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Radiotelevisione Italiana, the Italian public service broadcaster, has reorganized its communication cell. In particular Simona Martorelli has been appointed RAI’s Deputy Director of International Relations and European Affairs. Since 1999 she has been in charge of Public Affairs at RAI’s Liaison Office in Brussels. From 2005 to 2008 she served as National Expert to the …
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In August Alessandra Paradisi, former Deputy Director of Institutional and International Relations at the Italian public service broadcaster RAI, was appointed Deputy Director of the same company’s International Security. For many years she has been active on the Board of Directors of the CMCA (Centre Méditerranéen de la Communication Audiovisuelle) while also running CoPeAM (Conférence …
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On October 7th Delphine Ernotte-Cunci, the head of France Télévisions, announced the appointment of Xavier Couture and Carolina Got to key positions within the public broadcasting group. Xavier Couture becomes deputy managing director in charge of France Télévisions’ strategy and programming. The press release adds that “digital, youth, sports, cinema, purchasing and studies will also …
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The American video streaming giant, YouTube, owned by Google, has brought together 7,000 hours of Arab-made television series dating from 1962 to today. Mosalsalat (“Series” in Arabic) gives free access from any country in the world to programmes made in the Middle East and North Africa. Of the 500 series available, half are Syrian, for …
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On September 22nd the new head of the Tunisian government, Chahed Youssef, appointed journalist and producer Elyes Gharbi to run the Etablissement de la Télévision Tunisienne (ETT). Two days earlier Tunisia’s broadcasting watch-dog, the Haute Autorité Indépendante de la Communication Audiovisuelle (HAICA), whose consultation is mandatory before the head of public broadcasting can be appointed, …
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On September 2nd, after 63 hours of bidding, the Greek government awarded the 4 broadcasting licenses for national television channels it had put up for auction as part of its major broadcasting reform. Beginning on August 30th the auction was held under very strict, closely watched conditions. With the final bids in, three businessmen and …
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On August 19th Mediaset announced it was taking Vivendi to court in Milan to honour the terms of the contract signed by the two media groups in April. In a statement, Mediaset said “the summons is not about the serious losses (more than €1.5 billion) which would ensue if the contract were cancelled.” However, the …
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