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DW and BBCWS to jointly launch news and current affairs stream in DRM
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 14 2008, 12.19pm
BBC World Service and Deutsche Welle, have announced plans to launch a joint radio service to Europe on DRM shortwave. The new stream, which will be entirely in English, is expected to go live in early 2009. It will be available from early morning till late at night targeting Western and Central Europe and a potential [...] (more)

DW and BBCWS to jointly launch DRM news and current affairs stream
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 14 2008, 12.19pm
BBC World Service and Deutsche Welle have announced plans to launch a joint radio service to Europe on DRM shortwave. The new stream, which will be entirely in English, is expected to go live in early 2009. It will be available from early morning till late at night targeting Western and Central Europe and a potential [...] (more)

Livestation partners Deutsche Welle
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 10 2008, 2.07pm
Livestation, the company that streams live TV over broadband, has teamed up with the German broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, to carry its TV and radio offerings. Germany’s international broadcaster becomes the ninth partner channel to join Livestation and is now a channel choice alongside BBC World, EuroNews (English, French, German and Italian), France 24 (French and [...] (more)

Deutsche Welle partners with Indira Gandhi National Open University
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 20 2008, 1.03pm
Deutsche Welle recently added a new partner in India by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). As part of the partnership, “Gyan Vani FM” will broadcast DW-Radio programming in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and English over campus radio at 29 associated universities. In addition, “Tomorrow Today”, the science [...] (more)

Deutsche Welle and Mauritanian Radio sign cooperation deal
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 29 2008, 5.11pm
Erik Bettermann, Director-General of Deutsche Welle (DW), and officials of the Mauritanian Radio Television (RTM) have signed a cooperation agreement on broadcasting. France Grebern, head of DW programme distribution in Africa and Middle East, said RTM would broadcast DW programmes whereas DW will train Mauritanian journalists and technicians, adding that Germany was ready to support broadcasting [...] (more)

Deutsche Welle schedule change via Bonaire
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 24 2008, 12.00pm
As a result of the test transmissions on 5905 kHz this week, Deutsche Welle is changing its schedule in German to Australia/NZ via Bonaire at 0800-1000 UTC as from Saturday 26 April to: 0800-0900 UTC: 9855 kHz (230°) 0900-1000 UTC: 5905 kHz (210°) Related story: Deutsche Welle to test via Bonaire on 5905 kHz to AUS/NZ Bookmark to: (more)

Deutsche Welle gains new partner in Moldova
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 16 2008, 5.48pm
Radio Vocea Basarabiei, a new DW partner station, is now broadcasting programming from DW-Radio to its listeners throughout Moldova and bordering areas.  DW-Radio programming in Romanian is now being broadcast in Moldova via Radio Vocea Basarabiei, which broadcasts in the capital city Chisinau and across the country via ten additional VHF frequencies. Programming from DW-Radio [...] (more)

Deutsche Welle via Bonaire to test on 5905 kHz to AUS/NZ
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 16 2008, 2.57pm
Deutsche Welle will test 5905 kHz (beam 210 degrees) in German to Australia/New Zealand from Bonaire at 0900-0959 UTC for 7 days commencing Saturday 19 April. This will be in parallel with the scheduled transmission on 9855 kHz at 0800-1000 UTC. Bookmark to: (more)

Deutsche Welle to test via Bonaire on 5905 kHz to AUS/NZ
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 16 2008, 2.57pm
Deutsche Welle will test 5905 kHz (beam 210 degrees) in German to Australia/New Zealand from Bonaire at 0900-0959 UTC for 7 days commencing Saturday 19 April. This will be in parallel with the scheduled transmission on 9855 kHz at 0800-1000 UTC. Bookmark to: (more)

blinkx partners with Deutsche Welle to offer premium international news coverage
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 7 2008, 1.26pm
blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, today announced a partnership with Deutsche Welle (www.dw-world.de), Germany’s international broadcast service. Deutsche Welle’s online video content is now more easily accessible than ever before at www.blinkx.com. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will leverage its AdHoc platform to place contextually relevant advertising against the footage, and [...] (more)

Deutsche Welle develops new co-production with Algerian broadcaster EPTV
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 26 2008, 4.39pm
Deutsche Welle is working together with the Algerian public broadcaster EPTV to produce an Arabic talk show. “North-South Dialogue” will feature two guests from Maghreb and two from Europe who will discuss current topics from a European and North African point of view. It will air on DW-TV ARABIA und EPTV simultaneously and will be [...] (more)

Deutsche Welle recognized for excellence in broadcasting
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 5 2008, 5.31pm
Deutsche Welle TV (DW-TV) has been awarded four prizes at the New York Festivals 2008 Television Broadcasting Awards. The ‘euromaxx- TV magazine came home with two awards; one Bronze World Medal for the 12-part series called ‘World Wide Video, and one Finalist Certificate for the series ‘The Truth About Germany’. DW-TV also won Finalist Certificates [...] (more)

Ethiopian jamming hits Voice of America, Deutsche Welle
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 20 2007, 11.07am
BBC Monitoring (BBCM) can confirm that two major Western broadcasters are suffering consistent jamming of their transmissions to Ethiopia.  Jamming is deliberate interference aimed at preventing the target broadcast from being heard. The standard technique is to transmit an irritating noise or continuous music on the same channel as the target. In the latest media development [...] (more)

Deutsche Welle via Bonaire frequency change on 15 November
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 12 2007, 5.07pm
Deutsche Welle’s broadcast in German to Australia and New Zealand at 0800-1000 UTC via Bonaire will change its frequency from 15 November onwards due to interference from a Spanish DRM transmission on 9780 kHz. The current frequency, 9785 kHz, will change to 9885 kHz. (more)

Deutsche Welle now broadcasting regular DRM service to South Asia
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 10 2007, 1.53pm
Since 2 July, Deutsche Welle has been broadcasting regular DRM transmissions in English beamed to South Asia from its relay station at Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Shortwave transmissions are at 0500-0600 UTC on 12005 kHz and 0800-0858 UTC on 12070 kHz (both 90 kW, beam 345 degrees). There’s also a DRM transmission on mediumwave 1548 kHz at 0100-0200 [...] (more)

Macedonian Radio Television and Deutsche Welle sign cooperation agreement
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 21 2007, 1.11pm
Macedonian Radio Television and Deutsche Welle signed a cooperation agreement today. Deutsche Welle will broadcast a programme in Macedonian on the First Programme of Macedonian Radio every day from 8:30 to 9:00 [local time].  The agreement was signed by Boris Stavrov, Executive Director of Macedonian Radio Television, and Eric Beterman from Deutsche Welle. This is a continuation of a [...] (more)

Uzbek Deutsche Welle reporter under legal pressure
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 26 2007, 4.23pm
The Uzbek General Prosecutors Office has opened criminal proceedings against a reporter working for German broadcaster Deutsche Welle in the Central Asian state, her lawyer said today. Uzbekistan has taken an increasingly tough line with foreign media since they reported eyewitness accounts of troops opening fire on a crowd in the town of Andizhan last year, [...] (more)

Deutsche Welle TV to more than double Arabic broadcasting hours
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 13 2007, 1.06pm
The Arabic broadcast of Deutsche Welle TV will expand from three hours to seven hours a day as of April 2, 2007, the station’s General Director Erik Betterman announced today. In a statement. Bettermann said this move will bolster relations between Germany and the Arab world in all fields. He added that the basis of media [...] (more)

Deutsche Welle contract with VT Communications will increase to 150 hours a week: Media Guardian
From Media Network Weblog. Posted December 27 2006, 2.00pm
Next week, VT Communications begins a contract to broadcast 90 hours of Deutsche Wellle programmes in 14 languages to more than 100 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. According to Media Guardian, this will increase to 150 hours a week in May. According to the newspaper, Deutsche Welle has two contracts with T-Systems International, one [...] (more)

Deutsche Welle to launch evening Bengali programme
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 23 2006, 12.24pm
Deutsche Welle (DW) will changes its Bengali schedule from 29 October. Presently, DW is broadcasting its programme in Bengali at 0100-0200 UTC. This one-hour programme will be split into two half hours, one in the morning and one in the evening Bangladesh time. Thomas Barthlein, Head of Bengali, Hindi and Urdu programmes of DW who is currently in [...] (more)

German Foreign Minister opens Deutsche Welle TV studio in Kabul
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 24 2006, 3.00pm
Deutsche Welle and Radio Television Afghanistan teamed up to launch a new TV studio in the Afghan capital. The German Foreign Minister and DW’s Director met this week at the media center. The studio will allow state-run Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) to produce international broadcasts themselves, instead of borrowing material from DW-TV in Berlin. Read the [...] (more)

Deutsche Welle: More programming for Belarus
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 4 2006, 12.45pm
Deutsche Welle has extended its radio transmissions for Belarus. From 1st August 2006 the transmission time has been increased by 30 minutes to 45 minutes in the context of a new morning programme. DW Director General Erik Bettermann: “Against the background of the political situation in Belarus, it is our intention to set an example.�? After [...] (more)

Deutsche Welle begins DTH satellite broadcasts in India
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 1 2006, 11.56am
Deutsche Welle begins broadcasting its TV service in India today via DD Direct Plus, the free DTH platform operated by Prasar Bharati. A press release states that “Deutsche Welle will be present with DW-TV programmes in English and German, and in future possibly also with radio programmes in English and Hindi – or other languages, [...] (more)

Germany?s Deutsche Welle to launch new radio programme for Belarus
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 30 2006, 3.28pm
Text of report in English by Belarusian news agency Belapan Minsk, 30 June: German broadcaster Deutsche Welle [DW] plans to launch a 30-minute news and analytical radio programme for Belarus on 1 August. The programme called “Belarusian Chronicle” will go on the air at 0700 [0400 gmt] on 5945 kHz and via Hotbird [satellite]. The 15-minute programme that [...] (more)

Deutsche Welle to make some shortwave cuts on 25 April
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 22 2006, 9.58am
In a circular dated 13 April, Deutsche Welle announced the dropping of shortwave transmissions in Albanian, Bosnian and Serbian, with the exception of the Serbian transmission at 2000-2015 UTC, as of 25 April. The affected transmissions are: 0530-0600 Albanian on 5910 and 7190 kHz0600-0615 Bosnian on 5910 and 7190 kHz0615-0630 Serbian on 5910 and 71900930-1000 Serbian on 7190 and 9770 kHz1100-1130 (more)

Uzbekistan bars Deutsche Welle correspondent
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 16 2006, 4.44pm
Uzbekistan has cancelled the accreditation of one of Deutsche Welle's correspondents in the country, the latest reporter for an international broadcaster to have his credentials revoked. The country has taken an increasingly tough line with foreign media since they reported eyewitness accounts of troops opening fire on a crowd in the town of Andizhan last year, killing hundreds of civilians. (more)

Deutsche Welle back on mediumwave in Moscow
From Media Network Weblog. Posted December 30 2005, 9.26am
The German and Russian programmes of Deutsche Welle are back on the air on 693 kHz mediumwave in Moscow, following a week of disruption after the airtime provider lost its licence. Deutsche Welle Director Erik Bettermann has thanked the Russian Minister for Telecommunications, Leonid Reiman, for speeding up the process of sorting out new licences. Transmissions resumed yesterday evening. It isn't (more)