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Thai journalists and media advocates oppose controversial frequency allocation bill
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 18 2008, 4.35pm
Journalists and media advocates in Thailand today petitioned House Speaker Chai Chidchob to withdraw the controversial frequency allocation bill. The petitioners, 18 media groups, are upset by an amendment to the bill which allows the cabinet to appoint the 10-member National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC). The appointed commissioners would be empowered to design a master [...] (more)

Jackie Ashley: The PM was picked apart by his cabinet on TV last night
From Media Guardian. Posted June 10 2008, 11.30am
Jackie Ashley: The PM's record was picked apart on TV last night – and cabinet members were only too happy to join in (more)

Jamaican Broadcasting and Radio Act to be amended
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 7 2008, 3.02pm
The Jamaican Cabinet has given approval for a Bill to amend the Broadcasting and Radio Re-diffusion Act to be tabled in Parliament.  It will allow for an expansion of the categories of broadcast licences which can be granted to eight. The new licenses will include island wide and limited area commercial sound broadcasting licences as well [...] (more)

New community radio station launches in Angola
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 12 2008, 12.07pm
The community radio station “Viana”, affiliated to the state-run Radio Nacional de Angola (RNA), starts its regular broadcasts today, after one month of experimental programming. “Radio Viana” is intended be closer to the community, just like other similar stations, namely in Tombwa and Virei (Namibe Province), Buco Zau (Cabinda), Golungo Alto and Camabatela (Kwanza-Norte). This radio station will provide [...] (more)

Swiss Broadcasting Corporation announces loss for 2007
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 28 2008, 10.55am
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC)  has announced a SFr17.2 million ($16.64 million) loss for 2007. Director General Armin Walpen cited difficulties in generating additional revenue as the cabinet rejected an increase in licence fees. The company board also announced today a review of the corporation’s governance and management structures in line with a request by the government. The [...] (more)

Suralan fires the cabinet apprentices
From Financial Times. Posted March 26 2008, 2.00am
Sir Alan Sugar is back on the BBC tonight for a fourth series of The Apprentice. The cabinet's political apprentices responsible for the government's failings could... (more)

An English Tragedy
From Financial Times. Posted February 22 2008, 2.00am
John Amery, the son of cabinet minister Leo Amery, made radio broadcasts in support of the Germans during the second world war; after the war, back in England, he was... (more)

24-Hr Bernama news channel proposal soon for Malaysian Cabinet
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 29 2008, 4.18pm
The proposal for the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) to have a 24-hour television news channel will be tabled in the Cabinet soon, said Deputy Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. “We will bring it up with the Cabinet for approval so that it can be realised as soon as possible,” he said today. He said [...] (more)

Thai cabin crew protest at steamy airborne TV soap
From Media Guardian. Posted January 21 2008, 3.16pm
Air Hostess Wars demeans their profession and should be pulled from schedules, female attendants say (more)

Jordanian cabinet refuses to license community radio station
From Media Network Weblog. Posted December 20 2007, 11.28am
The Jordanian government has rejected a petition to grant community radio station AmmanNet a licence to broadcast in the Jordanian city of Zarqa, owners of the radio station told IJNet. This is the first known case in which Jordan has rejected a radio licence since opening the door for private ownership of radio stations, according [...] (more)

Belgian politician?s attack on RTBF ?unacceptable?
From Media Network Weblog. Posted December 11 2007, 12.12pm
Belgium’s Wallonian Media Minister Fadila Laanen has described an attack against the French-speaking broadcaster RTBF as “horrendous and unacceptable”. On Saturday, the head of Belgium’s Flemish Christian Democrats, Yves Leterme, blamed his failure to form a cabinet on the Wallonian broadcaster RTBF and the French-speaking political parties. He compared the French-speaking broadcaster to the Rwandan radio [...] (more)

Guinea-Bissau sacks TV, radio chiefs for ignoring president
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 21 2007, 2.34pm
An emergency cabinet meeting in Guinea-Bissau dismissed the heads of state television and radio after their stations failed to cover the opening of parliament by President Joao Bernardo “Nino” Vieira. A cabinet statement issued late yesterday described the omission as unacceptable and recommended that the information minister restructure the two organisations to make them more [...] (more)

IBA workforce could be cut in half under reform plans
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 17 2007, 10.06am
Negotiations between union representatives, the Israel Broadcasting Authority management and Finance Ministry representatives are due to begin on Wednesday after the cabinet approved a series of reforms in principle which call for cutting the work force by almost half, while investing in infrastructure to modernize its broadcasts. Minister Isaac Herzog, who is responsible for the IBA [...] (more)

India gives Arianespace nod to launch Insat-4G satellite
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 10 2007, 1.05pm
The Indian cabinet yesterday gave approval to European commercial launch service Arianespace to launch the GSAT-8/Insat-4G satellite to augment the country’s need for more Ku-band transponders for direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting. The contract with the European firm is expected to be worth US$67.5 million, and includes an option for an additional launch and waiver of the [...] (more)

Israeli Minister approves program to eliminate pirate radio
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 22 2007, 12.14pm
Israeli Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz this morning approved an interministerial program to eliminate the pirate radio infrastructure in Israel. The program is expected to go before the Cabinet soon for approval. “Only last week, we saw the terrifying results of the aerial tragedy in Brazil. The risk of an aerial tragedy in Israel as a result [...] (more)

Ofcom told to get act together
From Radio Today. Posted July 17 2007, 9.18am
A community radio station, angry at not being granted a licence has written to James Purnell, Cabinet Minister responsible for Culture, Media and Sport to find out why. Radio Fyneside, based on Loch Fyne in Scotland has also told Ofcom to "get its act together" when dealing with unsuccessful groups. (more)

James Purnell is UK?s new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 28 2007, 1.17pm
James Purnell is to be the UK’s new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The appointment was announced today as new Prime Minister Gordon Brown continues to build his new Cabinet. Mr Purnell, 37, replaces Tessa Jowell. Before entering parliament in 2001, he worked as a special adviser in Tony Blair’s first government [...] (more)

Israeli ministerial panel established to combat pirate radio broadcasts
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 11 2007, 10.54am
The Israeli Cabinet has decided to establish a ministerial panel, headed by Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, to combat illegal radio broadcasts. The panel will also include Public Security Minister Avi Dichter, Communications Minister Ariel Attias and Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann. The Prime Minister’s Office will also assist the panel to battle the pirate radio phenomenon. On [...] (more)

New free media bill on the way in Somalia
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 4 2007, 11.30am
Somalia cabinet ministers and local radio station owners convened in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, on Saturday, discussing a government bill for the free media in Somalia. The information minister, Madobe Nunow Mohammed, who addressed at the meeting, told journalists that the government was delighted with endorsement shown by the free FM radio owners in Mogadishu. The [...] (more)

Thai cabinet approves Public Service Broadcast Bill
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 16 2007, 10.19am
The Thai cabinet has approved a Public Service Broadcasting Bill designed to clear the way for Thailand Independent Television (TITV), formerly ITV (Independent Television), to become a commercial-free public station once the measure becomes law, a ranking official said. Somkiat Tangkitvanich, a committee member responsible for drafting the bill, said the draft would now be forwarded [...] (more)

Media Center of Abkhazia abolished
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 23 2007, 4.40pm
The Abkhaz Media Center is carrying out its own liquidation procedures. As a result, the Radio, TV Company and website of the Abkhaz Media Center will cease functioning. The Media Center personnel have demanded a meeting with the legitimate authorities of Abkhazia to clarify the situation. The Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Malkhaz Akishbaia, stated that [...] (more)

South Africa to go digital in 2008 ahead of soccer World Cup
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 22 2007, 3.35pm
 South Africa will switch to digital broadcasting from November next year as it gears up for the 2010 soccer World Cup, the government said on Thursday. “(The cabinet) approved that the digital signal be switched on, on the 1st November 2008, and that the analogue signal be switched off on 1st November 2011,” the government [...] (more)

Dutch media portfolio to be taken by Minister, not Deputy Minister
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 14 2007, 3.20pm
Contrary to earlier reports today on Dutch media websites, it has emerged that the responsibility for media in the new Dutch Cabinet will belong to the Minister of Education, Culture and Science,  Ronald Plasterk, rather than to a deputy minister, as was the case in previous administrations. Plasterk is a member of the Duch Labour Party. Earlier, [...] (more)

Marja van Bijsterveldt new Deputy Minister for Culture and the Media
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 14 2007, 12.02pm
The new Dutch Cabinet has been announced, and Marja van Bijsterveldt of the Christian Democrats has been appointed Deputy Minister for Culture and the Media. Van Bijsterveldt has been chairperson of the Christian Democrats since November 2002. She takes over from Maria van der Hoeven who, as Minister of Education, Culture and Science had been responsible for Culture [...] (more)

Radio Cabin New Schedule for 2007
From Merry Media. Posted January 31 2007, 1.27am
Radio Cabin - the local community radio station for Herne Bay is now broadcasting more shows and a new schedule for 2007.. (more)

Zimbabwe to start rehabilitating state transmission network
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 3 2007, 12.25pm
The Zimbabwe goverbment will start rehabilitating and upgrading the existing radio and television transmission network this year while possibilities of expanding coverage are being explored, a Cabinet minister has said. Acting Minister of Information and Publicity Cde Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana told The Herald recently that the Government had made provisions for the upgrading and rehabilitation [...] (more)

South Korean Cabinet approves controversial broadcasting bill
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 3 2007, 11.49am
The South Korean government yesterday approved a much-disputed bill that would allow President Roh Moo-hyun to appoint all five members of a new broadcasting and communications regulatory body. Critics accuse the government of attempting to keep the broadcasting industry under direct control ahead of the presidential election slated for December. The Cabinet yesterday endorsed a motion [...] (more)

Thai activists petition court to delist state broadcaster Mcot
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 24 2006, 2.32pm
Activists in Thailand yesterday submitted a petition to the Supreme Administrative Court urging it to delist state broadcaster Mcot. They asked the court to scrap the decisions previously made by the deposed Thaksin Shinawatra cabinet to transfer Mcot’s business, assets and liabilities to Mcot Pcl as well as the royal decree permitting the 2004 corporatisation. The [...] (more)

Indian government approves terms for community broadcasting
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 16 2006, 2.08pm
India’s Union Cabinet today decided to grant permission for the setting up of community radio stations by non-profit organizations and educational institutions provided they fulfil the requires conditions. The following types of organizations would be eligible to apply for Community Radio licences : 1. Community based organizations, which satisfy the following  basic principles : It should be explicitly constituted as [...] (more)

Broadcasters pay Blunkett £30k for Cabinet tapes
From Press Gazette. Posted November 16 2006, 10.20am
Broadcasters have paid former home secretary David Blunkett up to £30,000 for the rights to his memoirs. (more)

Blunkett earned �5k from Radio 4 serialisation of Cabinet tapes
From Breaking Radio. Posted November 11 2006, 1.30pm
The serialisation of David Blunkett's diaries on BBC Radio 4 have earned the former home secretary up to �5,000, according to the register of MPs' interests. (more)

Syria grants licences to two private radio stations
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 20 2006, 9.56am
Text of report in English by Syrian News Agency SANA website Damascus, The cabinet licensed on Thursday [19 October] to two commercial radio stations on framework of general inclination to promote private media in Syria. Prime Minister Muhammad Naji Itri licensed to Arnus Brothers & partners Company to establish a private commercial radio station by the name [...] (more)

Culture Minister resigns from new Swedish cabinet
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 16 2006, 10.49am
Culture Minister Cecilia Stego Chilò today became the second minister to resign from Sweden’s week-old government over her failure to pay her TV licence, the government said. Just days after Stego Chilò was appointed minister in the centre-right government on October 6, she admitted that she had not paid her TV licence, which funds public service broadcasting, [...] (more)

Slovak nationalist wants more control of country?s TV, radio
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 29 2006, 12.09pm
A controversial nationalist in Slovakia’s government coalition hopes to overhaul the country’s public television and radio stations, the Pravda newspaper reported Friday. Jan Slota, an ally of Prime Minister Robert Fico, and his Slovak National Party (SNS) have proposed “switching media politics to nationalist,” the report said. The full cabinet led by Fico’s Smer party will now [...] (more)

Dutch Cabinet extends public broadcasters? licences to 2010
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 25 2006, 3.28pm
The licences of the existing public broadcasters in the Netherlands have been extended to 2010 instead of 2008. The Cabinet decided this because, following the departure of former Deputy Minister for Culture and the Media Medy van der Laan, the public broadcasting system is not going to be reorganised in 2008 as she originally planned. What exactly will happen now depends on the new government to [...] (more)

FoI fees loom, cabinet memo suggests
From Press Gazette. Posted July 31 2006, 11.01am
The government plans to impose charges for Freedom of Information requests in order to deter "serial requesters", a leaked cabinet memo suggests. (more)

Azerbaijan proposes to go all-digital by 2015
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 28 2006, 2.25pm
The Ministry of Communication and IT in Azerbaijan has submitted a proposal to the Cabinet of Ministers stipulating the preparation of concept for the transition to digital TV broadcasting, Trend reports, quoting Ilham Ahadov, CEO, PA Teleradio. Ahadov said the government had already drawn up the order according to which both governmental and private TV channels [...] (more)

Minister Maria van der Hoeven takes over responsibility for Dutch government media policy
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 2 2006, 11.49am
Minister for Education, Culture and Science Maria Van der Hoeven will take interim charge of media policy following the collapse of the Dutch Cabinet last Thursday. Deputy Minister for Culture and the Media Medy van der Laan is one of those who quit the Cabinet as she’s a member of the D66 party that is being blamed for the [...] (more)

Fall of Dutch Cabinet puts public broadcasting plans in doubt
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 30 2006, 12.09pm
Last night’s fall of the Dutch Cabinet has introduced yet more complications regarding the future of public broadcasting in the Netherlands. Queen Beatrix must now decide whether to ask the Cabinet to function as a minority government or as a caretaker administration until elections are held. In both cases, it’s unlikely that the government will enact any major [...] (more)

Dutch Cabinet votes in favour of new media law
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 25 2006, 10.31am
The Dutch Cabinet yesterday gave its approval to the new draft media law proposed by Deputy Minister for Culture and the Media Medy van der Laan. The Deputy Minister says that the law has been kept "as simple as possible." Under the new law, from 2008 Public Broadcasting in the Netherlands will consist of just one foundation - NOS. The various other broadcasting foundations will become "licence (more)

AIR and Doordarshan to improve services in NE region
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 9 2006, 6.07pm
India's Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved a proposal for implementation of Phase-II of Special Package for the North East Region (including Sikkim) and Island Territories. CCEA has also given its ex-post-facto approval for the expenditure incurred during the financial year 2005-06. Implementation of the package would lead to increased coverage of Doordarshan (DD) and (more)

Jowell keeps cabinet seat
From Media Guardian. Posted May 5 2006, 12.59pm
11.45am: Culture secretary Tessa Jowell today survived Tony Blair's cabinet reshuffle and will continue to oversee negotiations for BBC licence fee renewal. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Jobs crisis spurs Cabinet to consider hosting summit
From Press Gazette. Posted April 20 2006, 12.00am
The government this week voiced concern over the massive and continuing job losses among regional journalists by agreeing to consider hosting a crisis summit. (more)

Jamaican Cabinet approves amendments to Broadcasting Act
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 3 2006, 11.55am
The Jamaican Cabinet has approved amendments to the Broadcasting and Radio Re-Diffusion Act, to expand the categories of broadcasting licenses provided under the legislation and allow for the use of new technologies in the provision of subscriber television services. Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman, told journalists at this week's post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, that (more)

Dutch Cabinet wants to minimise number of satellite dishes
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 25 2006, 11.04am
The Dutch Cabinet yesterday agreed a plan designed to reduce the number of satellite dishes needed to serve homes. Although the Netherlands is well served by cable and broadband TV, there are areas, mainly in the cities, which have a large number of non-Dutch residents who install satellite dishes to watch TV from their home country. The Cabinet's idea is that, since in most cases all the dishes (more)

Japan: Premier says NHK should air more English-language programmes
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 10 2006, 11.55am
Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, 10 February: Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Friday [10 February] that Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) should offer more English-language programming in Japan for the benefit of foreign residents, according to Administrative Reform Minister Koki Chuma and Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe. At Friday's Cabinet meeting, the (more)

Bill Deedes, legendary 'Telegraph' editor, and former cabinet minister, dies aged 94
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
Bill Deedes, exceptional soldier, trusted cabinet minister and Grand Old Man of Fleet Street, has died. He was 94. Friends said that Lord Deedes, an MP for 25 years and a journalist for three quarters of a century, died at about 7pm last night at his home in Aldington, Kent. He was said to have been suffering from a chest infection, but in the end died of heart failure. (more)