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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ITALY FRANCE / Mediaset and Fininvest assign Vivendi court
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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BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA / The reform for financing BHRT rejected
On July 19th the Bosnian Parliament rejected the draft reform on public broadcasting funding, which includes the public television service BHRT. The idea behind the reform was to include each person’s TV license fee with their electricity bill, a method recently adopted in Italy. At present the fee is part of the bill for fixed …
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ISRAEL / The launch of the new public broadcaster postponed to 2017
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided once again to postpone the launch date of the new public service broadcaster. The Prime Minister was finally convinced by his Finance Minister, Moshe Kahlon, that the replacement will not be ready in time. The current broadcaster, the IBA, with three television and eight radio stations, was due to …
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ITALY / Mediaset refuses to change its contract with Vivendi
Meeting on July 28th, the board of directors of the Italian group Mediaset refused to renegotiate the terms of the agreement signed with Vivendi in April. According to this contract, Vivendi was supposed to buy Mediaset Premium, a pay-TV platform, and buy 3.5% of Mediaset’s capital. But on July 26th the French group, owned by …
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FRANCE / 9th INA-CMCA training session for archive-based news reports
From July 18th to 25th the CMCA (Centre Méditerranéen de la Communication Audiovisuelle) and INA Méditerranée (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel) organized the ninth training session for making news reports using archive material. Seven Mediterranean television stations, each a member of the CMCA, sent trainees to Marseille for the week. The session began with two days …
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FRANCE / A revised version of the Euronews web-site
The interface and layout of the Euronews web-site has just been completely made over. The pan-European channel based in Lyon now offers users an experience in keeping with its slogan: “All views”. The aim, according to the Euronews press-release, is that by combining many different sources of information from around the world – articles, quotes, …
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