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Brussels: EC and EBU share public media vision in transformation countries
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Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy met with the EBU President and Director General to discuss the potential for cooperation between the EBU and the EC on capacity-building of the public media in both Enlargement and ENP countries.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2012: venue, logo and semi-final draw announced
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The Baku Crystal Hall will be the venue of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced today.
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Spectrum: EBU hosts top-level debate at WRC-12
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The EBU has hosted a debate on radio spectrum involving the world's broadcasting unions, interest groups and leaders of the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12), on day two of the four-week ITU-led symposium, in Geneva.
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Call for entries: URTI Grand Prix for Author's Documentary
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Participate in URTI's International Grand Prix for Author's Documentary, a world renowned competition which last year saw entries from 81 different countries with a total of 223 documentaries, representing 140 television channels.
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Journalist safety: Qatar conference aims for international treaty
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An international conference called on the United Nations and its agencies to work with NGOs in the interests of journalist safety both in and outside zones of military conflict.
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Member news: Council of EBU’s Lithuanian Member presents five-year strategy
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The governing Council of Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) presented a six-point strategy for 2012-2017 at a conference in Lithuania’s parliament entitled The Future LRT today: public broadcasting in the changing society.
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Industry awards: Triple honours for EBU-linked work at the Emmys
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Three pioneering standardization projects with close links to the EBU have won prestigious industry awards at the 63rd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmys, in Las Vegas.
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Connected TV: EBU workshop will explore hybrid TV's potential
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Creative thinkers from across the EBU Membership will gather in Geneva next month to discuss how to make the most of hybrid TV and maximize its benefits for their audiences.
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Radio news: Radio Algeria launches new youth station
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Radio Algeria recently launched a new youth station. Jil FM started broadcasting at 09:00 on Sunday 15 January on 94.7 FM, in the centre and centre-south, on 531Khz MW in the east and south-east and on 549 kHz MW in the west and south-west regions of the country.
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Baku 2012: 43 countries represented at this year's Eurovision Song Contest
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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) today announces the final list of countries that will participate in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, in May.
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Media safety: EBU condemns the killing of France 2 journalist in Syria
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French journalist Gilles Jacquier was killed when a rocket exploded during a demonstration near a hospital in the city of Homs, 162 kilometres north of Damascus, in Western Syria.
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Membership: Two additional public radio stations join the EBU
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At its last session in December, the EBU General Assembly admitted two new Associate Members, effective 1 January 2012 : Rádio Cultura (Fundação Padre Anchieta) from Brazil and New York Public Radio from the USA.
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Sports rights: EBU retains distribution rights to Wimbledon Tennis Championships 2012-14
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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), has won the competitive bid for the global distribution of The Championships, Wimbledon, for 2012-2014, renewing its current distribution contract.
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Eurosonic Festival: Europe's foremost platform for emerging musical talent
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More than 282 acts will feature at the 25th Eurosonic Festival from 11 - 13 January 2012 in Groningen, the Netherlands, with recorded live performances distributed to millions via the EBU Euroradio network.
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Classical music: EBU to bring New Year’s Concert from Vienna to global audience
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More than 40 Members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will be able to broadcast the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra's New Year’s Concert, at Vienna's Musikverein Concert Hall, on 1 January.
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Loudness: German broadcasters agree to use EBU R 128 to harmonize audio levels
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Germany's public and commercial TV broadcasters have unanimously agreed to use EBU Recommendation 128 to underpin a national harmonization of the audio level of their television output.
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Media freedom: EBU President denounces "sham" convictions of Swedish journalists
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EBU President Jean-Paul Philippot has denounced an Ethiopian court's decision to convict two Swedish journalists on terrorism charges, a move broadly dismissed as unjust and politically motivated.
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Member news: EBU condemns call to abolish Bosnia-Herzegovina's national broadcaster
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The European Broadcasting Union has condemned a call by the President of Republika Srpska for the national public broadcasting service of Bosnia-Herzegovina, BHRT, to be closed down.
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2011 New Talent Competition
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Ivett Gyöngyösi, a young pianist from Hungary was recently named New Talent 2011. "New Talent”, whose aim is to encourage and promote young musicians on radio, is a European competition organized by the EBU on behalf of UNESCO and the International Music Council (IMC).
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Awards: EBU department deputy head recognised as technology leader
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The Deputy Director of the EBU Technology and Development Department, David Wood, has been named one of the 50 most influential technology leaders in Europe for 2011.
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Media law: EBU Director General backs new media law for Kosovo
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EBU Director General Ingrid Deltenre has urged swift adoption of a new media law for Kosovo and expressed hope that Radio Television Kosovo may serve as an example for other broadcasters in South East Europe.
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Sports Rights: EBU and Austrian Ski Association agree worldwide media rights to ÖSV Skiing World Cups
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The Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV) has selected the European Broadcasting Union as exclusive media partner for its World Cup events in Austria. The new agreement covers all FIS World Cup Ski competitions hosted in Austria, starting from the 2011/12 season: Alpine, Nordic, Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined, Snowboard and Freestyle.
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Network: EBU to carry live feed of Nobel Prize
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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Nobel Media have struck an agreement whereby the EBU will distribute live coverage of the Nobel Prize events until 2013.
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Song Contest: Georgia wins 9th Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Candy from Georgia was chosen as the winner of the 2011 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, held tonight. The event was a coproduction by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Armenian public broadcaster AMPTV.
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Sports Rights: EBU extends cooperation for FIS Alpine and Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 and 2017
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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has extended its contract with TRIDEM SPORTS AG for the exploitation of the commercial rights to the 2015 and 2017 FIS Alpine and Nordic World Ski Championships, to which the EBU also holds the broadcasting rights.
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The 67th General Assembly closes in Geneva
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Items on the second and final day of the 67th EBU General Assembly included an update on technologies and strategies for media production and delivery, public service media values and the EBU Special Assistance Project.
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Technology: EBU drive will bring Hybrid TV into European homes in 2012
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More than 20 EBU Members have agreed to collaborate to unlock the full potential of Hybrid TV for a European rollout of the technology in 2012. The announcement came as the EBU opened its 67th General Assembly today, at the EBU headquarters, in Geneva.
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67th EBU General Assembly opens in Geneva
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The 67th Ordinary Session of the General Assembly takes place on 1 - 2 December at the EBU headquarters, in Geneva.
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Industry awards: EBU Members win prestigious HOT BIRD ™ TV awards
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Several EBU Members were among the winners of this year's HOT BIRD ™ TV Awards, the unique international event distinguishing the quality of content creation and innovation by thematic satellite television channels. Winners were honoured on November 25 at a gala ceremony in Venice in the company of over 200 international broadcasting executives
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Loudness: free crash course at the EBU
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Don't miss this special two-day Loudness workshop at EBU headquarters in Geneva on 8 and 9 December, focusing on loudness distribution aspects.
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EBU General Assembly: Managing Technology's Evolution
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This year senior management delegates to the EBU General Assembly on 1-2 December will have the opportunity to take part in a workshop that aims to 'demystify' the main elements of technology that will shape our broadcasting world in the next decade.
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Radio: Countdown begins to live stream of Noel Gallagher concert on November 30
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The EBU has started a real-time countdown to November 30, when it will be offering a free live stream of a Noel Gallagher concert, from Amsterdam - the first time the EBU has done so.
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TV format: EBU brings prime-time Magic Circus Show to seven European countries
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The Magic Circus Show, a TV entertainment format organized by the EBU, will be broadcast during prime-time family slots on seven public broadcaster channels over the Christmas period. This unique coproduction is in its second year.
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Media Freedom: VP Cappon stresses role of public service in digital era
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EBU Vice-President Claudio Cappon addresses a conference on the topic of "Freedom of the media in the EU and neighbouring countries" hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee and sponsored by the Polish government as part of Poland's current presidency of the European Union.
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Sports: IAAF back with EBU for distribution of the 2014/2017 World Athletic Series
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The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has made the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) its exclusive media partner for the territories of Europe and Africa for the period 2014-2017.
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Summits: World Forum makes "Accra Declaration"
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The fifth World Electronic Media Forum ("WEMF 5") has issued an eight-point "Accra Declaration" on issues ranging from digitalization to user-generated content, archives, ethics and the development of a news network for Africa.
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WEMF: Broadcasters team with ITU to connect Africa
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ITU and World Broadcasting Unions declare support for African exchange network at the World Electronic Media Forum in Accra.
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DW symposium discusses future of PSB in Tunisia
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Politicians and international media experts gathered in Tunis to discuss the future of public broadcasting in Tunisia following last month’s elections.
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Radio: Euroradio Contact Engineers Bureau Meeting at BBC
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Under its Chair, Wim Moortgat (BEVRT), and its Vice-Chairs Heinz-Peter Reykers (DEWDR) and Paul Popp (ROROR), the Bureau of Euroradio Contact Engineers met in London, at the kind invitation of the BBC, to decide on the development of the Euroradio network.
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Summits: Declaration issued at the close of the World Electronic Media Forum in Ghana
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Delegates from around the world attended the fifth World Electronic Media Forum, in Accra, at the invitation of the Ghana Broadcasting Company and the African Union of Broadcasters (AUB). The need for appropriate training was a recurring theme in many of the discussions.
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Member news: TRT president Ibrahim Sahin re-elected
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Ibrahim Sahin has been re-elected as the president of Turkish EBU Member TRT, giving him another four years at the helm of the broadcasting organization.
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Radio: Noel Gallagher gig live on EBU's Euroradio network
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A concert in Amsterdam by Noel Gallagher will be broadcast live on the EBU's Euroradio Satellite Network, on 30 November.
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China summit: EBU signs multilateral declaration on future of TV broadcasting
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TV executives, technologists and engineers from around the world have penned a key agreement to mount a global approach to the future of digital terrestrial TV broadcasting, in order to coordinate standards and avoid costly inefficiencies.
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Sarajevo: Brussels expects to back EBU scheme to support PSM
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A senior European Commission official told a high-level meeting in Sarajevo today (November 14) he expects the Commission to sign a framework partnership agreement with the EBU to implement a far-reaching project supporting public service media in South East Europe.
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Estonian PSB calls on EBU Members to support the "World Clean-Up 2012" campaign
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In 2008 Estonian Public Broadcaster (ERR) supported a massive clean-up campaign in Estonia by introducing the project into their programmes, where 50,000 people gathered and lifted 10,000 tons of illegal garbage from roads, forests and towns in just 5 hours. ERR invites all EBU Members to take part and support the "World Clean-Up 2012" campaign.
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Radio: EBU Seminar on Radio Music Ensembles
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EBU Radio Members manage over 75 music ensembles on which they spend more than €500 million, making them the world’s biggest employers of musicans.
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Content and creativity: Bafta launches online library and player
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The British Academy of Film & Television Arts has launched an online library and player, BAFTA Guru, which aims to give students and new starters access to expertise and inspiration as they embark on careers in the creative industries.
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ABU to launch 'Asiavision Song Contest'?
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The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), the EBU's biggest sister union, has said it will launch a televised song festival, similar in format to the Eurovision Song Contest, at its 2012 General Assembly, to be held in Seoul.
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Journalist safety: News organisations demand global action to stop killing of journalists
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More than 400 representatives of global news organisations recently issued a call for global action to halt the killing of journalists. The motion, proposed by the International News Safety Institute and supported by the EBU which runs News Xchange, noted that more than 1,100 news media staff have been killed in the past 10 years.
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Sister union: ABU elects new president
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The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), the EBU's largest sister union, has elected Dr Kim In-kyu, President of South Korean broadcaster KBS, as its new president, at the ABU General Assembly, in Delhi.
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Media Forum: EBU VP and Member DGs share panel at South East Europe Media Forum
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EBU Vice-President Claudio Cappon says public broadcasters can ensure their contribution to a democratic society only if they have adequate and guaranteed funding and are protected from the short-term ambitions of politicians by good media legislation and arms-length governance.
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EBU sister union: ABU's General Assembly convenes in Delhi
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The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) convened in Delhi for its annual General Assembly, with key topics including new broadcasting services and the role of media in national development.
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Call for entries: 3rd International Documentary Film Competition
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Turkish Public broadcaster TRT is proud to be hosting the third International Documentary Film Competition open to all documentary film-makers. Don't miss the deadline for applications: 27 January 2012.
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UNESCO gives green light to World Radio Day
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The UNESCO Communication Commission today gave the green light to the creation of a World Radio Day, to be celebrated on February 13. The decision means the oldest broadcast medium will get the same recognition as Television.
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News Xchange: EBU unites world broadcasters to talk global catastrophe response
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The EBU brings together major world news broadcasters today (3 November) to discuss approaches to major breaking stories of global impact, such as catastrophes, conflicts or disease pandemics.
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Committee Elections: News Assembly hands chair to Asun Gomez Bueno
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The EBU News Assembly has elected Asun Gomez Bueno (TVE) to the chairmanship of the News Committee, at its sixth meeting, which wraps up today (November 2) in Cascais, Portugal.
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Market intelligence: EBU to publish study of TV news output and consumption
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Leaders of international news broadcasters meeting at the EBU's sixth News Assembly, in Portugal, today got a foretaste of an impending EBU probe into TV news gathering, delivery and consumption in Europe today.
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Special Assistance Project: EBU-Tunisian TV election operation declared a success
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A joint project between the EBU and Tunisian Television to bring balanced, comprehensive election coverage to Tunisian viewers and voters has been declared a success by the both organizations.
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Assemblies: Sixth EBU News Assembly opens in Portugal
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The sixth EBU News Assembly opened today (November 1) in Cascais, Portugal, kindly hosted by Portuguese Member RTP, gathering leading journalists and agenda setters from the world of public service news broadcasting.
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Legal: The EBU supports civil society initiative in Moldova
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The EBU is supporting an initiative by the Association of Electronic Press (APEL) in Moldova for a new Broadcasting Code. One of the purposes of the proposed new Code is to strengthen freedom of the media and to bring the national legal framework in line with European standards.
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Prix Europa: EBU Radio Director Raina Konstantinova wins Lifetime Achievement Award
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The Prix Europa has awarded its first ever Lifetime Achievement Award to EBU Radio Director Raina Konstantinova, for her "outstanding achievements in service of the radio medium in Europe".
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Member news: EBU Member RTCG elects new DG
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Montenegrin EBU Member RTCG has elected Rade Vojvodic to be its new director general from December 1, as the broadcaster sets in motion a restructuring strategy jointly drafted with the EBU's Special Assistance Project.
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Prix Europa: Best in public service productions awarded
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Prix Europa, the European broadcasting festival for public service productions supported by the EBU awarded 14 awards to the best in European TV, Radio and online productions of the year.
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Radio: Culture Group meets Music Group at Berlin Summit
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Approximately 50 participants from 22 EBU Radio Members meet on Friday, 28 October 2011 in Berlin, in the framework of Prix Europa.
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Industry awards: David Wood wins SMPTE Certificate of Merit for a paper on 3D
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The Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE) has presented David Wood, EBU Deputy Director, Technology and Development, with its prestigious Certificate of Merit for a paper he authored on 3D technology.
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Radio: International world music fair
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Womex, the international world music fair, featuring concerts, showcases, conferences and awards is being held in Copenhagen on 26-30 October, with EBU radio broadcasters taking an active part in the event.
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Legal: EBU Legal and Public Affairs Assembly
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The second session of the EBU's Legal and Public Affairs Assembly took place at the Union's headquarters in Geneva on 24 October 2011 under the chairmanship of Mr Peter Weber (ZDF).
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Loudness: France chooses EBU R128 to bolster audio laws
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French authorities have chosen the EBU's loudness recommendation, EBU R128, to add weight to laws governing the loudness of TV broadcasts, which protect viewers from unwanted lurches in volume.
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Special Assistance Project: EBU on the ground supporting Tunisian Member for election
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The EBU and Tunisia TV successfully deployed a broadcast network across Tunisia Friday (October 21) to ensure the whole population could follow electoral developments in all constituencies during the first democratic vote in the country, and the first in the wake of the Arab Spring.
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Training: EBU TRAINING Assembly, Istanbul 20-21 October 2011
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TRT Deputy Director General and EBU Executive Board member Zeynel Koç, and EBU Vice-President Claudio Cappon have highlighted the importance of training during addresses to the EBU Training Assembly in Istanbul, on 20-21 October.
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EBU values: EBU concerned over Egyptian Member ERTU's riot coverage
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EBU President, Jean-Paul Philippot, and Director General, Ingrid Deltenre, have written to Egyptian EBU Member ERTU, expressing their "extreme concern" about independent reports and allegations regarding the broadcaster's coverage of a deadly riot in Cairo on October 9.
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Media freedom: Brussels move to make media freedom a key to EU accession is a "signal", says EBU DG
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A European Commission move to make media freedom a pivotal condition of EU accession bids is a "signal" that should be heeded, EBU Director General Ingrid Deltenre has said.
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Legal: EBU assists Parliamentary Committee draft new Law on PSB in Kosovo
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As part of its activities to promote European standards and best practices regarding media freedom and public service media, the EBU has assisted the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo in finalizing a new law on Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK), the public broadcaster in Kosovo.
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Radio: EBU secures exclusive rights to distribute live Coldplay album launch gig in Cologne
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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has for the second time teamed up with record label EMI to become the exclusive distributor of a surprise live Coldplay concert in Cologne, Germany, on 2 November, 2011.
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