Public and commercial radio broadcasters from 13 nations will pro...
Public and commercial radio broadcasters from 13 nations will produce and simultaneously broadcast daily news, analysis, debates and major events programs across Europe starting in April, Institutional Relations and Communications Strategy Commissioner Margot Wallstrom said Tuesday. Euranet, a consortium…
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of 16 radio stations with seven associate stations, will roll out a common Internet portal later this year, she told a press briefing. The European Commission (EC) will spend 5.8 million euros per year on the unique service for five years in an effort to bring European issues closer to citizens, she said. The broadcasts, 30 to 60 minutes per day, initially will be in 10 languages, eventually incorporating all 23 EU languages, the EC said. Meanwhile, the EC will lay out its audiovisual communications strategy, especially for radio and TV, in April, Wallstrom’s spokesman told us. The proposals still are taking shape, but the main points likely will involve creating a network of TV stations resembling Euranet, and expanding the EC’s “Europe by Satellite” service from one channel to two so it offers more live coverage of events while giving audiovisual professionals raw material such as stock shots and video news releases for broadcasts, he said.