Fellowship of European Broadcasters : July update

Harvey Thomas reports:

Fellowship of European Broadcasters
Harvey Thomas (photo)



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20th July 2010

JULY 2010


Dear Paul & Hazel,

In this Edition:
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australia
Global
Latin America
Middle East
North America



EUROPE

EUROPEAN UNION - "Decentralised Communication Reinforces Central Core Messages"
Discussing the "Citizens Initiative" Programme, Constitutional Committee Representatives recognised that if Citizens from the EU's 27 Countries are to be drawn in to future Strategy and Planning - the EU needs to understand that each Member State has a separate Culture - and in many cases its own Language.
"The Core Messages from the EU stay the same" - one Participant said - "but the ways and language in which they are communicated must vary according to the culture and custom of the different nations." Receiving core messages in the appropriate context, style and language, results in much greater response and involvement, than imposed standardised formats.



EUROPEAN UNION - Parents have key role in Child Internet Protection
In a meeting attended by FEB Chairman, Harvey Thomas, the European Parliament's Culture Committee focussed on developing acceptable ways of protecting children from harmful content on the Internet. Sabine Verheyen, an MEP from Germany, emphasised the need to focus Education and Training not only on Children - but also on Parents. Many Parents of young children are themselves little-informed about the use and content of the Internet.
Supporting this view, Harvey Thomas commented, "All of us are pleased that the European Parliament is fighting to reduce illegal and harmful content on the Internet - and to educate and train Parents, Children and Teachers on how to avoid dangerous behaviour."
Mr Thomas said, "It is also encouraging that FEB Member, Oystein Samnoen, the Executive Director of 'Kids and Media' was recently able to take part in a Parliamentary Hearing in Brussels." "Kids and Media" has networks and contacts in Norway and all over Europe. It offers Courses on good Internet useage for Parents, Schools and Professionals. "Kids and Media" is rooted in the UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child, which include both their rights to use Media and to have protection from harmful content.
Contact: Oystein Samnoen oystein@barnevakten.no



FEB IN SLOVENIA - "GETTING CONNECTED?"
The latest Speaker to be confirmed for the FEB Conference 2010 at the City Hotel, Ljubljana, is Chris Cole, UK Director of GOD TV.
Renowned Pianist Adriana Magdovski will perform at the Opening Plenary on the evening of Thursday 11th November. Click on this link: http://www.feb.org/conference/2010-conference-registration/ and complete a Registration Form now. FEB Members have a special reduced Conference Rate.
Visit www.feb.org



UK
The Radio Industry supports the UK Government's commitment for the Digital Radio switchover to commence in 2015. Ed Vaizey, the Culture Minister, has unveiled a Digital Radio Action Plan to prepare consumers and the industry for the switch to digital. BBC Director of Audio and Music, Tim Davie said, "We welcome the government's commitment to radio's digital future and the importance they have placed on the listener in any future switchover." After national and regional stations have switched to digital-only platforms, the remaining FM signal would most likely be used for ultra-local radio services. The decision to turn off analogue signals will make 100 million radios obsolete, and more than 30 million cars will need their radios replaced.
Source: Broadcast



BALKANS
NRB Vice-President Ron Harris reports that over 175 Participants have now signed up for the Broadcast Training Seminars from 2-6 November 2010 at the Buzias Resort near Timisoara, Romania. Study areas to be covered include "Connecting with your Audience"; "Branding"; "Measuring Ministry Effectiveness" and "Christian News - gathering, writing and producing". Visiting Trainers from the United States, together with European Colleagues, will lead the four-day series of Workshops.
Contact: Lucian Despa rvesc@yahoo.com



EUROPEAN UNION
Bishop Laszlo Tokes, an MEP representing Romania, has been elected as a Vice-President of the European Parliament. Tokes is the first Vice-President from a country that only joined the EU in 2007. He makes strong references to Christian values in Parliament and through his initiative "Europe and Christianity".
Contact: Laszlo Tokes laszlo.tokes@europarl.europa.eu



UK
ITV is set to become the first major UK Broadcaster to launch a mobile application. The ITV Player allows viewers to catch up on its programmes at any time or place from September using their smartphones.
Source: Broadcast



ROMANIA
TWR Romania has distributed over 2,000 solar panel Radios, produced by Galcom Canada, to Roma people living in remote areas of the country. This allows them to listen to "Thru the Bible" programmes and Christian music in their own language, five days a week.
Visit: www.twr.ro



UK
The UK moved closer to allowing Product Placement on TV after media regulator OFCOM outlined proposals for liberalising regulations to be introduced by the end of 2010. It lists which types of shows can carry Product Placement, and rules regarding types of products and the ways in which they can be featured. Product Placement will still be banned on children's, news and UK-produced current affairs, consumer affairs and Religious Programmes.
Source: C21Media.net



GERMANY
Bible Broadcasting Network (BBN) has launched a free new iPhone/iPod application in German. Listeners can hear BBN Live and on the move. They can also view BBN Facebook and Twitter updates.
Visit: www.bbnradio.org/wcm4/german/iPhoneApp/tabid/3319/Default.aspx



UK
United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) has launched a live Christian Mobile TV Channel. The UCB TV Channel is available to mobile phones using a 3G or Wi-Fi connection. Viewers will be able to tune in to watch shows such as Adventures in Odyssey, Living Truth, Hillsong, Abundant Life and others. UCB is partnering with Yamgo, a global mobile TV network which provides mobile streaming technology.
Visit www.ucbmedia.co.uk




ROMANIA
The Alfa Omega ministry has moved into its new AOCC (Alfa Omega Communications Centre) building in Timisoara, Romania. Operations currently take place on one floor but eventually all three floors will be functional. The building will become home to "Alfa Omega TV Channel", a 24-hour daily Christian Channel, as well as other projects and media initiatives in Romania and the surrounding Balkan area. Alfa Omega TV is seen on many Cable TV networks in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. As well as Romanian, it has weekly programmes in Hungarian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, German and Slovakian.
Contact: Tudor Petan tudor.petan@alfaomega.tv



UK
A Church in Deddington, Oxfordshire has been expanding its ministry using broadband. It began by recording services and adding podcasts to the church website and then streaming services for local care homes and the hospital radio station. Using a webcam moved them from audio to audio-visual and they plan to conduct joint services with their partner Parishes in South Africa and Sweden, as well as linking to the Oxford Diocese Internet Church. Future plans include a Community Radio Station.
Visit www.deddingtonchurch.org
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AFRICA


GHANA
Wayne Pederson, President of HCJB Global, recently dedicated two partner Radio Stations in Assin Fosu and Asamankese, Ghana. The venture combines Radio Stations run by HCJB Global Voice (Media) with Mobile Medical Clinics run by HCJB Global Hands (healthcare). "It was great to see how media and healthcare ministries are working together," Pederson said. "In the markets you could hear the programmes playing on radios everywhere. In Assin Fosu, it was the only local Community Radio Station and the signal was reaching nearly 80 miles!"
Visit: www.hcjbglobal.org




ZIMBABWE
"Love Zim" is a network of Churches and Organisations established to mobilise the Global Church to support Zimbabwe actively. It runs a partnership between the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe and "Foundations for Farming" which helps Zimbabwean farmers to improve their crops through careful use of natural weather patterns.
Visit: www.lovezim.org



CAPE TOWN 2010
People who are unable to attend "Cape Town 2010", the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelisation in October, will be able to help shape discussions on major issues by interacting in "The Global Conversation" on the Congress Website. John Stott's Study Guide on the Lausanne Covenant is available to work through and Churches can register to join in the Congress through the Cape Town GlobaLink sites in many countries.
Visit: www.lausanne.org



SENEGAL
3xM reports that the first 13 episodes of the "New Generation" TV Programme will be broadcast via 2STV in Senegal and Canal 3 in Burkina Faso from July 2010. The programme shows young people overcoming hopeless situations with God's help. The programme will be shown alternately with another youth programme, "Miel Mortel" (Deadly Honey) which has already been running in Senegal.
Visit www.3xm-online.org

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ASIA



CAMBODIA
During 2009, FEBC distributed over 1,000 radios to people living in remote areas of Cambodia and to many who are unable to read or write. Early in 2010, FEBC staff distributed another 175, encouraging people to tune into FEBC Cambodia's "Voice of Love" broadcast from Saipan.
Visit www.febc.org



INDIA
TWR-India is broadcasting programmes online in 25 different Indian languages, as well as over 60 languages on air, to reach Indian nationals living abroad and enabling them to hear Christian programmes in their native language. Each year about 5 million Indian nationals emigrate to other Countries.
Visit www.twr.asia



THAILAND


Official Country Name
Kingdom of Thailand

Region
Southeast Asia

Population
66,797,751

Languages
Thai, English

Literacy Rate
93.8%

Size
514,000 sq. km

GDP
122,166 (US$ millions)

Number of TV Stations
5

Number of TV sets
15,190,000

TV Sets per 1,000
245.8

Number of Radio Stations
544

Number of Radio receivers
13,960,000

Radio Receivers per 1,000
225.9

Number of individuals with computers
1,471,000

Number of individuals with Internet access
2,300,000

Internet access per 1,000
37.2




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AUSTRALIA

CHRISTIAN MEDIA AUSTRALIA
Phil Edwards, Operations Manager of Vision Radio Network, has been elected as President of the Board of Christian Media Australia (CMA), with Nathan Brown as Vice-President. Andrew Baartz was also elected to the Board.
Source: Squawk

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GLOBAL

GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER AND ACTION
Micah Challenge launched the "MICAH 2010" Campaign on 30th June, counting down 100 days to a Global Day of Prayer and Action in support of the UN's Millennium Sustainable Development Goals. It will be on 10th October 2010 (10.10.10). They aim to remind the political leaders of 189 nations of their promises to halve extreme poverty by 2015. The Campaign is being backed by key church movements including the Baptist World Alliance, Assemblies of God, Salvation Army, YWAM and YFC Europe.
Visit www.micah2010.org Email: tmalinowska@hotmail.com
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LATIN AMERICA

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
COICOM's annual Congress will be held in the Caribbean this year, at the Hotel Barcelo and Convention Centre of Bavaro, from September 7-11, 2010. COICOM is FEB's Latin American Global Media Partner. The Sessions will include an "Evangelical Leadership Summit" to create a national transformational strategy for the Dominican Republic, as well as a Dominican/Haitian Summit where the island's evangelical leaders can discuss strategy to help Haiti in addition to humanitarian relief efforts.
Visit: www.coicom.com



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MIDDLE EAST

WHY JESUS.NET
Agape Media is launching the Turkish WhyJesus? Course this summer. Other versions being worked on include Chinese, Hebrew, Russian and Japanese, including finding the right local partners to provide follow-up and e-coaches.
Visit www.jesus.net



TURKEY
SAT-7 Turk has almost completed dubbing one of SAT-7's Arabic dramas into Turkish. "The Road" or "Yol" in Turkish is a series containing more than 50 35-minute episodes about a family with many problems. The first season has just begun airing, and is designed to answer questions from Turkish people about Christianity and the Bible.
Visit www.sat7.org



OMAN; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; KUWAIT
Four new Bible Resource Centres have recently been opened by the Bible Society: one in Salalah, Oman; one in Sharjah, U.A.E, in Al Ain, U.A.E and in Ahmadi, Kuwait, which was inaugurated on 23rd June 2010. At the opening ceremony, Mr Hrayr Jebejian, General Secretary of the Bible Society in the Gulf said, "We have the challenge and the mandate in the Gulf to work with all the different churches. It is important that we all work together to make the Scriptures more available in our communities."
Source: The Bible Society
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NORTH AMERICA


LUIS PALAU
Luis Palau is holding a one-day City Festival at the Mission Bay Park, San Diego, California on September 11th 2010. Admission is free. Luis and Pat Palau celebrated 50 years of evangelism earlier this year.
Visit www.palau.org



CBN
CBN produces "Christian World News", a half-hour weekly news programme, updated each Friday at 5.00pm Eastern Time. Drawing on a network of news sources, Christian World News reports on the work of the church around the world. It also reports on the American Church, focusing on major evangelism outreaches and prayer movements. Its aim is to call Christians to pray for the needs of God's people around the world.
Contact: Stan Jeter stan.jeter@cbn.org
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