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Media Audience Development in Latvia (2004–2012)
ISSN 2029-865X 144 doi://10.7220/2029-865X.06.06 MEDIA AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT IN LATVIA (2004–2012) Anda ROŽUKALNE [email protected] PhD, Head of the Department of Communication Studies Faculty of Communication Riga Stradiņš University Riga, Latvia ABSTRACT: This article analyses the main development trends in media audience structure and media use in Latvia since its joining the European Union in 2004. To characterize and carry out the analysis quantitative data were mainly used which are regularly provided by TNS Latvia – an agency for market, social and media research. In addition to the information provided by TNS Latvia, this summary also employs a study on broadcasting media audience structure and content priorities commissioned by the National Electronic Media Council and carried out by the Baltic Institute of Social Sciences. In order to describe media usage patterns in different au- dience groups, data from polls and focus group studies were used, carried out by the author. The behavior of media audience is characterized by taking into account media consumption and providing detailed information about press, broadcasting and Internet media usage trends. The data show that Latvian media consumption time and the diversity in media usage is increasing. Due to technological development, some audiences tend to consume less of traditional media, giving preference to Internet media where it is possible to receive all the necessary information. National social networking site draugiem.lv has become increasingly popular in the local media environment, where people are mainly communicating among themselves. Latvian media audi- ence can also be described by a generational gap – people below thirty mainly use Internet media, while those above 30 tend, in their use, to combine both traditional and Internet media. -
EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 30.9.2020 SWD(2020) 313 Final COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT 2020 Rule of Law Report Country C
EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 30.9.2020 SWD(2020) 313 final COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT 2020 Rule of Law Report Country Chapter on the rule of law situation in Latvia Accompanying the document COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS 2020 Rule of Law Report The rule of law situation in the European Union {COM(2020) 580 final} - {SWD(2020) 300 final} - {SWD(2020) 301 final} - {SWD(2020) 302 final} - {SWD(2020) 303 final} - {SWD(2020) 304 final} - {SWD(2020) 305 final} - {SWD(2020) 306 final} - {SWD(2020) 307 final} - {SWD(2020) 308 final} - {SWD(2020) 309 final} - {SWD(2020) 310 final} - {SWD(2020) 311 final} - {SWD(2020) 312 final} - {SWD(2020) 314 final} - {SWD(2020) 315 final} - {SWD(2020) 316 final} - {SWD(2020) 317 final} - {SWD(2020) 318 final} - {SWD(2020) 319 final} - {SWD(2020) 320 final} - {SWD(2020) 321 final} - {SWD(2020) 322 final} - {SWD(2020) 323 final} - {SWD(2020) 324 final} - {SWD(2020) 325 final} - {SWD(2020) 326 final} EN EN ABSTRACT The Latvian justice system has been continuously improving its quality and efficiency, notably through a number of measures, among them training and consecutive judicial map reforms. The Information and Communication System in courts and the Prosecution Office is at an advanced level and is being further developed. The independence of the justice system has been strengthened by reinforcing the role of the judiciary in the selection of candidate judges and the Prosecutor General, as well as in the appointment of court presidents. -
Latvia 2011 Country Report Global Youth Tobacco Survey (Gyts)
LATVIA 2011 COUNTRY REPORT GLOBAL YOUTH TOBACCO SURVEY (GYTS) CONTENTS 1. Acknowledgements 3 2. Summary 4 3. Introduction 5 a. Country Demographics 5 b. WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and MPOWER 5 c. Purpose and Rationale 6 d. Current State of Policy 8 e. Other Tobacco Surveys 8 f. Country-Specific Objectives 8 4. Methods 9 a. Sampling 9 b. Data Collection 9 c. Data Analysis 9 5. Results 10 a. Prevalence 10 b. Knowledge and Attitudes 11 c. Access and Availability 12 d. Exposure to Secondhand Smoke 13 e. Cessation 14 f. Media and Advertising 14 g. School Curriculum 15 6. Discussion 16 a. Summary of Results 16 b. Comparison to Previous Tobacco Surveys 17 c. Relevance to WHO FCTC/WHO MPOWER 18 d. Relevance to Country 19 e. Proposed Interventions/Further Studies 20 7. Recommendations 21 8. References 22 2 Acknowledgements Latvia acknowledges the support of the World Health Organization’s Europe Region, and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for providing technical and financial support to develop and print this document. This report has been prepared by Iveta Pudule, Biruta Velika and Daiga Grinberga, Senior Public Health Analysts, Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia and is based on the 2011 Global Youth Tobacco Survey findings in LATVIA. 3 Summary In 1998, the World Health Organization (WHO), the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) began the development of the Global Tobacco Surveillance System (GTSS) with the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS). It is a school-based survey that is targeted towards youth aged 13-15 years old. -
Telia Company Law Enforcement Disclosure Report July to December 2017
Telia Company Law Enforcement Disclosure Report July-December 2017 TELIA COMPANY LAW ENFORCEMENT DISCLOSURE REPORT JULY TO DECEMBER 2017 Executive summary This is Telia Company’s eighth six-monthly Law Enforcement Disclosure Report. The report aims to offer detailed in- sights into the context and extent of surveillance and collection of, customer data in most of Telia Company’s main markets. It includes statistics on conventional requests in eight of our markets as well as information, as regards all of our markets, on legislation regarding ‘direct access’ and unconventional requests (‘major events’). A summarized version of this report is published in the Telia Company 2018 Annual and Sustainability Report available at annualreports.teliacompany.com. This full report includes more context, including such as information on main goals, definitions, challenges as well as omissions related to our reporting and a list of laws providing governments with direct access, and – added in this report - national laws on mandatory data retention for law enforcement purposes. 1 Telia Company Law Enforcement Disclosure Report July-December 2017 CONTENTS Letter from the general counsel ...................................................................................................................................... 3 About this report ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 What we report ........................................................................................................................................................... -
International Smoking Statistics
International Smoking Statistics Web Edition A collection of worldwide historical data USSR and successor countries Barbara Forey, Jan Hamling, John Hamling, Alison Thornton, Peter Lee P N Lee Statistics & Computing Ltd 17 Cedar Road Sutton SM2 5DA, UK www.pnlee.co.uk This report is an updated version of Chapter 29 of International Smoking Statistics 2nd edition, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine and OUP, 2002, www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-850856-5 Date of issue: 5-Jul-2016 (First issue) © Barbara Forey, Jan Hamling, John Hamling, Alison Thornton, Peter Lee, 2016 This work is copyright. It may be reproduced or quoted in whole or in part for study or research purposes, subject to inclusion of an acknowledgement of the source. It may not be reproduced for purposes other than those above or sold without written permission from the authors. Issue History: First issued 5-Jul-2016 2 USSR and successors 5-Jul-2016 Contents Contents .................................................................................................................................. 3 List of Figures ...................................................................................................................... 4 Preface .................................................................................................................................... 5 Downloads ........................................................................................................................... 5 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................. -
Fibre Towards a Gigabit Society Report
Fibre towards a Gigabit society June 2020 Economic & Financial Analysis Credit Research and Strategy 22 June 2020 Telecoms T Fibre towards a Gigabit society Coverage diverges significantly in Europe Fixed networks have gained significant importance during the outbreak of Covid- 19. Fixed data usage surged by up to 80%, as a result of people working from home and increased demand for home entertainment. We believe that one of the effects from Covid-19 is that many companies will adopt best practices learned during the lockdown period and that these will be structurally incorporated in their business models. This includes working more from home. Therefore, we expect there will be more demand for higher network speeds. Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks will become increasingly important in a Gigabit society, but there is still a large divergence in coverage among European countries and operators need to invest significantly to make their networks future-proof. Telecom companies are increasingly focusing on FTTH and cable operators are upgrading their networks to Docsis3.1 in order to be able to offer 1Gbps broadband download speeds in the future. FTTH passive and active technologies are also able to support the back-haul and front-haul telecom networks more efficiently when rolling out 5G. A fibre network is a long-term investment, with an anticipated lifetime of at least 25 years. Furthermore, quality infrastructure and higher download speeds are an important element in the convergence strategies of providers as consumer experience is key. In Europe, there is still a big divergence in FTTH coverage among the countries. -
NENT Group Signs Groundbreaking Distribution Deal with Tet in Latvia
News release 02 March 2021 Page 1/3 NENT Group signs groundbreaking distribution deal with Tet in Latvia • NENT Group and Viaplay to launch first Latvian partnership • Innovative agreement offers Tet’s hundreds of thousands of customers access to Viaplay for two months in a free trial period • NENT Group to launch its Viaplay streaming service in the Baltic region on March 9 Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic region’s leading streaming company and Tet, Latvia’s market-leading technology and entertainment company, have signed a groundbreaking deal. It will bring Viaplay’s original Nordic productions, Hollywood films and series, premium sports and high-quality kids’ content to hundreds of thousands of Tet’s TV services customers. This partnership marks NENT Group’s first distribution deal in the Baltics and showcases the strength and appeal of NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service ahead of the launch in the Baltics on March 9. Viaplay will launch in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania with a single package (including sports) priced at EUR 9.99 per month. NENT Group’s strategic partnership with Tet will give a large part of the Latvian population the opportunity to try Viaplay for two months through Tet, Latvia’s market leading TV and internet service provider, technology and entertainment company. Viaplay will launch in Latavia on March 9 and the offer will be made available to Tet’s customers shortly after. In addition, Viaplay and Tet will launch an exclusive weekly sports studio, broadcasting the highlights from the sports shown on Viaplay in local language. The programme will be produced during the sports season and will be available to Viaplay’s customers and on Tet’s 360TV channel from September. -
Telia Company – Annual and Sustainability Report 2019
BRINGING THE WORLD CLOSER ANNUAL AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2019 CONTENT OUR COMPANY Telia Company in one minute ................................................ 4 2019 in brief ............................................................................ 6 How we create value ............................................................. 8 Comments from the CEO ..................................................... 10 Trends and strategy .............................................................. 12 DIRECTORS' REPORT Group development ............................................................. 16 Country development .......................................................... 32 Sustainability ....................................................................... 41 Risks and uncertainties ....................................................... 62 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Corporate Governance Statement ....................................... 70 Board of Directors ............................................................... 82 Group Executive Management ............................................ 84 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Consolidated statements of comprehensive income .......... 86 Consolidated statements of financial position .................... 87 Consolidated statements of cash flows .............................. 88 Consolidated statements of changes in equity ................... 89 Notes to consolidated financial statements ........................ 90 Parent company income statements.................................. 182 Parent company -
By Ilze Arklina
By Ilze Arklina “Stop stealing! Stop lying! Down with the government!” a crowd of some 5,000 people shouted in front of the Latvian Parliament building as MPs gathered for the October 18 session. Neither heavy rain nor the early hour — 8:15 a.m. — stopped people from expressing their condemnation of Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis and his coalition government. Why were the cobblestone streets of the capital city Riga full of angry people? Not because of rising inflation and consumer prices, even though in September inflation in Latvia rose to 11.4 percent and the government proposed freezing salaries to curb it. Nor was it for anything else that directly influences people’s wallets. It was because the prime minister fired the country’s main anti-corruption official. The Latvian government decided on October16 to oust the chairman of the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB — Korupcijas noversanas un apkarosanas biroja), Aleksejs Loskutovs, quoting minor bookkeeping violations discovered by the State Control Office (Valsts Kontrole) in the summer. KNAB, an independent state institution with a mandate to fight corruption, was founded in 2002 as an important prerequisite for Latvia to be accepted as a member in the European Union and NATO in 2004. In five years, KNAB has gained authority as a real force in the fight against corruption, a plague woven deeply into all layers of Latvian society. A post-Soviet republic that regained independence 16 years ago, Latvia currently ranks 51st among 179 countries in Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Index. “We are still seen as a country with a high corruption level,” comments the chairman of the TI Latvian branch, Delna Roberts Putnis. -
HT-1080 Tet-Off Cell Line Cofa
Certificate of Analysis HT-1080 Tet-Off® Cell Line Table of Contents Description .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Cell Type Information ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 Recommended Cell Culture Medium ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Additional Notes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Quality Control Data ............................................................................................................................................................... 2 Catalog No. Lot Number 630916 (Not sold separately) Specified on product label. Description HT1080 Tet-Off is a human fibrosarcoma-derived cell line that expresses the tetracycline-regulated transactivator Tet-Off (1). Inducible expression of any gene can be achieved by transfecting or transducing this cell line with a vector containing your gene of interest under the control of a tetracycline-responsive promoter. Expression is induced by the withdrawal of doxycycline (Dox) from the culture medium. Package Contents 1 ml HT-1080 Tet-Off Cell Line (2.0 x 106 cells/tube) Storage Conditions -
Euromosaic III Touches Upon Vital Interests of Individuals and Their Living Conditions
Research Centre on Multilingualism at the KU Brussel E U R O M O S A I C III Presence of Regional and Minority Language Groups in the New Member States * * * * * C O N T E N T S Preface INTRODUCTION 1. Methodology 1.1 Data sources 5 1.2 Structure 5 1.3 Inclusion of languages 6 1.4 Working languages and translation 7 2. Regional or Minority Languages in the New Member States 2.1 Linguistic overview 8 2.2 Statistic and language use 9 2.3 Historical and geographical aspects 11 2.4 Statehood and beyond 12 INDIVIDUAL REPORTS Cyprus Country profile and languages 16 Bibliography 28 The Czech Republic Country profile 30 German 37 Polish 44 Romani 51 Slovak 59 Other languages 65 Bibliography 73 Estonia Country profile 79 Russian 88 Other languages 99 Bibliography 108 Hungary Country profile 111 Croatian 127 German 132 Romani 138 Romanian 143 Serbian 148 Slovak 152 Slovenian 156 Other languages 160 Bibliography 164 i Latvia Country profile 167 Belorussian 176 Polish 180 Russian 184 Ukrainian 189 Other languages 193 Bibliography 198 Lithuania Country profile 200 Polish 207 Russian 212 Other languages 217 Bibliography 225 Malta Country profile and linguistic situation 227 Poland Country profile 237 Belorussian 244 German 248 Kashubian 255 Lithuanian 261 Ruthenian/Lemkish 264 Ukrainian 268 Other languages 273 Bibliography 277 Slovakia Country profile 278 German 285 Hungarian 290 Romani 298 Other languages 305 Bibliography 313 Slovenia Country profile 316 Hungarian 323 Italian 328 Romani 334 Other languages 337 Bibliography 339 ii PREFACE i The European Union has been called the “modern Babel”, a statement that bears witness to the multitude of languages and cultures whose number has remarkably increased after the enlargement of the Union in May of 2004. -
Report on the Contextual Determinants of Child Health Policy
Report on the contextual determinants of child health policy 28 February 2017 Authors Kinga Zdunek, Peter Schröder-Bäck, Mitch Blair, Michael Rigby DRAFT Report on contextual determinants of child health policy in Europe Status Report on the contextual determinants of child health policy Third draft Origin Work Package 1: Identification of Models of Children’s Primary Health Care Task 7: National Health and Policy Culture Distribution All members of MOCHA via WP Leaders and website Context This report will provide MOCHA members with an overview on the contextual determinants of child health policy in Europe 2 DRAFT Report on contextual determinants of child health policy in Europe Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 6 1.1. Child-centric perspective ........................................................................................... 6 1.2. Aim of the study .......................................................................................................... 8 1.3. Theoretical background............................................................................................. 8 2. Methodology ......................................................................................................................10 3. Case studies of current child health issues in Europe ....................................................13 3.1. Anti-vaccination movement across Europe .............................................................13