media technologies

31.08.2007 Deutsche Welle, Germany's foreign broadcaster has made its television programs available live on many mobile devices, making it possible to watch DW-TV while away from TV and computer.

31.08.2007 In a major relief to mobile operators, the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has excluded many revenue streams, including income from the sale of mobile handsets on a standalone basis, while calculating annual gross revenue (AGR).

30.08.2007 Nokia, the world's largest cell phone maker, unveiled an online music store, a gaming service and four new multimedia handsets in a move to take a greater share of consumer spending from mobile operators.

30.08.2007 German's LEFT-WING members of the ruling coalition have objected strongly to plans by the German interior ministry to enlist email spy software to monitor terror suspects.A ministry spokesman confirmed that the proposed plank of new anti-terror legislation vetted the use of "Trojans" which smuggle themselves into a suspect's computer disguised as a harmless email.

24.08.2007 The Commission has adopted a proposal to select systems for mobile satellite services at European level. If adopted by the European Parliament and the EU Council of Telecom Ministers, this new selection mechanism will allow innovative services, such as mobile TV, broadband data and emergency communications to develop smoothly throughout Europe as of 2009.

23.08.2007 ICT4D dgCommunity has taken an extensive interview of Barbara Fillip from the Academy for Educational Development (AED) and Mark Surman from Telecentre.org, on major telecenters' issues, the outputs of a recent publication untitled "Making the connection: Scaling Telecenters for development" .

22.08.2007 A joint venture between E-Procurement Technologies Pvt. Ltd and Wijeya Newspapers Limited (WNL) is resulted in the launch of first electronic tender portal which will provide to access government and online tenders online in Sri-Lanka.

21.08.2007 The mandate of the Advisory Group for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was renewed in order to assist in preparations for the next Forum meeting, to be held in Rio de Janeiro from 12 to 15 November.

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14.08.2007 The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) is organising the conference on Community Radio in Africa-MENA: Sharing Experiences for development and democracy building from the grassroots in Rabat, Morocco on

14.08.2007 Vamshi Reddy and Shiva Bayyapunedi, Co-Founders and Directors of Apalya Technologies have been interviewed by egov magazine and discussed on the success and barriers of bringing informative entertainment into the hands of mobile users.

14.08.2007 The private telecom operator Hutch has partnered with the Department of Post, Uttar Pradesh a north Indian state to take the mobile telecoms services to the masses of the state. The urban post offices will provide specific space for Hutch services, while rural post office will share counters for providing both postal services and Hutch services.

09.08.2007 The managing director of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Mark Scott, has said that the commercial advertising on ABC websites has been ruled out as long as government funding is maintained.

06.08.2007 The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) has completed two more FM radio stations and plans to complete nine more. The stations will broadcast entertainment as well as messages of peace and harmony.

03.08.2007 Indian Health Ministry along with the Information & Broadcasting Ministry, proposes to classify TV broadcast of smoking scenes under category 'A' and also plans to restrict TV channels from portraying women as passive or submissive so as not to glorify their subordinate or secondary role in the society.

03.08.2007 The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is calling on the Tajik President to veto amendments passed by Parliament on 19 July that would include Internet publications in the country's defamation laws. The amendments would criminalise defamatory statements published on websites, on top of those made in print and broadcast media.

03.08.2007 In a meeting with the Secretary-General of International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Chinese Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan, has shown interest in ITU's support to meet the demands of China's burgeoning telecommunication and ICT industry.

01.08.2007 On a series of Sanglap (Dialogue), a ground-breaking discussion programme in Bangladesh, the BBC World Service Trust has launched the third programme in the series in the run up to the general elections in Bangladesh. Elections will take place towards the end of 2008 and the BBC programme gives the people an opportunity to engage in a direct dialogue with their political leaders.