wednesday, November 03, 2004

CBC Radio testing audio streaming in Ogg Vorbis format
BBCi to add page numbers to its navigation
Czech Parliamentary Channel to broadcast FTA on Astra
Firework may have caused FM mast fire

Thursday, November 04, 2004

New satellite Internet access service available for Poland
MTV and CNN collaborate on World Aids Day programme

These, and all the latest stories, can be found at
http://medianetwork.blogspot.com/.

Atom formatted XML site feed: http://medianetwork.blogspot.com/atom.xml

The next Newsletter will be in 7 days from now. Good listening!

Andy Sennitt
Media Network
Radio Netherlands