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  • BBC World spreads its wings with Qantas

    BBC World spreads its wings with Qantas

    BBC has announced that Australian airline major Qantas will be showing a selection of its programmes on its flights. Programes will be sourced from BBC World which is the Beeb’s 24-hour international news and information channel.

    The programmes passengers will be able to enjoy include ‘Click Online’ which scrutinises the latest developments on the Net as well as keeping viewers up to speed with latest technical advances, Hardtalk with host Tim Sebastian talking to eminent personalities from various spheres of life and Simpson’s World.

    The last one has John Simpson analysing and meditating on the evnts that are shaping the 21st century. An official release states that in Australia BBC World can be seen on Foxhole and Optus Television. 

    Speaking on the agreement Channel manager BBC World Stephanie Davey made these remarks: “We are delighted to be able to offer Qantas travellers a handpicked selection of quality BBC World programming featuring topical interviews, and news analysis, relied upon by people all over the world. Never more so than in the current climate have business travellers represented such a high percentage of our core audience. So we are delighted to be able to keep them up to date and informed even when they are in the air.” 

    BBC World claims to reach 192 million homes in 200 countries. It claims to be available to 800,000 hotel rooms all over the world.

  • BBC World spreads its wings with Qantas

    BBC World spreads its wings with Qantas

    BBC has announced that Australian airline major Qantas will be showing a selection of its programmes on its flights. Programes will be sourced from BBC World which is the Beeb’s 24-hour international news and information channel.

    The programmes passengers will be able to enjoy include ‘Click Online’ which scrutinises the latest developments on the Net as well as keeping viewers up to speed with latest technical advances, Hardtalk with host Tim Sebastian talking to eminent personalities from various spheres of life and Simpson’s World.

    The last one has John Simpson analysing and meditating on the evnts that are shaping the 21st century. An official release states that in Australia BBC World can be seen on Foxhole and Optus Television. 

    Speaking on the agreement Channel manager BBC World Stephanie Davey made these remarks: “We are delighted to be able to offer Qantas travellers a handpicked selection of quality BBC World programming featuring topical interviews, and news analysis, relied upon by people all over the world. Never more so than in the current climate have business travellers represented such a high percentage of our core audience. So we are delighted to be able to keep them up to date and informed even when they are in the air.” 

    BBC World claims to reach 192 million homes in 200 countries. It claims to be available to 800,000 hotel rooms all over the world.

  • Sircar to address ‘World Global Forum’ in Germany

    Sircar to address ‘World Global Forum’ in Germany

    NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati chief executive officer Jawhar Sircar is attending the first-ever ‘Global Media Forum 2014’ being organised by Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster.

     

    The three-day international media congress in Bonn from 30 June to 2 July will among other things discuss how media is participating in the global trend towards greater active participation. The theme for this year is: From Information to Participation: Challenges for the Media.

     

    Prasar Bharati is among the two broadcasters from developing countries to have been invited to attend the meet, the other being Al Jazeera.

     

    Sircar will be taking part in a session on ‘The Future of Journalism and the Role of International Broadcasters.’ The discussion will be moderated by former BBC newscaster Tim Sebastian.

     

    The Summit will debate whether conventional media will be able to retain its position in this converged digital world where the lines between commentary and traditional journalistic reporting have been blurred., how international broadcasters can contribute to global diversity, how information services are likely to look like in the future, etc.

     

    Prominent guest speakers, including Google critic Jeff Jarvis and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will discuss how media is participating in the global trend towards community involvement and interest in political processes and decision-making.

     

    The discussions at GMF 2014 are bound to have far-reaching points of relevance for macro-visioning and formulation of media policy across the globe.