well as on TV monitors in the
organisation’s public spaces. NHK
WORLD TV provides a 24-hour
programming cycle, including
the network’s signature news
show,
Newsline
. In addition, a
variety of perspectives on world
financial affairs can be found on
Asia This Week
,
Asia Biz Forecast
and
Asian Voices
. The channel
also offers a range of technology,
lifestyle and cultural programmes,
including
great gear
,
Seasoning
the Seasons
,
cool japan
,
J-FLICKS
and
Dining with the chef
, plus
documentaries and specials.
Other international news
channels available at the UN
include BBC World, Al Jazeera,
France 24, TV5 Monde, MSNBC
and CNN International.
MOBILE APPS IN
KSA
A new Arab Advisors Group
survey of Saudi Arabia’s
mobile application users
released in June revealed
that young users dominate
the ranks of mobile app
users: over half of adult
mobile apps users are less
than 34 years old. The survey
also showed that around a
quarter of Saudi’s mobile app
users are not aware of the
operating system of their
smartphone. Mobile app
users constitute some 55%
of total cellular users in KSA.
2014 DEATH TOLL
The International News
Safety Institute’s biannual
survey of news media
casualties says Ukraine was
the most dangerous country
for journalists in the first six
months of 2014 with seven
members of the news media
killed. 61 journalists have
died carrying out their work
worldwide – 21 more than in
the same period last year.
Most dangerous countries:
Ukraine 7, Iraq 6, Syria 5,
Pakistan 5, Afghanistan 4,
Philippines 3; employer/
commissioner: TV 23, radio
16, press 14, news agency 6,
online 1; status in country:
local 49, foreign 12.
DIGITAL
SERVICES VAT
From 1 January 2015, tax on
the supply of broadcasting,
telecommunications and
electronic services (‘digital
services’) to private consumers
will be paid in the European
Union Member State where
the consumer is located.
Businesses will have to
register for VAT in every EU
member state where they
supply digital services to
consumers. However,
businesses using the VAT
Mini One Stop Shop (VAT
MOSS) online service will be
able to submit a quarterly
return and payment to a
single EU member state tax
authority to cover all their
EU business-to-consumer
supplies.
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MEDIA MARKETS
Short news video on
the rise in Poland
According to Polish video news
provider x-news, the market for
short news video is growing
rapidly. Owned by TVN Agency, x-
news is the leading service of its
kind in Poland. Online media
may publish the x-news content
using their own players or,
alternatively, the x-link player
offered by TVN Agency. In May,
video items published on the x-
link player generated over 10m
views.
X-news makes over 4,000
video items available to the
media on a monthly basis –
mainly on politics, sports,
showbiz and the economy. This
includes items produced by the
TVN Agency and other members
of the TVN Group (including
TVN24, Poland's leading 24-hour
news channel), as well as clips
supplied by international
partners (including CNN
Newsource, Cihan News Agency,
several dozen ENEX channels
across the globe, and Storyful
social media agency).
As more Polish web portals
publish video content produced
by TVN Agency, the service is
looking for suppliers of news
content from all around the
world – both international and
local.
Japan International Broadcasting,
the distribution company of
NHK’s international channels,
has entered into a five-year
partnership with the United
Nations Headquarters in New
York City which brings NHK
WORLD TV, the stand-alone 24-
hour English-language TV news
and lifestyle network, to the UN‘s
In-House Network channel. The
service launched on May 1, and
the official signing ceremony at
the UN on June 26 was attended
by Tsuruo Mochizuki, DG of NHK
General Bureau for America.
NHK WORLD TV is the first
outside news channel broadcasting
in HD on the In-House Network.
All UN staff can view the network
on their desk-top computers, as
IN BRIEF
Pixel Party
creative
Pixel Party, a creative services
company based out of Delhi and
Mumbai, is making a name for
itself among leading national and
regional broadcasters in India
with its innovative ideas for
channel packaging, show
packaging and on air promotions.
For the launch of India's first
Gujarati business channel on
1 July Pixel Party created the
entire channel packaging,
branding, design and graphics.
CNBC BAJAR is part of the
Network18 Group, the market
leader in news and entertainment,
which includes leading channels
CNBC-TV18, CNBC AWAAZ,
CNN-IBN,IBN7, IBN LOKMAT,
the ETV Network and Viacom18
(Colors), MTV,VH1, Comedy
Central, Sonic and Nickelodeon.
CNBC BAJAR is a first-of-its-
kind in Indian TV and caters for
the niche segment of investors,
traders and affluent global
citizens of enterprise and
industry – the Gujarati community
being India’s most dynamic
business community. Pixel Party
co-founder and director Sumit
Grover who previously was at the
helm of creative direction at
CNBC AWAAZ, India’s top-rated
business news channel, says the
company has also been given a
one-year mandate of packaging
shows for the sports division of
Star India.
#BE PART of DW GMF
2,300 delegates from 120
countries attended the 2014
Deutsche Welle Global Media
Forum which focused on "From
Information to Participation –
Challenges for the Media." DW
Director General Peter Limbourg
said events such as the protests
in Brazil and Kiev's Maidan
demonstrations illustrate how
new approaches to media are
leading to "more active
participation, community
involvement and interest in the
political decision-making
processes." The 2015 Global
Media Forum (June 22 – 24) will
focus on the tense relationship
between media and foreign
policy in the digital age.
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