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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs November 29, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Argentina 5415U Continental (Horacio Nigro)
3. Nov 28-29 Logs (brian384...@aol.com)
4. Re: Prague 7355 (Karou)
5. LOG?s 26-29/11 BOLIVIA (Rogildo F. Arag?o)
6. LOG?s 26-29/11 BOLIVIA (Rogildo F. Arag?o)
7. Radio One to stop playing BBC 'entertainment content'
(Jaisakthivel)
8. BBC may cut digital and radio services after 2012 (Jaisakthivel)
9. BBC's independence key for public service: Thompson (Jaisakthivel)
10. Cricket Australia and ABC Radio continue 76-year relationship
(Jaisakthivel)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:20:46 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 29, 2009
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** CUBA. 15120 et al., Sunday Nov 29 at 1335-1350, En Contacto, RHC`s Spanish
DX program which I find a lot more enjoyable than DXers Unlimited featuring
Coro`s limited obsessions with homebrewing, etc. Mid-feature this week was Para
los Principiantes, answering question from one of their many DentroCuban
listeners, what are DAB and BLU and is a special receiver necessary to receive
them? Answers were unsatisfactory. Just pronounced ``digital audio
broadcasting`` without explaining what it is and that not only do you need a
special receiver, but have to be in a country where that mode is in use, on
VHF, not HF, such as UK. BLU defined as SSB but not really explained nor
answering the receiver question. See also SPAIN.
The usual jumbled-up situation later on Sunday morning, tnx to the sporadic
Al?, Presidente relays. At 1509 found big open carrier on 13750, a frequency
used only for Hugo, so they were QRX for him, but after no modulation except
weak phone ringing, it finally cut off, giving up at 1540*. While 11760 was in
Esperanto as scheduled at 1509, RHC Spanish frequencies were missing: 11730,
11800, and I think 13680: in skirt of CRI via Canada 13675, something there but
unseemed // RHC music on 13770. Also open carrier on 11690. Nothing on other
A,P channels 12010, 17750. At 1540, when 13750 went off, 11690 still open
carrier. At 1545, 11760 had reverted to RHC music // 6110, but 11730 and 11800
still absent; as was 11680 which other days carries RNV during this hour. But:
see VENEZUELA [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9525.9, VOI still there, Nov 29 at 1304, but just barely
modulated, sounded like English but cannot be positive (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. Nothing extracontinental making it on 60 m, but 75, 90 and 105
m had fair signals from here at 1325-1331+ Nov 29: 3985, 3912, 3480 with noise
jamming against S Korean clands; 3320 and 3250 in Korean; 2850 in non // Korean
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Checking out the English programs from XEDA, Imagen, the best or
only way to hear English from the DF, online: Program grid at
http://www.imagen.com.mx/contenido/40/ indicates several time shifts, now
updating our MONITORING REMINDERS CALENDAR:
The weekly LIVING IN MEXICO is now Sat 1300-1400 and Sun 1600-1700 UT.
IMAGEN NEWS Con Ana Mar?a Salazar: Mon-Sat 1130-1200; UT Mon, Tue 0500-0530; UT
Wed-Sat 0430-0500.
Direct link to audio stream; don`t forget the final / ---
http://www.imagen.com.mx/audioenvivo/
If you hear Spanish at first, don`t give up: most of the commercials, PSAs
within the English shows are in Spanish! I listened to Living in Mexico on Nov
29; it`s really a weekly roundup of material previously aired on the daily
show. WTFK? This is a webcast-only `log`.
Also two months` audio available on demand:
http://www.imagen.com.mx/programa/ana_maria_salazar/15/
Ana Mar?a Salazar`s original Facebook page is filled up to 5000 capacity, but
said she has opened another, with lots of discussion.
Also: amsalazar on twitter (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [and non]. After listening to RHC`s En Contacto [see CUBA], I tuned on
to 17595, and there was the tail end of REE`s DX program, Amigos de la Onda
Corta on 17595, Sunday Nov 29 at 1352 with propagation outlook for December,
wrapped up by 1355. This reminds us that in an incredibly stupid move, REE
rescheduled that show this season so it conflicts with RHC`s DX program every
Sunday morning. No excuse, since EC has been at that time forever. The only
other airing left on REE, UT Saturdays 0605, is also inconvenient in Europe and
the Americas, except Baja California Norte, Alta California and Y?kima, where
it`s 2205 local Fridays, if they can get any frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. VOA Spanish service, Sunday Nov 29 after 1300 was
presenting the Billboard Top 20. Since all(?) these songs are in English,
what`s the point of doing this on the Spanish service? Very good on 9885;
recheck 1332 as I hit 13715, just dead air, then after a good many sex, both
started playing some jazz, to fill the hour? Also on weak // 15590. VOA gets
serious about real programming in Spanish only on weekdays.
VOA English is still active on 7575, Jazz Hour, fair Sunday Nov 29 at 1311.
During this hour it`s TINIAN at 279 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9370, WTJC, at 1305 Nov 29 mentioning WHGT Christian Radio and its
website, http://www.whgtchristianradio.org/ That`s an FBN affiliate on 1590 in
Pennsylvania ``operating on very low power``. NRC-AM Log 2009 shows it with
15000, 5000, 1000, 500 or 58 watts, depending (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9385, WWRB already on with Brother Scare, Nov 29 at 1306 tuneby, only
fair as not yet built up to huge daytime signal. So the transition from 3185 to
9385 can occur as early as 1300, or as late as 1530, depending on when Dave
gets around to it. Make that as early as 1200, the ``official`` change time per
FCC and HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. Sunday Nov 29 looking for Al? Presidente, which RHC B-09
schedule claims is on the air between 1400 and 1800 on 11690, 12010, 13680,
13750 and 17750 --- see CUBA, 13750 was on with nothing but phone ringing at
1509-1540*. Did not check again until 1800 and found all five of those
frequencies now running with YL speaking at the moment rather than Hugo; 13750
best by far, 12010 a distant second and the others weak (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:01:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Horacio Nigro <hanigr...@yahoo.es>
To: Horacio Nigro <hanigr...@yahoo.es>
Subject: [HCDX] Argentina 5415U Continental
Message-ID: <245101.33835...@web28104.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
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ARGENTINA. 5415U?R. Continental, BA , 2044. Victor Hugo Morales with play by
play soccer match?Boca vs San Lorenzo. QRK 4. (Nov 29, Nigro - Uruguay)
?
??????????????????????????
?? Horacio A. Nigro
??? Montevideo?????
??? Uruguay
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:05:47 EST
From: brian384...@aol.com
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] Nov 28-29 Logs
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** ETHIOPIA. 7110, Radio Ethiopia, 2045-2101*, Nov 29, Euro-pop
music. Amharic talk. Sign off with National Anthem. No sign of 9 MHz
frequency. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** GUINEA. 7125, Radio Guinee, 2300-0001*, Nov 28-29, French
talk. Afro-pop music. ID. Sign off with short melody on marimba.
Good. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** PERU. 6019.30, Radio Victoria, Lima, 0457-0515, Nov 29, Spanish
talk. Announcements. Government mandated National Anthem at
0501. Lite instrumental music at 0503. Spanish religious talk at 0504.
Poor in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:33:34 +0100
From: "Karou" <karou2...@orange.fr>
To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Prague 7355
Message-ID: <00c801ca7083$364097f0$8e851...@bf3e7e0bcc34414>
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No, the right frequency is 7355 (not 7345)
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From: "Eike Bierwirth" <eike.bierwi...@gmx.de>
To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>; <wghau...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 1:00 AM
Subject: [HCDX] Prague 7355
Hi,
just heard an UNID English broadcast on 7355 kHz. Identified by Radio Prague
IS at 23.54 UTC (27 Nov 2009), close-down after one fanfare. Should have
been on 7345! SINPO 35322. Mistake or permanent change? 7345 is free, at
least here in the middle of the target area.
73,
Eike
Boulder, CO, USA
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:12:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Rogildo F. Arag?o <raraga...@yahoo.com.br>
To: radioescu...@yahoogrupos.com.br
Cc: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com, Tore Vik <t...@online.no>,
anker.peter...@get2net.dk
Subject: [HCDX] LOG?s 26-29/11 BOLIVIA
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BOLIVIA
4787.8? 26/11 1120UTC? R.Emis. Ballivi?n, San Borja-Depto. Beni, S, s.on, ID,
mx?s,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? talk OM, S-3, RFA
4451,0? 28/11 2302UTC? R. Santa Ana, Sta. Ana de Yacuma-Depto. Beni, S, mensajes
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? para la comunidad, ID,? S-4? RFA
BRASIL
5055,0? 29/11 1043UTC? R. Difusora, C?ceres-MT, P, px mx sertaneja, talk OM,
S-3 RFA
PERU
4975,0? 29/11? 0145UTC R. del Pac?fico, Lima, S, px religioso, S, ID, S-2 RFA?
(1kW?)?
Rogildo Fontenelle Arag?o- RFA
Quillacollo- Bolivia 17? 23' 00. 65" S 66? 15' 49. 60" W
raraga...@yahoo.com.br (2x)Sony ICF-2001D / Lowe HF-225E Dipolo - LW 26m -
RGP1?
?
--- Em dom, 29/11/09, Jorge Freitas (Yahoo) <jorgefreitas_...@yahoo.com.br>
escreveu:
De: Jorge Freitas (Yahoo) <jorgefreitas_...@yahoo.com.br>
Assunto: [radioescutas] LOG 29/11
Para: radioescu...@yahoogrupos.com.br, dxcl...@yahoogrupos.com.br,
cumbr...@n2jeu.net
Data: Domingo, 29 de Novembro de 2009, 21:04
?
6165 29/Nov 2019 CHAD, R.N'Djamena, FF, desde Ndjamena, com 250 kW, dois
OM
conversam com diversas refer?ncias a Chad, as 2021 UTC pop local mx, as 2024
UTC YL com ID e logo ap?s mx, 35433 (Jorge Freitas-B)
7175 29/Nov 1925 ERITREA, Vo Broad Masses 2, em arabe, desde Asmara-Selae
Daro, com 100 kW, mx ?rabe, as 1927 UTC OM que declama uma poesia com fundo
mx de mx rom?ntica internacional, as 1931 UTC volta mx arabe,voltando as
1940 UTC YL fala entre curtas mx pop instrumental internacional, as 1958 UTC
o que parece ser um hino e fim da tx as 2001 UTC, 35433 (Jorge Freitas-B)
7505 29/Nov 0257 USA WRNO, EE, from New Orleans, com 50 kW, pop mx no
momento U2, as 0300 UTC OM com curta fala entre mx e ID, as 0301 UTC OM fala
sem fundo musical, 25332 (Jorge Freitas-B)
7540 29/Nov 1954 UKRAINE, R Denge Mezopotamya, em Kurdish, desde Mykolaiv,
com 300 kW, mx ?rabe, OM entre curta fala e musicas ?rabes, as 2001 UTC OM
com ID e passa ao que parece entrevistar outro OM no est?dio, 25432 (Jorge
Freitas-B)
11605 29/Nov 1818 RWANDA, DW, em russo, desde Kigali, com 250 kW, OM
apresenta nx, constantes vinhetas da DW, uma tx voltada para o sul com
azimute 360, as 1830 UTC ID e YL fala, 25332 (Jorge Freitas-B)
11690 29/Nov 0549 SOUTH AFRICA, R Okapi, em franc?s, desde Meyerton, com 250
kW, dois OMs conversam, as 0551 UTC pop mx estilo africana, sinal
melhorando, as 0554 UTC vinheta da R?dio e YL divulga endere?o, as 0600 UTC
saiu do ar enquanto locutores falavam, 25432 (Jorge Freitas-B)
11935 29/Nov 1840 INDIA, All ?ndia Radio, *presumida*, EE, desde Mumbai, com
100 kW, OM entrevista uma YL, som fechado, moderada QRM da R Riyadh em ?rabe
em 11930 kHz, para escapar da QRM melhor sintonia em modo narrow em 11937
kHz, as 1859 UTC agradecimento do OM e mx indiana, ainda as 1859 UTC uma
nova QRM agora em 11940 UTC da REE, 22432 (Jorge Freitas-B)
17775 29/11 1912 USA, KVOH, SS, desde Rancho Simi, com 50 kW, pop gospel mx
que segue at? as 1921 UTC, voltando as 2006 UTC YL entrevista um OM sobre a
experi?ncia dele como membro da igreja, ele j? tem 4 anos como membro, 35433
(Jorge Freitas-B)
Jorge Freitas
SWL1023B
Skype jorge.freitas. fsa
Escutas (listening): http://www.ipernity .com/doc/ 75006
Blog DX: http://www.ipernity .com/home/ 75006
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http://www.ipernity .com/doc/ 107414/
Feira de Santana Bahia - Brasil
12?? 15' 1.57" S 38?? 58' 40.30" W
Degen 1103
Antena Dipolo de 16 metros Balun 4:1
Dire??o Leste/Oeste
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muito contato"
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:19:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Rogildo F. Arag?o <raraga...@yahoo.com.br>
To: radioescu...@yahoogrupos.com.br, r...@earthlink.net,
hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] LOG?s 26-29/11 BOLIVIA
Message-ID: <918466.65877...@web52307.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
BOLIVIA
4787.8? 26/11 1120UTC? R.Emis. Ballivi?n, San Borja-Depto. Beni, S, s.on, ID,
mx?s,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? talk OM, S-3, RFA
4451,0? 28/11 2302UTC? R. Santa Ana, Sta. Ana de Yacuma-Depto. Beni, S, mensajes
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? para la comunidad, ID,? S-4? RFA
BRASIL
5055,0? 29/11 1043UTC? R. Difusora, C?ceres-MT, P, px mx sertaneja, talk OM,
S-3 RFA
PERU
4975,0? 29/11? 0145UTC R. del Pac?fico, Lima, S, px
religioso, S, ID, S-2 RFA? (1kW?)?
Rogildo Fontenelle Arag?o- RFA
Quillacollo- Bolivia 17? 23' 00. 65" S 66? 15' 49. 60" W
raraga...@yahoo.com.br (2x)Sony ICF-2001D / Lowe HF-225E
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:10:29 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>
To: dx india <dx_in...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio One to stop playing BBC 'entertainment content'
Message-ID: <183234.39530...@web95416.mail.in2.yahoo.com>
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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
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:23:36 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>
To: dxld <d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] BBC may cut digital and radio services after 2012
Message-ID: <628777.45286...@web95416.mail.in2.yahoo.com>
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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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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:34:12 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>
To: dxld <d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] BBC's independence key for public service: Thompson
Message-ID: <14565.19826...@web95411.mail.in2.yahoo.com>
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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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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:39:56 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>
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Subject: [HCDX] Cricket Australia and ABC Radio continue 76-year
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Cricket Australia and ABC Radio continue 76-year relationship
Cricket Australia and ABC Radio have renewed their 76-year relationship until
the end of the 2013-14 season, substantially expanding their commitment to
cricket broadcasting for both international and domestic cricket.
The new agreement will see exclusive ball-by-ball coverage of international
Test and one-day cricket, interstate one-day and Twenty20 games on either ABC
Local Radio, ABC Grandstand Digital Radio or online, at either
abc.net.au/grandstand or cricket.com.au.
Sheffield Shield fans will receive regular updates throughout each day, plus
interviews will be available at the ABC Grandstand website at the end of each
day?s play.
ABC Managing Director Mark Scott said the new agreement cements the
relationship and ensures all Australians have access to ABC cricket commentary
on a platform of their choice.
?The ABC has a long tradition of cricket broadcast commentary and innovation.
We are delighted this new agreement allows us to utilise new technologies,
including digital radio, to deliver the most comprehensive coverage of cricket
yet,? said Mr Scott.
Cricket Australia Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland said the new
agreement was a great result for cricket fans in Australia.
?ABC Radio and its broadcast of cricket is an institution in Australia and we
are thrilled to continue our partnership with them in a continually expanding
fashion,? Mr Sutherland said.
?Ball-by-ball coverage of all international, Ford Ranger Cup and KFC Big Bash
cricket and regular updates from the Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield is a wonderful
result for all of those cricket fans throughout the cities, towns and coastal
regions throughout Australia. Cricket Australia is committed to taking the game
to as many Australians as possible and this new agreement will help us do that.?
To listen to the first test against the West Indies live from Brisbane tune to
the ABC Grandstand commentary team, led by Jim Maxwell and Glenn Mitchell,
today from 10.00am Brisbane time.
For broadcast details go to abc.net.au/grandstand.
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/corp/pubs/media/s2754277.htm
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