AMARC Europe Newsletter July 2014
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AMARC Europe
July 2014 Newsletter
World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters - Asociación Mundial de
Radios Comunitarias - Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs
Communautaires
CAPTCHA
Creative Approaches to Living Cultural Archives
How can community media best use and develop online archives to more easily
share and preserve their programs? Four institutions from Austria, Germany,
Hungary and Ireland are developing contemporary archiving strategies for
community media in the framework of the EU Culture programme-funded CAPTCHA
project. The partners analyse existing strategies, search for best practice
examples, and [ ]
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Polish Commercial Radio abandons digitalization working group
DIGITAL RADIO FM EUROPE The Polish commercial radio community says it will
suspend its work with Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji (KRRiT), the media
authority, on the transition to DAB+. KRRiT has received a letter signed by
broadcasters from Group RMF, Radio Group Agora, Radio Group Time and Eurozet
about the requirements of their engagement in the [ ]
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Spanish government forces closure of FM broadcast of
community radio Nava
SPANISH COMMUNITY MEDIA FEDERATION The community radio Radio Nava
(Asturies, Northern Spain) received some months ago a letter from the
National Secretariat for Communications (Ministry of Industry) threatening
the people who carry on this non-profit project with the seal off of the
antenna and technical equipment, as well as two fines up to 500.000 [ ]
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International Citizen Media Award
AMARC EU TEAM / ICMA The 4th Edition of the International Citizen Media
Award has arrived. This award rewards the dedication of citizens of all
countries in their audiovisual products and their reporting concerning
locally, regionally, globally and socially relevant topics. In this case,
the topic chosen is Work-Life-Balance: Reconciling work and family life. [ ]
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Community Radio: FM and
digitalisation- Platform distribution and Community Radio in Europe
AMARC EU TEAM / CMFE At the present, one of the main concerns of community
radios in Europa are what digital platform or platforms will be finally used
in the different countries among many options: DAB, DAB+, DRM30, DRM+,
DVB-T2 Lite, Broadband, 5G In this context, the media advisor in Stockholm
(Sweden) Christer Hederström [ ]
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AMARC EU reports harassment of the Moroccan journalist Ouafa Charaf
AMARC EU TEAM Brussels, 17th June 2014. The European section of the World
Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC EU) is concerned about
the safety of the journalist Ouafa Charaf in Morocco. Charaf is one of the
people in charge of the Moroccan Association of Human Rights (AMDH), and she
has been harassed by the [ ]
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Venezuela is finally discussing a law for peoples communication
AMARC EU TEAM At the beginning of June the Popular Communication Law draft
have been included in the discussion agenda of Venezuela National Assembly
of. This document tries to fill the existent loophole in the area of
citizens communication, and to officialise the participation of the State
in the development process of the increasing [ ]
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AMARC concerns over the situation of Thai Community Radio
AMARC INT June 16, 2014, Kathmandu The World Association of Community
Radio Broadcasters, AMARC, has expressed concern over reports of the recent
closure of media outlets in Thailand and especially at the restrictions
imposed on community radios. Media reports indicate that a large number of
broadcasters, including community radios, were suspended after the military
[ ]
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New controversies in Chile due to the implementation of the regulation of
community radio
AMARC EU TEAM A few weeks ago, the Chilean National Agency of
Telecommunications (Subtel) notified the results of the evaluation of the
local radio projects which aimed to a broadcasting license in 2012. This
process met the demands to put into practice the Community Radios
Legislation approved in 2008, which is facing many problems [ ]
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AMARC Brazils Campaign Radio VS. Futebol Quem Ganha A
Copa Antidemocrática?
AMARC EU TEAM FIFAs Brazil World Cup is here now. What will it offer to
the citizens? According to the organization AMARC Brazil, in s it will bring
more repression towards community radio and citizens. The National Agency of
Telecommunications (ANATEL, in Portuguese) have sent an official press
release to the organizations which work in community media [ ]
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What is on July August 2014
Below, a few dates for your agenda. International Day of the Wolrds
Indigenous People- 9 August International Youth Day 12 August 2014 World
Humanitarian Day 19 August 2014 International Day or the Remembrance of
the Slave Trade and its abolition 23 August 2014 International Day of the
Victims of Enforced Disappearances [ ]
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