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A Circom Regional initiative Portugal's Porto South Eastern Europe is the 2001 CR gets special TV program Conference site.
Porto, a beautiful seaside city in the through sponsoring northern part of Portugal, will be the 2001 site for the CR conference. The final decision was taken during the Southeastern Europe is one of the main priorities in the busy schedule of the CR European Board meeting in 2000 CR conference in Potsdam, June 1. Potsdam, Nov. 28 CR President R. CR members from SE Europe, media experts from the region and from Allerdt and General Secretary Boris Bergant who visited Porto are quite international institutions, will discuss and try to find possible ways for CR and enthusiastic about the available the EBU to set up a television plan for SE Europe in the framework of the Pact facilities and the city itself. for Stability. Porto with a nearby airport linking the city with Lisboa and other capitals of Europe is only three hours away from By the end of the day it is expected stations will work closely with Lisboa by train -which is an extremely that a concept of media support will colleagues from the SE European convenient way of transportation. be presented to the conference region over a longer period of time". Trains are modern and clean, with TV and taped music programs. delegates together with a plan being The daily program of the station from Portugal's CR National Coordinator developed right now under the title midnight to 6 am will be broadcast by Djalme Neves, who was present for the "Partnership -the SE Europe TV Eutelsat. It is understood that the CR meeting presented through video Program Project". European Commission will try to the city, potential hotel sites, etc. The project will be a pilot with an make this time slot available for the It is probable that the Porto conference will be held late June -"perfect timing" initial time limit of five years which new station. for some delegates who already claim will be designed and implemented Nothing has been decided yet for the spending their summer vacation after with independent, public sponsorship. "major mid-European city, which will the hectic schedule of the assembly in "The plan -says CR President Reimar be geographically close to the Balcan the beautiful Portugal coastline resort. Allerdt- includes a jointly produced region and have access to the Porto (or Oporto) is a port in NW Portugal, near the mouth of the Douro television program as a guideline, infrastructures of modern electronic River: the second largest city in which will help establish modern, media where" where the Partnership Portugal, famous for port wine (begun democratic media in SEEurope. Project will be based. in 1678). Population: 1.652.000. Employees of major European TV Thessaloniki Festival will Croatia, Denmark, Netherlands, Poland showcase best CR TV programs Four countries vie An offer by Greece's ERT3 to organise for CR Secretariat a CIRCOM Regional Best Program Showcase was accepted by the CR European Board during the Nov. 27 Four countries and a corresponding number of CR national coordinators are meeting in Potsdam. According to the plan the five best candidates for the seat of CR General Secretary in 2002. programs of the Prix Circom from each Poland, Croatia, Netherlands and Denmark expressed their interest during the one of the four (or five) categories will
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A major bid for funds to support CR training in Central-Eastern Europe
A major for funds to support Circom Regional training in Central and Eastern Europe over the next three years was delivered by helped me a lot. Circom means a lot to Rick Thompson, CR Coordinator Training and Development, to me. You can't imagine how much". One young producer from VTV in the European Commission. A full report on this and other issues Hungary (Szeged's local station) is now that Thompson has been involved with lately was presented producing two live programmes each during the CR Executive Committee in Dortmund. Here's the week, and says the CR course helped complete report by Rick. her a great deal. 4.Ethnic TV Festival at TVP By Krakow. Rick Thompson Immediately before the Executive 1.Bid to the European Commision CR Coordinator Committee, I will be representing CR In August, I delivered to the European Training and at this year's EEBE Ethnic TV Festival, Commission in Brussels a major bid for Development 'At Home", organised by TVR Krakow, funds to support Circom Regional conducting two seminars in multy- training in Central and Eastern Europe cultural broadcasting, and helping to over the next three years. This bid is to the conference in Cavtat. The results judge the programme prizes. the "European Initiative for Democracy from the anonymously completed The British Know-How Fund has and Human Rights""(DGIa). The 75- feedback forms show hight agreed to pay my travel costs. page document follows strict rules laid appreciation once again. An hour-long On September 20th , I represented CR down by the EC, which are designed to video report on the training and in Strasbourg at a meeting of the support stability and democratic conference presentation was shown "media-partners" of the Council of development in target countries. The three times in Europe-by-Satellite, it is Europe, where I bid for funding to "Circom Regional Democratic available on the CR website and VHS expand the training at the next year's Television Journalism Initiative" has copies went with a full written report to Ethnic Festival. I am fairly confident eight elements, following the training all participating national co-ordinators. that 21.000 Euros will be provided, but strategy approved by the Executive We stayed within the allocated CR not firm decision will be taken until the Committee last year. budget. end of the year. 3.The Trainee Network - Follow Up 5.Slovenia Regional News Study Many of the young journalists who At Boris Bergant's request, I conducted attended the Thessaloniki, Szeged and a study of regional news operations at
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• Young Journalist's Workshops. Cavtat workshops keep in touch with RTV Slovenia's station in Koper, and (Practical workshops for the editors of the tutors and each other, in an informal have offered suggestions for the future, brought together from support network. Some of the feedback improvements to the output and regional TV stations across Europe. is very encouraging. For example ; organisation. Two workshops each year. One of 6.European programme material. these would be held at the annual Several CR stations have asked for my conference). help in developing their coverage of • Reporting Diversity Workshops. Six EU affairs. I have been able to provide over the three years. (Designed for TV contacts, stories, and access to free journalists in the Balkans, and Report on programme material, (for example, the organised in collaboration with the Training and monthly Contact Magazine from the Thomson Foundation). Commission, Eurinfo from the European Parliament, and science, • Newsroom Management Workshops. Development education and environment videos from One each year .(For Senior Editors). the Mostra company in Brussels). • On - site Development Consultancies. 7.AEJ Two 7 - day projects per year. (For CR The Director General of Albanian In September I attended the stations seeking immediate help in Television, Eduard Mazi, told me that Association of European Journalists achieving radical change). the six Albanian trainees who went to Szeged and Cavtat had "benefited (AEJ) annual congress in Berlin, and • Political Reporting Seminars. (For was able to address the conference stations in Accession Countries). greatly" from the experience, and were doing much better work. One of them briefly to tell them about Circom • Bilateral Exchanges of Key Staff. Regional. They have offered support (Between CEEC and Western wrote to me to say the Cavtat course had taught her many useful things. "It for our training enterprise in Potsdam stations). was the best two weeks of my life. I next year. CR producer Guidelines. (Writing and • came back from Croatia full of 8.Sony Sponsorship Distribution of practical guidelines on enthusiasm to do my work better". She With the help of our training Technical ethics and standards in democratic TV has conducted her own workshop in her Coordinator, Karol Cioma from BBC journalism). station, to pass on some of our ideas to Wales , I approached Sony to be a others. longer-term sponsor. They have The total request for EC funds for the Kirsi Jansa from Finland, who confirmed to Reimar and Boris that three-year programme is for 990, 100 presented our "Training for the Future" they will continue sponsorship of Euros. There are very many competing session in Cavtat, had never presented a Circom Regional 2.000. I will give bids for these funds, covering live programme before. She said she them regular reports of the benefits infrastructure, financial, legal and had been too nervous in the past. When they receive for their investment. It will political reforms, as well as mass-media. her bosses saw our tape, they be important for Sony to receive due So the changes of success are small. If immediately asked her to present the credit on our website, "Circom Report", the bid is successful, CR will have to set Finnish Tv network environment training literature and videos, and at the up a small training unit to organise all programme, so she is giving it a try. conference next year. the courses, administer the finances and She has also filmed some sequences for deliver the required detailed reports to a documentary, after using a camera in the EC. The EC promises a decision by Cavtat for the first time. the end of 1999. 2.Cavtat Training A CR trainee from Romania wrote : Workshop Thirty-six young journalists "The training was the best I ever from fourteen countries attended the 10- attended. It day workshop and
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Digital service by EbS and contact persons EbS's operations have migrated from analogue to digital technology- the reception details are:
• Satellite EUTELSAT HOT BIRD; • Orbital position : 13° East • Receive frequency : 12,47550 GHz • Polarisation : horizontal Assistant producer Lydia Zelovic and producer Dan Reed with TV star • Footprint : Widebeam Samantha Janus (center) at the"Nombre d' or" award ceremony • Symbol rate : 27,500 Mbauds. • FEC : 3 / 4- Decod Britains' Channel Four wins
For further questions, please contact: three prizes at Nombre d' Or Europe by Satellite Tel +32/2/299.11.76 Fax +32/2/299.03.09 Three of the six awards at this year's Widescreen Festival "Nombre d' E-mail [email protected] Or" in Amsterdam, Sept. 10-14, were won by Britain's Channel Four. Marc WALRAVEN Top prize "Golden Rembrandt" went to Dan Reed for his Editor "Europe by Satellite" documentary "The Valley" produced by UK' s leading independent Tel +32/2/299.18.54 Mentor Barraclough Carey. It's the story of villagers trapped in the Fax +32/2/299.03.09 burning Drenica Valley in Kosovo during the recent crisis in the E-mail [email protected] area.
The Silver Rembrandt went to Phil Best Director prize for his opera Agland's doc series "Shanghai Vice" production "Rosa, a horse drama" made also from Channel Four. The same for Holland's NPS. channel was awarded the Best Art Best photography prize went to David Direction for "Queer as Folk". The Odd for "Great expectations" (BBC) a prize went to director Claire Kenny. new adaptation of Dicken's classic. Special Jury Prize was won by South The IBC Special Award recipient was Diederik BANGERT Africa's Rob Harrison - White for Wim Wender's new documentary Editor-in-Chief "Europe by Satellite" "Mountain Rivals". Well known film feature "Buena Vista Social Club" Tel +32/2/296.88.68 maker Peter Greenaway picked up the Fax +32/2/299.03.09 E-mail [email protected] Martyn JONES Engineering Manager Tel +32/2/299.91.62 Fax +32/2/299.92.18 E-mail: martyn- [email protected] An up-to-date version of the EbS weeklyprogramme, plus background
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With the participation of nine networks from nine countries
The "Balcan TV Magazine" is the first main co- the meeting of representatives (usually the heads of international production in the Balcan countries. It started at relations) of up to nine - participating stations/countries an edited the end of 1994 with the initiative of MKRTV version is produced lasting from 45-60 minutes. This program is (FYROM) and participation of six altogether broadcast by all stations involved, terrestrially or by satellite, and national Balcan TV stations at the first meeting. since 1998 by EbS, the European Union Broadcast Satellite. Each edition of the magazine has another topic. Each station offers a 5 minute report and during
The 5minute reports are on BETA SP accompanied by the text in the original Balcan cooperation aided language and a translation in English. · In 1997 the same team started a new co- by 5 year-old production under the title Balcan - Video Clip - Magazine. This program promotes "Balcan TV Magazine" video clips of hit songs enhancing each country's best or new and aspiring talent. · In 1998 there was a new addition, the field, that might be of interest to the Heads of News Services of the Balcan Balcan Sports Magazine, which is an nine participating stations/countries. stations. These are just a few ideas ambitious plan that besides this Of course, the main issues are the which can materialise in an easy way, production will involve all the sports coproductions, cooperation, calendar of with almost no cost, understanding that departments of the public TV stations of events and projects of the Balcan Radio low budget projects are a necessity the Balcans, who will exchange & TV networks. especially in the Balcan area. programs, offer technical facilities and This newsletter, is expected that will More ideas might pop out any time but negotiate better rates for escalating high futher facilitate the communication of one has to be cautious to proceed not costs of sports events. the stations and people involved in the very fast, because there is always, the Participants many aspects of the Balcan radio & TV fear that other participants cannot TV stations participating in the various cooperation. follow. So one idea at a time is rather Balcan coproductions represent : What's the next step for this co- the best solution. Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, operation under the umbrella of the These are small scale projects and they Serbia, Montenegro, Turkey, Greece and Balcan TV Magazine ? Here are some are mostly materialised by the Int'l FYRO Macedonia. thoughts: Relations / Affairs Departments while Contact only more ambitious plans could be The first two co-ordinators of this 1. To broaden the number of the tackled by presidents and general Balcan consortium were Stalin participating countries and directors. Lozanovsky (MKRTV) and Rossinka stations to include the Black But at least even on this level Radoikova (BNT) . For 1998 and 1999 Sea countries Georgia and something is happening, friendships the chief co-ordinator is Lefty Ukraine. have been born, co-operation and co- Kongalides, Head of Int'l Relations for 2. To make the Balcan Newsletter productions are proceeding and even ERT 3. His full address is 6 Angelaki, more than useful, including communication by a single phone call Thessaloniki 54621, Greece. Phone : news, new ideas, new is now easier than ever, thanks to the (3031) 299611, fax : (3031) 299655, E- technologies applied, exchange Balcan TV Magazine co-operation and mail : ert 3 pl@compulink. gr. of ideas and much more. initiative. Closed doors have been With the initiative of ERT 3 a Balcan 3. To create new co-productions, opened and they are kept open. And Newsletter was launched last January. like the Balcan TV Magazine, this it is believed by all participants is a This is a monthly newsletter which deals which will be dedicated to the great contribution for mutual
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Poland's TVP SA is Ethnic Whispers II Festival grand prix winner …. "You're the eyes of the world. You Poland's TVP S.A. station was the recipient of the Third International can't afford to blink" is the latest slogan Ethnic TV Festival "U Siebie - At Home" grand prix. The Festival by Sony Europe. The same company held in Krakow and Przemysl, October 6-9, had an international jury came up with another one "When you can't afford to come second, every made up of Boleslaw Sulik, chairman (Poland), Jadwiga Glowa second counts"…. The "Wheel of Time" (Poland), Mirko Bogataj(Austria), Vladimir Spicer(Croatia), Rick project celebrates the tenth anniversary Thompson(UK). The following prizes were awarded: since its inception…. An initial series of six 13-minute programs, devoted to the rediscovery of musical instruments which totally disappeared from the scene over previous centuries, will be the object of a co-production from the RTBF "The Wheel of Time", Tournesol Production in Paris and Euroregio….
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….Marc Tessier, Head of French public broadcaster France Television, revealed the company's restructure in order to position itself for the advent of digital terrestrial TV…. Demonstrations of true video on demand, data services on TV, high capacity internet connections via cable modem and all the hardware necessary to build the networks and manage these services : these were some of the highlights of the ECC '99
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* Grand Prix "Roots" and the Name author : Nada Mehmedbasic convention, held in London, Oct. 18-20 President's of TVP S.A. award worth TV Station : TV BiH, Bosnia and …. According to a report in the Italian 15.000 PLN for the film : "…Inscribed Herzegovina weekly "Panorama" RAI is selling of its in the Star of David - the Cross" author * Special Commendation, funded by transmitter sites, estimated to be worth : Grzegorz Linkowski TV Station : CIRCOM Regional, worth 2.500 PLN of 1.7 billion , to Italian mobile phone TVP S.A. - Program II, Poland for the film : ""Gypsy Valediction" operator Wind…. * 2nd Award "Roots" and the CIRCOM author : Timea Tatar Regional award worth 13.000 PLN for TV Station : MTV Regional Studio the film : "I Had a Dream About Hana" Debrecen, Hungary Circom Report author : Mikolaj Wawrzeniuk, Jerzy * Special Commendation, funder by Leszczynski TV station : TVP S.A. CIRCOM Regional, worth 2.500 PLN Oddzial w Bialymstoku, Poland for the film : "Hate Crime" The "CIRCOM Report" is the new * 3rd Award "Roots" and the Presidents' author : John Samson monthly publication of CIRCOM of the cities of Krakow and Przemysl TV Station : BBC Elstree, United Regional, the European Association of award worth 12.000 PLN for the film : Kingdom Public Regional TV Stations - available "One Year" author : Bretislav Rychlik The journalists, who participated in the on the CR Internet site and coming to TV station : Czech TV - Studio Brno, television workshop, held during the CR member stations and personnel Czech Republic Festival, gave the award "Roots" for either through E-mail or as an A-4 size * Special Commendation, funded by the best TV program for minorities and printed newsletter, through the CR CIRCOM Regional, worth 2.500 PLN the Regional Television TVP S.A. General Secretariat from Ljubljana. for the film : "Repeat Your award worth 10.000 PLN to the Director of publications is Marie-Paule program : "World on Four (the Urban, CR Deputy Secretary General language in the Assembly)", authored (Strasbourg). Editor is Lefty Kongalides, by Elis Owen, Tomos Morgan (TV member of the CR Executive Committee Station : S4C Wales). (Thessaloniki). The "CIRCOM Report" is planned and edited in ERT 3,
Thessaloniki, Greece. Phone (3031) 299611-610 fax (3031) 299 655. E-mail : [email protected] All member stations are considered as Strasbourg Seminar for management in the 21st century potential contributors for this publication, with stories about new and innovative ideas, co-productions, "Management for the 21st Century" is the subject of a seminar to be exchanges, modern technologies, etc. held in Strasbourg, either in October or November 2000. Especially welcome are short stories and one-liners. *Sony and Eutelsat are the official During the week-long seminar, aimed at senior chief editors or news CIRCOM Regional sponsors managers (limited to just 15 persons) such issues as evaluation of journalists, improving and multiskilling, new patters for news and new technologies and knowing better the European Parliament are to be discussed thoroughly.
The seminar, proposed by Didier Desormeaux (France 3), will be in French and English.
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Competition awards $15.000 Television and Film for excellence in journalism Forum in Prague The 11th European Television The competition for the 1999 $ 15,000 SAIS-Novartis Prize for Excellence in and Film Forum will be held in International Journalism is on its way. Launched in 1995, the annual SAIS- Prague, Dec. 2-4. More than 350 Novartis Prize recognizes the growing importance and impact of journalism in the international arena. It will be awarded next spring to a journalist or journalists high-ranking European media whose work in 1999 has brought to public attention an issue of international professionals are expected to significance. The prize is open to journalists of any nationality for work done in attend this important event. any language and in any medium. Books are not eligible. Czech Television, the public broadcaster of the Czech David Hoffman, Moscow Bureau based in Nepal. The other seven Republic, is to be the host. Chief of The Wshington Post, won the finalists were Christopher L. Hedges Organised every year on behalf 1998 SAIS -Novartis Prize for his ten of The New York Times (US) for his of its corporate members by the reports on the legacy of former Soviet ten reports on Kosovo ; Yevgenia European institute for the media, weapons sites in post-Communist Albats for "Our Man in Tehran", the Forum has taken place since Russia. In addition to the $15,000 published in "Novaya Gazeta" 1989 to enable professionals in award, Certificates of Recognition for (Russia) ; Candida Pinto of SIC Excellence in International Journalism Television (Portugal) for "Surviving in and around the audio-visual were awarded to nine other finalists : Guinea-Bissau ;" Richard Read of media to exchange ideas, The Wall Street Journal's team of "The Oregonian" (US) for "The experiences and expectations. Michael Siconolfi, Anita Raghavan, French Fry Connection ;" David E. New director - general of the Mitchell Pacelle, Michael R. Sesit, Kaplan of "U.S. News and World European Institute for the Media Steve Liesman, Andrew Higgins, Report" (US) for "The Looting of is professor Dr Jo Groebel. David Wessel and Bob Davis was first Russia ;" Jeremy Bowen of BBC runner-up for the four-part series "News" (UK) for "Arafat's Authority "Markets under Siege", Hasan ;" and Carla Power of "Newsweek" Mujtaba of Pakistan was the second (US) for "In the Shadow of the runner up for "Among the Sand Dunes Taliban". The entries must be of the India-Pakistan Border", which postmarked on or before January 31, was published in the South Asian 2.000. E-mail: sais-novartis magazine "Himal" @mail.jhuwash.jhu.edu
"AIDS in the World" : Greek documentary series to be broadcast by Balkan public TV stations The World Federation for Mental Health acts as consultant for the project
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A world-wide project about AIDS cut deep the guidelines for the research of the future. into the burning problem and made quite an Professor Rolf Krebs, President of the impact on the Greek public when broadcast by European Union of Pharmaceuticals ET 3 while nowdays is on the programming Companies, explains the way in which schedule of public TV stations in the Balcans. pharmaceuticals act and agrees with the two The documentary series "AIDS in the World - scientists that a vaccine for AIDS is still a long After the Storm" (ten 45-minute episodes) way off. required research and travel through Europe, Among the other participants in the series are Africa, Asia and America. Eric Van Praag, WHO officer responsible for Even in the initial stages of the research work, AIDS in Europe, Steve Kraus, in charge of the documentary series stimulated the interest AIDS affairs for the UN in Asia, and Mike of the World Federation for Mental Health, Tembo, who holds the corresponding post with which agreed to serve as Scientific Consultant. responsibility for Africa. Professor Marten de Vries, President of the In this world -wide project, for the first time Federation, contributed a lengthy and since the disease made its appearance, the extremely informative interview to the series. view of the Orthodox Church finds its The research project involved leading expression through Orthodoxy's most personalities from all over the world. The two authoritative voice, that of the Ecumenical eminent scientists who first isolated the HIV Patriarch Bartholomaios I. virus, French biologist Luc Montagnier from The project was conducted by the "Alithia the Pasteur Institut and American researcher ("Truth" in Greek) Productions", presided by Robert Gallo from the University of Maryland, well known radio personality and journalist summarise their scientific knowledge and Kostas Tsarouhas. describe
New membership fees for CR members in 2000
New membership fees were announced during the CR European Board meeting in Potsdam, Nov. 27. The calculation is based on three factors: a fixed amount of 200 Euros per member station, a fixed amount of 500 Euros per operational purposes and 200 Euros per one million inhabitants 1999's membership fees amounted to Russian CR National Coordinator Sergei 122.880 Euros plus 10.000 by the Erofeer has surprised CR members with European Parliament while in 2.000 his skillful drawings. The Dortmund fees are expected to reach 149.380 meeting inspired him a lot (above). Euros plus 10.000 by the European Parliament. France 3 and Italy's RAI pay the most Potsdam whispers with 12.300 and 11.900 Euros, respectively. But Germany (with member stations BR, HR, MDR, NDR, R. Bremen, SWR, SFB, SR, WDR) Out of the 38 CR national coordinators it seems that less than five pays totally 25.100 and the UK (BBC
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Just before Easter the Prix Circom jury members will gather in Five categories were proposed by the Klagenfurt (Austria) by the kind invitation of ORF through Gerhard Executive Committee for the Prix CIRCOM Regional 2000. The Drexhler… Internet will be used for the CR members' chatroom… categories are: a) Regional OBN was elected an associate member of CR… Special prices have Documentary, b) Regional been secured by CR's president Reimar Allerdt for Lufthansa fliers Newsmagazine, c) Cross-Border, d) during the 2000 Potsdam CR conference. A code number will be Europe Matters, e) New Technologies. given to all CR members to present when reserving seats… The two new categories are "Regional News Magazine" and "New Technologies". In addition there is the * * * possibility of two more categories, about the "environment" and "Judges A double celebration for Clare Morrow of Yorkshire Television in award for Overall Contribution to Leeds. First, she is the new UK ITV coordinator. Second, her European Regional Television". Call for entries will be in January daughter, Hannah, was enjoying her 18th birthday on the eve of through a special edition of the Clare's first Board meeting in Potsdam. Congratulations!…. Tallina CIRCOM Report. in Estonia has painful memories for David Lowen of UK ITV. He was attacked in the sheer by a thug with a baseball bat and needed Information Center ambulance and hospital care. David was helping Eesti TV with management training. …. Will your station host the judging for Prix needs video films. Circom Regional in 2001, following Klagenfurt in April 2000? Advise David Lowen, chairman of Prix Circom Regional, as soon as A presentation of the different regions possible… of Europe is one of the tasks of the Information Center Europe, an institution of the city of Cologne and * * * Regio Rheinland (a cooperation of different companies and institutions of The pre-feasibility study for the multi-cultural and multi-lingual this area), funded by the European Commission in Germany. The Center "Euro TV Region", a channel of the Regions of Europe, is in the would like to have films, brochures, hands of the 21 members of the working group. Pending the renewal books and lectures to present the of it's own budget the commission cannot confirm whether a further various regions. They plan to inform bid for proposals will be launched in the year 2000 or later… A day viewers through special TV programs. in Berlin is scheduled for the end of the 2000 CR conference in As Dr Mostafa Danesch, author and Potsdam… ERT 3 has confirmed the decision to sponsor the May 30 journalist, claims, "These TV features should help viewers to discover and "happy hour" providing Ouzo 12, feta cheese, olives etc. and discuss common ground and make bouzouki music. Spain seems a potential sponsor for one of the two them think about how to resolve other "happy hours"… Why did the Board of Circom Regional go to problems of their region." For a church? Not to worship but to hear an organ recital while visiting complete list of video films in need Potsdam in November… interested stations should contact Danesch (Phone/Fax 0049-221519787).
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In 1998 the average viewer in Europe terrestrial TV channels (RAI Uno, RAI the Internet....BET International's spent over three hours a day watching Due, RAI Tre) which are transmitted via pending distribution in Europe : television ....BBC Worldwide, the the Eutelsat Hot Bird satellites in DVB Belgium, Bulgaria, Finlandia, BBC's commercial arm, has announced mode.... Germany, Norway, Portugal, Spain.... a new Internet access service called freebeeb.net, in partnership with XXX XXX Scottish Telecom, which owns the Demon Internet company....Four major US networks for children have now Management reports and Newsletters TV 3 is Switzerland's first private European operations : Disney, from Financial Times Media include channel….BBC's 24 hour Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and "The European TV industry in the 21st entertainment channel, BBC Prime, is Fox Kids.... century", a new informative guide on the to be carried on German platform latest predictions and forecasts in the Premiere world…. BBC Worldwide European TV industry. The price is £ has launched a range of books, videos XXX 495 or £ 713....German public and magazines from Hit's children's pre- broadcaster ARD wants to offer within school property, "Bob the builder"…. Game Network, the first pan-European its digital package several interactive digital television channel dedicated to games to give digital homes an XXX videogames and int'l multimedia advantage over conventional analogue entertainment, launched on viewers, making digital television more Eutelsat....The 24th consortium attractive....The Internet is likely to be US broadcast design company, 3 Ring meeting for the Balcan TV Magazine the stage for Europe's next great sports Circus, in alliance with int'l ad agency will be held Dec 10-12, in Kishinau, media boom.... TBWA is to offer advertising and Moldova.... Both French digital satellite branding services to Greece, Turkey and the Middle East….Discovery's platforms have announced plans to XXX provide an e-mail service to their "Animal Planet" has now 8.400.000 subcribers via the digital decoder which subscribers in Europe (Belgium, would display on the TV screen.... Between 1989 and 1997 the number of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, nationwide channels in Europe tripled to Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, 250, two thirds of which are privately Sweden, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, XXX owned....TCM, a classic movie channel Hungary, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, from Ted Turner, is to start this month as Russia, Estonia, Romania)….Messages In 1999 more than seven million a dedicated channel for the French of Presidents or Prime Ministers of the households in Europe alone are already market with 600 films a year- either in Balcan countries will be on the special receiving digital television services. French or the original language.... last edition of this year's Balcan TV With a market in excess of 167 million According to latest surveys : Iceland has Magazine…. households there is potential for 94.000 TV households, Luxembourg has explosive growth in the 21st 160.000 and FYRO Macedonia XXX century....At the beginning of 2.000, 380.000.... ZDF will launch Digitext, an enhanced UK based independent, Jeremy Isaacs teletext for set -top-box owners....In the XXX Productions, has created a lavish new UK, the BBC plans to launch a free-to- ten-hour series "Millennium A air children's channel.... A ministry for Press, Thousand Years Of History" for CNN Television,Radio,Broadcasting and Mass with BBC2. The series chronicles the XXX Communications was created last July in last thousand years of world history…. Russia when President Yeltsin merged Spain will introduce its digital the State Committee on the Press and terrestrial services in November. It will The first public demonstration of the Information with the Federal Television increase tenfold the number of TV EU-sponsored iT Ti (interactive & Radio Service....Sony Corp., channels available. The arrival of DTT Terrestrial Television integration) Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., will require the replacement of every system, which uses the DVB - T Philips Electronics NV and Nokia Group television set (currently 11.7 million standard with an over-the-air path to plan to standardise the format for TV households) and the addition of offer Web access and other forms of interactive digital broadcasting in digital decoders….FETV, Channel 5 in interactive TV, was made during the Europe, challenging moves for a Panama, has produced a one hour IBC 99 exhibition in Amsterdam.... standard format based on Microsoft program about the Panama Canal - now Thanks to a simulcasting agreement Corp. technology, initiated by Japan and celebrating 100 years since its worked out by Deutsche Telecom and
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