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All time in UTC
===== ASIA =====
CHINA
4500, China, PBS Xinjiang, Urumqui(tentative). December, 02 Mongolian(listed) 0232-0243 instrumental music, short male talks and pop music. 23222
[LOB]
KOREA DPR.
Voice of Korea-VOK 15180 0022 Spanish 333 Nov 29 OM with comments.
[Mackenzie]
MALAYSIA
7295, Malaysia, Traxx FM via RTM. November, 30 English 0825-0836 pop music and male talks in every music brake. At peak 34322
[LOB]
PHILIPPINES
7505 FEBC Phils - 1610 with talks in Cantonese rather tan mandarin shown
in eibi listing Some songs played inside the program , heard a aleluyah on
1627? ON 1630+ with talks in clear Chinese/ pudonghua (ie mandarin)and
sudden sign off . Signal S5
[Liangas]
THAILAND
151109, 1800 utc, 7.570 kHz, THA, Radio Thailand, via Udon Thani, in thai, news, talk, good signal
[Lebedevsky]
=== MIDDLE EAST ===
St, HELENA
141109, *2030 utc, 11.092.5 kHz, Radio St. Helena, nice music, letters from listeners and ID
[Lebedevsky]
===== AFRICA =====
EGYPT
Egyptian Radio 6290 0448 Arabic 232 Nov 26 Two OMs with comments.
[MacKenzie]
===== EUROPE =====
PORTUGAL
RDP Intl 9455 0048 Portuguese 333 Nov 28 Pop music vocals.
[Mackenzie]
RUSSIA
171109, 1915 utc, 5.985.5 kHz, Rus, Voice of Russia, news, in english, but very bad reception, China is making interference
[Lebedevsky]
SWEDEN
151109, 1530 utc, 9.400 kHz, SWE, Radio Sweden, via Hoerby, in russian, news, good signal
[Lebedevsky]
=== NORTH AMERICA ===
=== CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA ===
DOMINICAN R.
6025, Dominican Republic, R Amanecer, Santo Domingo(tentative). December, 02 Spanish 0249-0305 male and female talks, Spanish pop music. Weak, 23222
[LOB]
===== PACIFIC =====
VANUATU
3945, R. Vanuatu, Port Vila. November, 30. Vernacular, 0809-0820 male and predominating female talks. Weak, 24222
[LOB]
=== Site Unknown ===
=== CLANDESTINE ===
171109, 1800 utc, 7.480 kHz, MDA, Payem e-Doost, via Grigoriopol, MD, id, talk, music, in persian, good signal
[Lebedevsky]
==== PIRATE ====
==== Un-ID ====
==== LW / MW ====
===== QSL =====
===== ...and others =====
Radio Joystick Relay on 9510 kHz
Dear Listeners,
The relay of Radio Joystick is on this Saturday the 5th
of December 2009 on 9510 khz.
The Transmission time is between 0900 to 1000 utc with a
power of 150 KW via the IRRS.
Radio Joystick is on the air every 1st Saturday of the month
at the same time and on the same channel.
[Taylor]
////////////////
MV Baltic Radio this Sunday
MV Baltic Radio is on this Sunday the 6th of December 2009
At 10.00 to 1100 UTC on our normal channel of 6140 KHz.
M.V.Baltic. Information:
MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for winter 2009
1st Sunday – MV Baltic Radio
3rd Sunday – European Music Radio
4th Sunday – Radio Gloria International
[Taylor]
////////////////
Positive feedback from the EBU/DRM Conference
London, 2nd December 2009: DRM digital radio technology received great interest from the 80 delegates present at the DRM Conference organised by the European Broadcasting Union in Geneva. The conference, held on 26th November 2009, was attended by participants from 25 countries (mainly from Europe but also from as far afield as Chile and Australia) who represented all broadcasting stake holders including regulators, broadcasters, equipment and chipset manufacturers.
The event brought into focus the recent developments in the DRM technology - the standardisation of DRM+ and the publication of DRM Receiver Profiles. This conference highlighted the market potential of the DRM system and evaluated the results from its tests from various locations worldwide. It also allowed a healthy discussion on different business cases and real achievements in getting DRM receivers on the market. Supported with excellent organisation by the EBU, the Consortium was able to highlight the achievements andchallenges of the DRM technology and present its potential as the global solution for conversion of radio fromanalogue to digital.
DRM Chairperson, Ruxandra Obreja, expressed her satisfaction at the event by saying: "Iam delighted that this was an interactive event able to demonstrate the great potential and benefits of DRM.From the feedback received the interesting presentations and discussions have impressed the participants,many of whom want to know more and attend similar events dedicated to the DRM technology."There were live demonstrations of the technology at the Conference venue. The event also provided agreat opportunity for networking and exchanging views on digital radio developments in different parts of theworld.
(DRM Consortium Press Release at www.drm.org )
Pictures at :
http://www.drm.org/news/detail/news/positive-feedback-from-the-ebudrm-conference/
Download the presentations here : http://tech.ebu.ch/events/ebu_drm09
----
[Gupta]
////////////////
Radio One has decided to stop playing BBC's entertainment capsules, after the BBC World Service's decision in July to monetize this pre-popularized entertainment content in the Indian metro markets.
The first market where they were able to do this is in Chennai where this content is supplied to Hello FM.
Radio one is a joint venture between Mid-day Multimedia and BBC worldwide. As a special gesture it was decided two years ago that Radio One would help promote BBC World Service's Entertainment capsules (BBC world service is the content arm and is a different company from BBC Worldwide which has invested in Radio One). This promotion was done by free and high frequency airing of the content in its 7 metro markets. These entertainment capsules that were being aired were BBC Ek Minute, BBC Ek Mulaquat, and the jointly produced shows - BBC Take One AND BBC Fun n Games.
'We are delighted that we were able to support and pre-popularize BBC world service entertainment content in its attempt to seek monetization in the metro markets .The time has come where they have found a paying customer and so we are discontinuing the free to air BBC entertainment capsules as agreed earlier. We continue to be a joint venture company with BBC worldwide and will help the BBC brand in any manner where they may need support in India. We look forward to the day when news opens up on private FM and Radio One and BBC worldwide will play a crucial role together in the news space said, Vineet Singh Hukmani, Managing Director, Radio One 94.3 FM.
Content syndication models operate on two platforms, which is either a straight sale or a revenue sharing. In the revenue share model, the revenue comes from a prospective brand sponsor so finding the right long term brand fit is most crucial. On the straight sale model a broadcaster buys syndicated content with the hope of increasing listener interest and the value of the content is directly related to the listener ratings it can generate. Most FM stations themselves in the future would look at using content syndication as an alternate revenue stream so the content syndication market is likely to become very competitive, maintains the company.
Source: http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/radio-one-stop-playing-bbc-entertainment-content
_______________________
[Jaisakthivel]
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BBC may cut digital and radio services after 2012
The BBC may cut digital and radio services after the analogue switch-off in 2012, according to the director general, Mark Thompson. The size and scope of the BBC has come under increasing scrutiny at the same time as other media organisations have been hit by declining advertising revenues.
Mr Thompson said that the future of BBC's operations would have to include "reductions in some kinds of programmes and content" and an examination of the scope of its websites. He also suggested a higher proportion of the licence fee would be spent on original British content as opposed to expensive imports.
In a speech to the Voice of the Listener and Viewer conference, Mr Thompson said that the BBC needed to lay out "new boundaries".
He said: "Expect to see reductions in some kinds of programmes and content - a look for example at the current scope of our website - and a close examination of the future of our service portfolios once switchover has been achieved".
Earlier this month, Jeremy Hunt, the shadow culture secretary, said the public broadcaster could be dramatically slimmed down under a Tory government.
Mr Hunt expressed scepticism about the value of the niche television channels BBC Three and BBC Four, (costing £114m and £71m) as well as digital radio stations such as 1Xtra, 6 Music and Radio 7. Collectively these new ventures cost hundreds of millions of pounds out of a total BBC budget of £4.6 billion.
On the BBC website, Mr Thompson said it was important to make sure that the "many millions of pages that are up there need to be there". "Is it sufficiently up to date, is it relevant?" he asked.
"It might be a slightly smaller website. It might be stronger, making sure we are playing to our strengths," he added.
Mr Thompson also said he would investigate the possibility of publishing audience "appreciation indexes", or AIs – in which viewers score a programme from 1 to 100 – to demonstrate how much BBC programmes were valued by viewers and listeners.
The review of BBC services is currently being conducted by Thompson and is due to report its findings to the BBC Trust at the beginning of next year.
The corporation was criticised over executive pay after it disclosed that it was paying the 100 most senior staff £20 million a year.
Mr Thompson defended the salaries saying that many senior staff had taken a "considerable" pay cut by working at the BBC. He revealed he had taken a 58 per cent cut when he moved from the private sector.
According to a poll conducted for BBC Newsnight, seventy per cent of people questioned said the salaries and expenses of BBC senior managers should be made public and 64 per cent said stars earning over a certain amount should face a similar move, and 59 per cent said the pay of all presenters should be made public.
The BBC has refused to reveal stars' pay saying it is commercially sensitive and could trigger an exodus.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6663816/BBC-may-cut-digital-and-radio-services-after-2012.html
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[Jaisakthivel]
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BBC's independence key for public service: Thompson
The BBC's independence is there not so that it can stand still, but so that it is better able to serve the public and, where necessary, better able to adapt and change.
To justify its independence, the BBC must keep its side of the bargain. These remarks were made by BBC DG Mark Thompson in his speech Beyond 2012 – The Future for the BBC, given at the Voice of the Listener and Viewer Conference in London.
Thompson notes that with the great privileges which the Charter and licence-fee confer, there are equally great responsibilities. A responsibility to respond promptly and constructively to fair criticism. A responsibility, wherever possible, to support rather than to hinder the rest of the public broadcasting system and the wider media and creative industries. Above all, a responsibility to listen to the public.
"One of the core missions of the BBC Trust is to ensure that the BBC does all of these things, not only in the run-up to charter reviews and licence-fee settlements, but all the time.
"And I believe that in the first three years of this Charter, you can see that working in action. In the fact that proposals for new BBC services are automatically subject to independent market impact assessment, and in some cases are being turned down. In our response to the public demand for greater openness – I believe that we have moved further down the road of disclosure than any other major public body.
"In our recent decisions about executive pay and our commitment to contain overall talent costs and reduce top talent costs – again a topic of public interest which the Trust insisted that I and the BBC should take seriously. In the whole partnership agenda. In our renewed focus on broadcasting and production in the Nations and Regions of the UK.
"But that only tells one part of the story. Although all of these topics and others, like editorial standards, are important and should be addressed in a timely and effective way, by far the biggest responsibility of the BBC is a positive one. To deliver to the British public the best programmes and services that we can. To turn the fine words of the theory of public service broadcasting into journalism, drama, documentary, children's programmes that live on in the memory and that open doors that otherwise would be shut.
"Darwin, the Poetry Season, and next year the Year of Science and The History of the World in 100 Objects, with Neil MacGregor and the British Museum. This is our side of the bargain."
Thompson, however, also notes that the BBC has a duty to challenge itself, both to do better and to meet changing audience needs, and new developments in the wider media landscape.
"It's only three years since our last strategic review – one that saw the development of the iPlayer, HD, mobile services as well as a concentration of investment on critical areas like drama and specialist factual programmes.
"But in those three years, the world beyond the gates of Broadcasting House has changed almost beyond recognition. Digital take-up and the public's use of digital services has exceeded almost everyone's expectations. But the effect of that – and of the downturn – on many incumbent media businesses has been devastating.
"Inevitably, that has meant a steady increase in the number of those who worry about the BBC's scope and market impact. Convergence has become an everyday reality and, as I noted earlier, businesses who once regarded themselves as being in a quite different market from the BBC – newspapers, for instance – now believe themselves to be direct competitors."
Thompson cautions that The BBC should not respond to, let alone be cowed by, vindictive or groundless press attacks. But nor should it fall into the trap of dismissing every criticism as self-serving and without merit. The UK pubcaster's job is to discriminate between the two and to take the second seriously.
"The world has changed and the BBC must consider how it should change to meet it. Five years ago, we said that "the BBC should be as small as its mission allows" and in absolute terms it is smaller. Thousands of jobs have gone and whole former divisions – Technology, Play Out, OBs – have been sold. The high-water mark of new channel launches and of content investment was passed some years ago. Instead the focus is on offering convenient new ways of giving the public access to existing content, rather than representing expansions into fresh content areas. iPlayer sits in this camp.
"But we have to accept that to many in commercial media we seem relatively bigger and stronger than ever. This fact, along with a real desire to continue to meet changing audience demands, meant that back in June, the BBC Trust and I decided that this autumn was the right time to look ahead to the post-switchover world of 2012 and beyond and to develop a clear strategy for what kind of BBC could best serve the public, and best support the media sector."
The review, Thompson explains, is being both radical and open-minded and it's throwing up difficult choices.
"At a time when so many other broadcasters are struggling with programme budgets, the licence fee's importance as an engine of creative investment in British talent is more important than ever. Expect a commitment post-switchover to spend a higher proportion of the licence-fee on original British content than we are able to today.
"The archive will be a key focus: not just the goal of liberating the BBC's extraordinary existing archive but the question of what and how you should commission in a world in which content is no longer ephemeral, but persists and can give pleasure and value forever.
"Partnership will be a central theme too – partnership with other broadcasters, sharing technology and infrastructure to help them continue to support PSB in their own way, but also partnership with many other public bodies, working for instance to liberate their archives and make them available to the public.
"But importantly we'll lay out new boundaries for the BBC. Once our boundaries were obvious. They were set by medium and spectrum scarcity: the BBC offered two TV channels and a fixed number of radio stations," Thompson said.
Source: http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k9/nov/nov235.php
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[Jaisakthivel]
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It is certainly hard to believe, that after so many months of its "official" start up
solar cycle 24 is showing NO signs of activity on the side of the Sun that we see
from Earth without the aid of special satellites !
Solar flux at rock bottom levels... near 70 units
The lower height of the night time F layer that is typical of the months of November
and December in the northern hemisphere helps a bit to compensate for the very
low solar activity.
The daytime maximum usable frequency curve shows a rather slow raising F2 layer MUF
as the Sun moves above the horizon, but due to the very little ionizing radiation
reaching the upper levels of the atmosphere, the free electron concentration at the
height of the F2 layer is very low, and for that very reason we see also a rather
low daytime maximum usable frequency peak .
Satellite monitoring of " the other side of the solar disc " show at least one region
that may soon develop higher magnetic activity and possibly sunspots too
This was an intermediate HF propagation update to followers of Dxers Unlimited's blog
73 and DX
Arnie Coro
radio amateur CO2KK
e-mail : inforhc@enet.cu
Source: http://dxersunlimited.blogspot.com/2009/12/9-days-without-sunspots.html
[Gaviria]
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Radio Netherlands Worldwide has made a special Spanish-language radio programme for hostages in Colombia.
It's a co-production with the Colombian radio network Caracol by journalist and former hostage Herbin Hoyos.
In the programme, families and friends will send messages to their loved ones who have been taken hostage
by the guerilla movement FARC.
The programme was recorded on Tuesday 1 December in RNW's Hilversum studios. Parts of the programme
will be broadcast on 5 and 6 December via shortwave, satellite, partner stations and the Spanish website
www.informarn.nl. The complete programme will be broadcast on Caracol Radio in Colombia on 6 December.
The radio programme, a one-off co-production, will consist of live music, interviews with former hostages and a round table discussions
with a number of guests. These will include Lloreda Mora (Colombian Ambassador to the Netherlands), Jan Besterbreurtje (chairman of
the Latin-American Business Council) and Edwin Koopmam (journalist and Latin America specialist). There will also be interviews,
including one with a former lieutenant of the Colombian army, himself a former hostage.
Herbin Hoyos
Herbin Hoyos was taken hostage for one year by the FARC at the beginning of 1994. After his release he began the programme
'Las Voces del Secuestro' (the voices of the abduction) on the Caracol network. For 15 years these radio programmes have
provided a means for families and friends to send messages to those in captivity.
Source: Media Network 3 December 2009
[Gaviria]
///////////////
KOSH RAJ KOIRALA
KATHMANDU, Dec 5: The government´s failure to maintain trans-border coordination while issuing radio frequency licenses in the bordering Tarai districts has placed the investment in FM radio stations at risk.
The failure of trans-border coordination has not only led to the problem of frequency overlapping, but also left the FM radio frequencies insecure, with the prospect of having to shut down promptly if International Telecommunications Union (ITU) regulations are anything to go by.
Trans-border coordination in radio frequencies is effected at the government level through ITU, a specialized agency of the United Nations that looks after the management of radio and telecom frequencies.
According to ITU regulations, it is mandatory for a member state to register its FM radio frequencies or telecom frequencies with the Geneva-based ITU to secure these airwaves in case they reach across international borders. Both Nepal and India are member states of the ITU.
Neither Nepal nor India has so far engaged in trans-border coordination through the ITU while issuing FM frequency licenses in their bordering areas.
An FM station needs to shut its operations if another FM station across an international border operating on the same frequency had its frequency registered with the ITU first and officially lodges a complaint, irrespective of the date it came into operation.
Nepal and India both fall under Region III in ITU categorization in reference to FM radio frequency distribution. Both countries are required to issue FM frequency licenses ranging between 87.6 MHZ and 108 MHZ.
The problem began surfacing after the Indian authorities, following Nepal, began issuing a large number of FM licenses since three years back.
At least two FM stations - one in Jhapa (Kanchanjungha FM) and another in Kanchanpur (Shuklaphanta FM)-- are now compelled to alter their frequencies -- something impossible when FM frequency distribution has already reached a saturation point.
Worse, many other FM stations operating in the southern bordering districts have lately begun experiencing the problem of frequency overlapping.
According to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC), over 50 FM stations are operating in various districts bordering India.
Officials said the frequencies of Nepal-based FM stations with 100 watt to 1,000 watt capacity are easily overlapped by FM stations across the border with capacities ranging from 5 KW to 10 KW.
MoIC officials said the government has registered only short wave (SW) and medium wave (MW) frequencies of state-owned Radio Nepal with the ITU so far.
Likewise, telecom service providers are found to be coordinating on their own with their counterparts in India.
MoIC officials admit their failure to ensure trans-border coordination while issuing FM licenses in bordering districts to the south. "We had not come across the problem of frequency overlapping until recently," said MoIC spokesperson Narayan Prasad Regmi. "The ministry will take necessary measures since the problem has now begun surfacing."
koshraj@myrepublica.com
Published on 2009-12-05 08:26:48
Source:
http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=12547
[Gaviria]
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==================================================================
Many thanks!
This week's Contributors are:
LOB - Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brazil.
Yimber Gaviria, Colombia.
Alokesh Gupta, India.
IWATA Gaku, Japan.
Jaisakthivel, India.
Anatoly Klepov, Russia.
Ivan Lebedevsky, Russia.
Zacharias Liangas, Greece.
Stewart MacKenzie, USA.
Tom Taylor, UK.
Also thanks to
BC-DX / GERMANY.
CONEXION Digital / ARGENTINE.
CLANDESTINE RADIO WATCH / GERMANY.
CUMBRE DX / U.S.A.
DX INDIA / INDIA.
Globe Radio DX Club / INDIA.
HCDX / FINLAND.
IDXA / INDIA.
JSWC / JAPAN.
NASWA / U.S.A.
radioascolto.org / ITALY.
RUS-DX / RUSSIA.
WAVESCAN / AWR
WWDXC / GERMANY.
*************************************************************
Next deadline : Dec.09 1500 UTC
Please send your loggings and tips to: gaku@apple.email.ne.jp
*************************************************************
///// Ohkini! from Kanto DXers Circle /////
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http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~vz6g-iwt/
----------------------------------------------------
You can read "JAPAN PREMIUM Archive" at
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~VZ6G-IWT/jp.html
JP No,001(Apr,30 1998) - No,557(Dec,26 2008) was ziped.
----------------------------------------------------
All time in UTC
===== ASIA =====
CHINA
4500, China, PBS Xinjiang, Urumqui(tentative). December, 02 Mongolian(listed) 0232-0243 instrumental music, short male talks and pop music. 23222
[LOB]
KOREA DPR.
Voice of Korea-VOK 15180 0022 Spanish 333 Nov 29 OM with comments.
[Mackenzie]
MALAYSIA
7295, Malaysia, Traxx FM via RTM. November, 30 English 0825-0836 pop music and male talks in every music brake. At peak 34322
[LOB]
PHILIPPINES
7505 FEBC Phils - 1610 with talks in Cantonese rather tan mandarin shown
in eibi listing Some songs played inside the program , heard a aleluyah on
1627? ON 1630+ with talks in clear Chinese/ pudonghua (ie mandarin)and
sudden sign off . Signal S5
[Liangas]
THAILAND
151109, 1800 utc, 7.570 kHz, THA, Radio Thailand, via Udon Thani, in thai, news, talk, good signal
[Lebedevsky]
=== MIDDLE EAST ===
St, HELENA
141109, *2030 utc, 11.092.5 kHz, Radio St. Helena, nice music, letters from listeners and ID
[Lebedevsky]
===== AFRICA =====
EGYPT
Egyptian Radio 6290 0448 Arabic 232 Nov 26 Two OMs with comments.
[MacKenzie]
===== EUROPE =====
PORTUGAL
RDP Intl 9455 0048 Portuguese 333 Nov 28 Pop music vocals.
[Mackenzie]
RUSSIA
171109, 1915 utc, 5.985.5 kHz, Rus, Voice of Russia, news, in english, but very bad reception, China is making interference
[Lebedevsky]
SWEDEN
151109, 1530 utc, 9.400 kHz, SWE, Radio Sweden, via Hoerby, in russian, news, good signal
[Lebedevsky]
=== NORTH AMERICA ===
=== CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA ===
DOMINICAN R.
6025, Dominican Republic, R Amanecer, Santo Domingo(tentative). December, 02 Spanish 0249-0305 male and female talks, Spanish pop music. Weak, 23222
[LOB]
===== PACIFIC =====
VANUATU
3945, R. Vanuatu, Port Vila. November, 30. Vernacular, 0809-0820 male and predominating female talks. Weak, 24222
[LOB]
=== Site Unknown ===
=== CLANDESTINE ===
171109, 1800 utc, 7.480 kHz, MDA, Payem e-Doost, via Grigoriopol, MD, id, talk, music, in persian, good signal
[Lebedevsky]
==== PIRATE ====
==== Un-ID ====
==== LW / MW ====
===== QSL =====
===== ...and others =====
Radio Joystick Relay on 9510 kHz
Dear Listeners,
The relay of Radio Joystick is on this Saturday the 5th
of December 2009 on 9510 khz.
The Transmission time is between 0900 to 1000 utc with a
power of 150 KW via the IRRS.
Radio Joystick is on the air every 1st Saturday of the month
at the same time and on the same channel.
[Taylor]
////////////////
MV Baltic Radio this Sunday
MV Baltic Radio is on this Sunday the 6th of December 2009
At 10.00 to 1100 UTC on our normal channel of 6140 KHz.
M.V.Baltic. Information:
MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for winter 2009
1st Sunday – MV Baltic Radio
3rd Sunday – European Music Radio
4th Sunday – Radio Gloria International
[Taylor]
////////////////
Positive feedback from the EBU/DRM Conference
London, 2nd December 2009: DRM digital radio technology received great interest from the 80 delegates present at the DRM Conference organised by the European Broadcasting Union in Geneva. The conference, held on 26th November 2009, was attended by participants from 25 countries (mainly from Europe but also from as far afield as Chile and Australia) who represented all broadcasting stake holders including regulators, broadcasters, equipment and chipset manufacturers.
The event brought into focus the recent developments in the DRM technology - the standardisation of DRM+ and the publication of DRM Receiver Profiles. This conference highlighted the market potential of the DRM system and evaluated the results from its tests from various locations worldwide. It also allowed a healthy discussion on different business cases and real achievements in getting DRM receivers on the market. Supported with excellent organisation by the EBU, the Consortium was able to highlight the achievements andchallenges of the DRM technology and present its potential as the global solution for conversion of radio fromanalogue to digital.
DRM Chairperson, Ruxandra Obreja, expressed her satisfaction at the event by saying: "Iam delighted that this was an interactive event able to demonstrate the great potential and benefits of DRM.From the feedback received the interesting presentations and discussions have impressed the participants,many of whom want to know more and attend similar events dedicated to the DRM technology."There were live demonstrations of the technology at the Conference venue. The event also provided agreat opportunity for networking and exchanging views on digital radio developments in different parts of theworld.
(DRM Consortium Press Release at www.drm.org )
Pictures at :
http://www.drm.org/news/detail/news/positive-feedback-from-the-ebudrm-conference/
Download the presentations here : http://tech.ebu.ch/events/ebu_drm09
----
[Gupta]
////////////////
Radio One has decided to stop playing BBC's entertainment capsules, after the BBC World Service's decision in July to monetize this pre-popularized entertainment content in the Indian metro markets.
The first market where they were able to do this is in Chennai where this content is supplied to Hello FM.
Radio one is a joint venture between Mid-day Multimedia and BBC worldwide. As a special gesture it was decided two years ago that Radio One would help promote BBC World Service's Entertainment capsules (BBC world service is the content arm and is a different company from BBC Worldwide which has invested in Radio One). This promotion was done by free and high frequency airing of the content in its 7 metro markets. These entertainment capsules that were being aired were BBC Ek Minute, BBC Ek Mulaquat, and the jointly produced shows - BBC Take One AND BBC Fun n Games.
'We are delighted that we were able to support and pre-popularize BBC world service entertainment content in its attempt to seek monetization in the metro markets .The time has come where they have found a paying customer and so we are discontinuing the free to air BBC entertainment capsules as agreed earlier. We continue to be a joint venture company with BBC worldwide and will help the BBC brand in any manner where they may need support in India. We look forward to the day when news opens up on private FM and Radio One and BBC worldwide will play a crucial role together in the news space said, Vineet Singh Hukmani, Managing Director, Radio One 94.3 FM.
Content syndication models operate on two platforms, which is either a straight sale or a revenue sharing. In the revenue share model, the revenue comes from a prospective brand sponsor so finding the right long term brand fit is most crucial. On the straight sale model a broadcaster buys syndicated content with the hope of increasing listener interest and the value of the content is directly related to the listener ratings it can generate. Most FM stations themselves in the future would look at using content syndication as an alternate revenue stream so the content syndication market is likely to become very competitive, maintains the company.
Source: http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/radio-one-stop-playing-bbc-entertainment-content
_______________________
[Jaisakthivel]
////////////////
BBC may cut digital and radio services after 2012
The BBC may cut digital and radio services after the analogue switch-off in 2012, according to the director general, Mark Thompson. The size and scope of the BBC has come under increasing scrutiny at the same time as other media organisations have been hit by declining advertising revenues.
Mr Thompson said that the future of BBC's operations would have to include "reductions in some kinds of programmes and content" and an examination of the scope of its websites. He also suggested a higher proportion of the licence fee would be spent on original British content as opposed to expensive imports.
In a speech to the Voice of the Listener and Viewer conference, Mr Thompson said that the BBC needed to lay out "new boundaries".
He said: "Expect to see reductions in some kinds of programmes and content - a look for example at the current scope of our website - and a close examination of the future of our service portfolios once switchover has been achieved".
Earlier this month, Jeremy Hunt, the shadow culture secretary, said the public broadcaster could be dramatically slimmed down under a Tory government.
Mr Hunt expressed scepticism about the value of the niche television channels BBC Three and BBC Four, (costing £114m and £71m) as well as digital radio stations such as 1Xtra, 6 Music and Radio 7. Collectively these new ventures cost hundreds of millions of pounds out of a total BBC budget of £4.6 billion.
On the BBC website, Mr Thompson said it was important to make sure that the "many millions of pages that are up there need to be there". "Is it sufficiently up to date, is it relevant?" he asked.
"It might be a slightly smaller website. It might be stronger, making sure we are playing to our strengths," he added.
Mr Thompson also said he would investigate the possibility of publishing audience "appreciation indexes", or AIs – in which viewers score a programme from 1 to 100 – to demonstrate how much BBC programmes were valued by viewers and listeners.
The review of BBC services is currently being conducted by Thompson and is due to report its findings to the BBC Trust at the beginning of next year.
The corporation was criticised over executive pay after it disclosed that it was paying the 100 most senior staff £20 million a year.
Mr Thompson defended the salaries saying that many senior staff had taken a "considerable" pay cut by working at the BBC. He revealed he had taken a 58 per cent cut when he moved from the private sector.
According to a poll conducted for BBC Newsnight, seventy per cent of people questioned said the salaries and expenses of BBC senior managers should be made public and 64 per cent said stars earning over a certain amount should face a similar move, and 59 per cent said the pay of all presenters should be made public.
The BBC has refused to reveal stars' pay saying it is commercially sensitive and could trigger an exodus.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6663816/BBC-may-cut-digital-and-radio-services-after-2012.html
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BBC's independence key for public service: Thompson
The BBC's independence is there not so that it can stand still, but so that it is better able to serve the public and, where necessary, better able to adapt and change.
To justify its independence, the BBC must keep its side of the bargain. These remarks were made by BBC DG Mark Thompson in his speech Beyond 2012 – The Future for the BBC, given at the Voice of the Listener and Viewer Conference in London.
Thompson notes that with the great privileges which the Charter and licence-fee confer, there are equally great responsibilities. A responsibility to respond promptly and constructively to fair criticism. A responsibility, wherever possible, to support rather than to hinder the rest of the public broadcasting system and the wider media and creative industries. Above all, a responsibility to listen to the public.
"One of the core missions of the BBC Trust is to ensure that the BBC does all of these things, not only in the run-up to charter reviews and licence-fee settlements, but all the time.
"And I believe that in the first three years of this Charter, you can see that working in action. In the fact that proposals for new BBC services are automatically subject to independent market impact assessment, and in some cases are being turned down. In our response to the public demand for greater openness – I believe that we have moved further down the road of disclosure than any other major public body.
"In our recent decisions about executive pay and our commitment to contain overall talent costs and reduce top talent costs – again a topic of public interest which the Trust insisted that I and the BBC should take seriously. In the whole partnership agenda. In our renewed focus on broadcasting and production in the Nations and Regions of the UK.
"But that only tells one part of the story. Although all of these topics and others, like editorial standards, are important and should be addressed in a timely and effective way, by far the biggest responsibility of the BBC is a positive one. To deliver to the British public the best programmes and services that we can. To turn the fine words of the theory of public service broadcasting into journalism, drama, documentary, children's programmes that live on in the memory and that open doors that otherwise would be shut.
"Darwin, the Poetry Season, and next year the Year of Science and The History of the World in 100 Objects, with Neil MacGregor and the British Museum. This is our side of the bargain."
Thompson, however, also notes that the BBC has a duty to challenge itself, both to do better and to meet changing audience needs, and new developments in the wider media landscape.
"It's only three years since our last strategic review – one that saw the development of the iPlayer, HD, mobile services as well as a concentration of investment on critical areas like drama and specialist factual programmes.
"But in those three years, the world beyond the gates of Broadcasting House has changed almost beyond recognition. Digital take-up and the public's use of digital services has exceeded almost everyone's expectations. But the effect of that – and of the downturn – on many incumbent media businesses has been devastating.
"Inevitably, that has meant a steady increase in the number of those who worry about the BBC's scope and market impact. Convergence has become an everyday reality and, as I noted earlier, businesses who once regarded themselves as being in a quite different market from the BBC – newspapers, for instance – now believe themselves to be direct competitors."
Thompson cautions that The BBC should not respond to, let alone be cowed by, vindictive or groundless press attacks. But nor should it fall into the trap of dismissing every criticism as self-serving and without merit. The UK pubcaster's job is to discriminate between the two and to take the second seriously.
"The world has changed and the BBC must consider how it should change to meet it. Five years ago, we said that "the BBC should be as small as its mission allows" and in absolute terms it is smaller. Thousands of jobs have gone and whole former divisions – Technology, Play Out, OBs – have been sold. The high-water mark of new channel launches and of content investment was passed some years ago. Instead the focus is on offering convenient new ways of giving the public access to existing content, rather than representing expansions into fresh content areas. iPlayer sits in this camp.
"But we have to accept that to many in commercial media we seem relatively bigger and stronger than ever. This fact, along with a real desire to continue to meet changing audience demands, meant that back in June, the BBC Trust and I decided that this autumn was the right time to look ahead to the post-switchover world of 2012 and beyond and to develop a clear strategy for what kind of BBC could best serve the public, and best support the media sector."
The review, Thompson explains, is being both radical and open-minded and it's throwing up difficult choices.
"At a time when so many other broadcasters are struggling with programme budgets, the licence fee's importance as an engine of creative investment in British talent is more important than ever. Expect a commitment post-switchover to spend a higher proportion of the licence-fee on original British content than we are able to today.
"The archive will be a key focus: not just the goal of liberating the BBC's extraordinary existing archive but the question of what and how you should commission in a world in which content is no longer ephemeral, but persists and can give pleasure and value forever.
"Partnership will be a central theme too – partnership with other broadcasters, sharing technology and infrastructure to help them continue to support PSB in their own way, but also partnership with many other public bodies, working for instance to liberate their archives and make them available to the public.
"But importantly we'll lay out new boundaries for the BBC. Once our boundaries were obvious. They were set by medium and spectrum scarcity: the BBC offered two TV channels and a fixed number of radio stations," Thompson said.
Source: http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k9/nov/nov235.php
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It is certainly hard to believe, that after so many months of its "official" start up
solar cycle 24 is showing NO signs of activity on the side of the Sun that we see
from Earth without the aid of special satellites !
Solar flux at rock bottom levels... near 70 units
The lower height of the night time F layer that is typical of the months of November
and December in the northern hemisphere helps a bit to compensate for the very
low solar activity.
The daytime maximum usable frequency curve shows a rather slow raising F2 layer MUF
as the Sun moves above the horizon, but due to the very little ionizing radiation
reaching the upper levels of the atmosphere, the free electron concentration at the
height of the F2 layer is very low, and for that very reason we see also a rather
low daytime maximum usable frequency peak .
Satellite monitoring of " the other side of the solar disc " show at least one region
that may soon develop higher magnetic activity and possibly sunspots too
This was an intermediate HF propagation update to followers of Dxers Unlimited's blog
73 and DX
Arnie Coro
radio amateur CO2KK
e-mail : inforhc@enet.cu
Source: http://dxersunlimited.blogspot.com/2009/12/9-days-without-sunspots.html
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Radio Netherlands Worldwide has made a special Spanish-language radio programme for hostages in Colombia.
It's a co-production with the Colombian radio network Caracol by journalist and former hostage Herbin Hoyos.
In the programme, families and friends will send messages to their loved ones who have been taken hostage
by the guerilla movement FARC.
The programme was recorded on Tuesday 1 December in RNW's Hilversum studios. Parts of the programme
will be broadcast on 5 and 6 December via shortwave, satellite, partner stations and the Spanish website
www.informarn.nl. The complete programme will be broadcast on Caracol Radio in Colombia on 6 December.
The radio programme, a one-off co-production, will consist of live music, interviews with former hostages and a round table discussions
with a number of guests. These will include Lloreda Mora (Colombian Ambassador to the Netherlands), Jan Besterbreurtje (chairman of
the Latin-American Business Council) and Edwin Koopmam (journalist and Latin America specialist). There will also be interviews,
including one with a former lieutenant of the Colombian army, himself a former hostage.
Herbin Hoyos
Herbin Hoyos was taken hostage for one year by the FARC at the beginning of 1994. After his release he began the programme
'Las Voces del Secuestro' (the voices of the abduction) on the Caracol network. For 15 years these radio programmes have
provided a means for families and friends to send messages to those in captivity.
Source: Media Network 3 December 2009
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KOSH RAJ KOIRALA
KATHMANDU, Dec 5: The government´s failure to maintain trans-border coordination while issuing radio frequency licenses in the bordering Tarai districts has placed the investment in FM radio stations at risk.
The failure of trans-border coordination has not only led to the problem of frequency overlapping, but also left the FM radio frequencies insecure, with the prospect of having to shut down promptly if International Telecommunications Union (ITU) regulations are anything to go by.
Trans-border coordination in radio frequencies is effected at the government level through ITU, a specialized agency of the United Nations that looks after the management of radio and telecom frequencies.
According to ITU regulations, it is mandatory for a member state to register its FM radio frequencies or telecom frequencies with the Geneva-based ITU to secure these airwaves in case they reach across international borders. Both Nepal and India are member states of the ITU.
Neither Nepal nor India has so far engaged in trans-border coordination through the ITU while issuing FM frequency licenses in their bordering areas.
An FM station needs to shut its operations if another FM station across an international border operating on the same frequency had its frequency registered with the ITU first and officially lodges a complaint, irrespective of the date it came into operation.
Nepal and India both fall under Region III in ITU categorization in reference to FM radio frequency distribution. Both countries are required to issue FM frequency licenses ranging between 87.6 MHZ and 108 MHZ.
The problem began surfacing after the Indian authorities, following Nepal, began issuing a large number of FM licenses since three years back.
At least two FM stations - one in Jhapa (Kanchanjungha FM) and another in Kanchanpur (Shuklaphanta FM)-- are now compelled to alter their frequencies -- something impossible when FM frequency distribution has already reached a saturation point.
Worse, many other FM stations operating in the southern bordering districts have lately begun experiencing the problem of frequency overlapping.
According to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC), over 50 FM stations are operating in various districts bordering India.
Officials said the frequencies of Nepal-based FM stations with 100 watt to 1,000 watt capacity are easily overlapped by FM stations across the border with capacities ranging from 5 KW to 10 KW.
MoIC officials said the government has registered only short wave (SW) and medium wave (MW) frequencies of state-owned Radio Nepal with the ITU so far.
Likewise, telecom service providers are found to be coordinating on their own with their counterparts in India.
MoIC officials admit their failure to ensure trans-border coordination while issuing FM licenses in bordering districts to the south. "We had not come across the problem of frequency overlapping until recently," said MoIC spokesperson Narayan Prasad Regmi. "The ministry will take necessary measures since the problem has now begun surfacing."
koshraj@myrepublica.com
Published on 2009-12-05 08:26:48
Source:
http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=12547
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Many thanks!
This week's Contributors are:
LOB - Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brazil.
Yimber Gaviria, Colombia.
Alokesh Gupta, India.
IWATA Gaku, Japan.
Jaisakthivel, India.
Anatoly Klepov, Russia.
Ivan Lebedevsky, Russia.
Zacharias Liangas, Greece.
Stewart MacKenzie, USA.
Tom Taylor, UK.
Also thanks to
BC-DX / GERMANY.
CONEXION Digital / ARGENTINE.
CLANDESTINE RADIO WATCH / GERMANY.
CUMBRE DX / U.S.A.
DX INDIA / INDIA.
Globe Radio DX Club / INDIA.
HCDX / FINLAND.
IDXA / INDIA.
JSWC / JAPAN.
NASWA / U.S.A.
radioascolto.org / ITALY.
RUS-DX / RUSSIA.
WAVESCAN / AWR
WWDXC / GERMANY.
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Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia
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