[cma-l] Community media news round-up: 22/01/09 - 06/02/09

CMA-L cma-l at commedia.org.uk
Fri Feb 6 22:35:42 GMT 2009 

Dear Colleagues

More information below from the 'Twitterverse' with the community
media news round-up from 22/01/09 to 06/02/09.

Twitter:
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If you use Twitter yourself then try to mark your posts with the
following hashtags (http://hashtags.org/) to make them easier for
other community media practitioners to discover: #communitymedia,
#communityradio, #communitytv, #DAB, #Ofcom etc.

Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/community_media - our latest
'tweets from 22/01/09 - 06/02/09 below:

Areas for improvement - 10 things #socialmedia can support in local
#government, by Ingrid Koehler: http://tr.im/f12k 16 minutes ago

Alliance for #CommunityMedia (http://bit.ly/dFKC) says telecom giant
#AT&T discriminates against local #publictv channels:
http://tr.im/f0z7 24 minutes ago

At #UNESCO various experts, researchers & practitioners will discuss
best practices in #communitymedia, 9-11/02 in #Paris:
http://tr.im/ettx about 23 hours ago

#Microsoft, #Google & #Motorola are teaming up for a new white space
#wireless network using old analogue #tv spectrum.: http://tr.im/etmh
2:14 PM yesterday

A #communityradio station in #Newport, #Wales is looking for help from
residents and businesses to help it stay on-air: http://tr.im/esxx
12:06 PM yesterday

Bid for youth #communityradio station, The Vibe in #Reading
(http://www.vibereading.com/), hit by #Ofcom delays: http://tr.im/esw3
12:03 PM yesterday

Hacking together a #communityradio station in #Amman, #Jordan against
Government obstacles, Daoud Kuttab reports: http://tr.im/ervn 9:12 AM
yesterday

On 17/02 debate begins in #Canada to review the 1999 decision to
exempt #internet content from regulation: http://tr.im/erq1 8:48 AM
yesterday

#Brooklyn Rail in conversation with directors of Pirate Radio USA
#documentary (http://bit.ly/BXFO) about illegal #radio:
http://tr.im/era7 7:42 AM yesterday

Channel M Television Limited, a #localtv service for Greater
#Manchester, has been awarded a #digital #broadcast licence:
http://tr.im/eqkg 5:17 AM yesterday

The Write To Reply website allows collaborative commenting on the
#DigitalBritain report: http://tr.im/eqgq 5:01 AM yesterday

#Ofcom U-turn on #digital dividend will require re-tune of #DTT
set-top boxes & eviction of #PMSE users from 800Mhz band:
http://tr.im/eqf4 4:50 AM yesterday

#US #digitaltv #switchover delayed until June but most stations will
switch before then to save on costs of transmission: http://tr.im/eqco
4:31 AM yesterday

Phonic FM #communityradio open meeting report: http://tr.im/ecow 6:36
AM Feb 3rd

#EU earmarks €1bn for investment in #broadband to achieve 100%
high-speed #internet coverage for all EU citizens by 2010:
http://tr.im/ecb4... 5:17 AM Feb 3rd

#Digital #Inclusion Conference to explore empowerment:
http://tr.im/ec2u 4:24 AM Feb 3rd

#Communications #Consumer Panel responds to the #UK Government's
#DigitalBritain plan: http://tr.im/ebv1 3:31 AM Feb 3rd

Plans to set up 3 Hills #communityradio station on a #Nuneaton housing
estate have been boosted with a GBP12000 grant: http://tr.im/e5zb 7:41
AM Feb 2nd

#Ofcom has announced that Channel M TV Ltd is the bidder for the
758-766 MHz (#Manchester) #communitytv spectrum licence:
http://tr.im/e4we 3:44 AM Feb 2nd

#AMARC #World #Social #Forum '09 - #bio-diversity, #climate, #ethnic &
#cultural #diversity, #colonialism, #media, #radio: http://tr.im/dnra
1:59 AM Jan 30th

#Guardian says HMG committed 2 #DAB #radio but doesn't see why
#analogue & #digitalradio cannot co-exist, #digitalbritain:
http://tr.im/dnqd 1:50 AM Jan 30th

#DCLG Secretary Hazel Blears sees councils providing pivotal support
to #communities through the global economic downturn:
http://tr.im/dj3j 8:39 AM Jan 29th

RT @charlesarthur further into Digital Britain you go the more it's
written by sixth-formers #digitalbritain 6:35 AM Jan 29th from web

RT @jackschofield: "Digital Britain" -- Lord Carter reports, we report
http://bit.ly/Nx2z [Blog post links to Guardian] #digitalbritain 6:34
AM Jan 29th from web

A #Manchester, #UK online #communityradio station launched a new show
dedicated 2 Forever Manchester (http://bit.ly/Dzvw): http://tr.im/ddfg
2:10 PM Jan 28th

Five 'rogue' #communityradio stations in #Thailand face closure:
http://tr.im/ddem 2:07 PM Jan 28th

#Manchester #Community #Information #Network (#MCIN) Increasing Social
Inclusion Using ICT Annual Report 2008 is online: http://tr.im/dddz
2:04 PM Jan 28th

#UK #thirdsector organisations report working with #local #public
sector bodies can have positive effect on their success:
http://tr.im/d9j2 3:34 AM Jan 28th

#Mobile #phones & #communityradio together for #development in #rural
#Africa, #NGO: http://tr.im/d5de 3:29 PM Jan 27th

#Communityradio director in #Paraguay #murdered, #citizen,
#journalism, #communication, #rights: http://tr.im/d5cr 3:25 PM Jan
27th

16th International Conference of the Association for #Learning
#Technology - ALT-C 2009 #Manchester, #UK, 8-10/09/09:
http://tr.im/21f5 10:40 AM Jan 27th

#Slashdot debate on seizure of #UK #Indymedia server re animal trial
judge's contact details, #citizen, #journalism: http://tr.im/cvf1 1:31
PM Jan 26th

Statement by #UK #Indymedia re seizure of server to protect animal
trial judge's contact details, #citizen, #journalism:
http://tr.im/cveb 1:28 PM Jan 26th

#DCLG #Blears began a series of visits across the #UK to see how local
leaders respond to pressures in their #communities: http://tr.im/cvcn
1:22 PM Jan 26th

#communityradio, #digitalradio can help fight #gang #violence in
#Brazil's favelas with #AfroReggae: http://tr.im/cbw4 9:17 AM Jan 24th

Re #digitalmentors, 2/3 #US Americans _without_ #broadband don't want
it, no matter how cheap or fast the connection is: http://tr.im/c910
11:56 PM Jan 23rd

#DAB shop booster relays could break #UK #consumer #law:
http://tr.im/c0cq 3:22 AM Jan 23rd

ESoDoc - #European #Social #Documentary initiative in #humanrights,
#social #justice and #environmental #protection: http://tr.im/25ly
3:09 AM Jan 23rd

#UK #cops seize #Indymedia mirror server to protect personal details
of trial judge #media #journalism #citizen #activism:
http://tr.im/c06i 2:54 AM Jan 23rd

Asian Star #communityradio station in Slough is to launch on
#SkyDigital from Sunday 1st February on Sky EPG 0213:
http://tr.im/btwy 1:43 PM Jan 22nd

Madurai Kamaraj University is to start a #communityradio service in
Andipatti to apply technology to rural development: http://tr.im/btwf
1:36 PM Jan 22nd

£6 million #funing available for #social #entrepreneurs:
http://tr.im/bpxn 5:24 AM Jan 22nd

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