Category: LIFE IN THE CHANNELS

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TURKEY / The police cut transmission of two private channels

On Wednesday October 28th, only four days before the Turkish parliamentary elections, violent clashes erupted in and around the premises of two private television channels in Istanbul. In the early morning police raided the headquarters of Kanaltürk, and in the afternoon Bugün TV, taking over the control rooms and stopping transmission. The takeover follows the …

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ITALY / Tablets and Desktops exempt from the licence fee

Having announced plans to include the television licence fee in electricity and gas bills, the Italian Government clarified its position on which audiovisual media would be affected by the broadcasting tax a few days before the bill was presented to Parliament. On October 22nd the Italian Under Secretary of State for Communications, Antonello Giacomelli (photo), …

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MOROCCO / 2M : documentary series “Figures Historiques”

As from October 25th there is a new documentary series – “Figures Historiques”, written by Nadia Kamali and directed by Leyla Triqui – in 2M’s Sunday evening documentary slot “Des Histoires et des Hommes”. In 10 episodes it offers viewers a journey back in time to meet the women who have marked Morocco’s political and …

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GREECE / Private broadcasting : towards more transparency

The bill authorising the auction of ten-year broadcasting licenses for private radio and television stations transmitting from Greece was adopted by the Greek Parliament on the night of Saturday 24th to Sunday October 25th. According to government spokesman Olga Gerovassili, the law will “bring order to the broadcasting landscape (…) and restore transparency in the …

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TUNISIA / Licence approved for 2 new public radio stations

On October 20th the Haute autorité indépendante de la communication audiovisuelle (HAICA) granted licenses for two new public radio channels. The first will be a news channel to be broadcast on FM, covering the entire country. The second will bring together public regional radio programmes and will cover only Greater Tunis. Sources: kapitalis.com and mosaiquefm.net

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ITALY / Mediaset Premium: increase in number of subscribers

By September 30th Mediaset Premium’s pay TV had 1.81 million subscribers, exceeding the target set in the Quarterly Budget for July-September 2015, the group said in a statement published on October 9th, with 112,000 more subscribers than at end of June (1.703 million). These figures do not include customers with pre-paid cards. Mediaset has set …

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FRANCE / The CSA withdraws its licence for Numéro 23 to transmit

On October 14th the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (the French broadcasting watchdog) announced its verdict on the proposed sale of Numéro 23 to the NextRadioTV group, owner of BFM TV, RMC and RMC Découverte, for €88.3 million. In a statement the French broadcasting regulating authority announced it is withdrawing its authorization for the channel to …

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