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Alhurra Television in Co-Production With Egypt’s Al Hayah TV
Alhurra, The BBG’s 24-hour Arabic satellite news channel, is co-producing “The President – Egypt 2012″ with local Egyptian channel Al Hayah TV 2… In a unique co-production arrangement, Alhurra...
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BBG Adds Tripoli Transmitter for Radio Sawa
Overcoming numerous shipping and logistical hurdles, the BBG has signed on an FM transmitter in Tripoli, Libya, serving a potential 2 million people with Radio Sawa… The BBG has signed on an new...
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BBC Global Audience Up By 14 Million; Arabic and Persian Drive Gains
Despite facing significant budget cuts, the BBC has managed to increase its global weekly audience by 6% in the past year to an estimated 239 million, driven primarily by strong audience gains from the...
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BBG Broadcasters Migrate To Shared Web Publishing Platform: Save $1 Million
Four of the five BBG broadcasters have now migrated to the same web publishing platform – developed by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – saving more than $1 million a year… Screen capture of the RFE/RL...
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BBG Global Audience Estimated at 175 Million Weekly
The BBG has released its weekly audience estimate for 2012. Combined, BBG broadcasters reach 175 million people each week with gains in Iran, Libya, and Ethiopia; losses in Indonesia… BBG Broadcasters...
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New Law Ends Smith-Mundt Ban On Domestic Dissemination Of Content
President Barack Obama this week signed into law a provision that lifts a nearly 65-year ban on domestic distribution of BBG content. But for BBG broadcasters, it’s business as usual… As part of a...
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BBG Releases 2012 Annual Report
The report, which is available for download, features highlights from the five BBG broadcasters, audience profiles, budget allocations, and more… In the past year, the BBG and its broadcasters broke...
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Radio Sawa to Expand Into the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
The BBG has signed a media cooperation agreement that will bring Middle East Broadcasting Networks’ Radio Sawa to Nouakchott, the capital city of Mauritania… BBG Director of Strategy and Development...
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Syria Stories Website Attempts to Humanize Syrian Conflict
With the Syrian conflict at times being reported in a blur of statistics, Middle East Broadcasting Networks aims to tell the story of six Syrians and their ongoing plight with a project called “Syria...
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BBG Audience at Record Level; Doubles in Ten Years
The BBG has released its audience estimate for 2013. With 206 million people tuning in or logging on each week, the audience is at an all time high — more than doubling in the past ten years… BBG...
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Download Stats Show Radio Sawa Mobile App is Expanding Reach Beyond Transmitters
Radio Sawa’s new mobile app allows users to access breaking news, music, and other Radio Sawa programming instantly — while expanding into regions beyond the reach of its transmitters… By Layla Ilchi...
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U.S. House of Representatives Passes Bill to Overhaul BBG
Legislation would eliminate the BBG, position VOA as a public diplomacy tool, and consolidate Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and Middle East Broadcasting Networks into a single...
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With African Population Set to Double in 35 Years, BBG Working to Meet...
By mid-century, one in four people will be African. By 2100, 40% of the world’s population will be African. The BBG is laying the groundwork to better meet the needs for Africa’s exploding population…...
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BBG Hires Andy Lack as First CEO
Veteran CBS/NBC/Sony/Bloomberg journalist and media executive Andy Lack to join the BBG in the newly created role of Chief Executive Officer… Andy Lack. Photo credit Bloomberg. Via BBG Press Release...
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BBG Audience Climbs Again to Record High; Rises By 50 Million In Just Four Years
The Broadcasting Board of Governors has released its Global Audience Estimate for 2014, and at 215 million people each week, the audience is at an all-time high… The five major brands that make up U.S....
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BBG Mobile Apps Recognized at Global Mobile Awards
Three new BBG mobile apps gained kudos at last week’s Mobile World Congress. Two of the apps help inform audiences, while a third assists journalists in newsgathering… The Radio Sawa mobile app. Via...
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BBG Audience At an All Time High – Fueled by VOA, Television, Digital
BBG broadcasters now boast a weekly audience of 226 million people – up more than 60 million in five years. The BBG broadcasters also scored well with audiences in terms of trust, understanding, and...
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