LONDON – The BBC services for Afghanistan have grown by nearly 80% over the past four years, the BBC Global Audience Measure (GAM) for 2018 has shown. Content from BBC News Pashto and BBC News Dari as well as BBC News Persian and BBC News Uzbek now reaches a weekly audience of 11.8m – more than 60% of the country’s adult population. BBC World Service Near East Region Editor, Saleem Patka, commented: “The fact that the BBC is now serving more than 60% of people in … [Read more...] about BBC News reaches over 60% of adults in Afghanistan
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BBC Uzbek News launches on Arezo TV
BBC World Service is expanding in Afghanistan with the launch of a TV news programme for the country’s Uzbek-speaking audience. The BBC Uzbek news bulletins will be broadcast on Arezo TV between 18.00 and 18.10 local time, Monday to Friday. The launch is part of the biggest expansion of the World Service since the 1940s. Broadcast from the BBC’s headquarters in London, the 10-minute programme is presented by the BBC Uzbek journalists, Firuz Rahimi and Luiza Iskandariy. The hard-hitting, … [Read more...] about BBC Uzbek News launches on Arezo TV
Ten Sports to broadcast UEFA football competitions till 2018
Mumbai – Ten Sports has bagged the rights for the most sought after and premium football competitions, the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League for the next cycle of three seasons starting 2015-16. Ten Sports, who are also the incumbent broadcast rights holders for the properties have been broadcasting these premier football competitions since 2006-07. UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League rights had become the most key football property up for acquisition and Ten … [Read more...] about Ten Sports to broadcast UEFA football competitions till 2018
WikiLeaks announces documentary film
Mediastan tracks the WikiLeaks team's journey as they travel through Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and other 'stans in 2011 in their attempt to release US diplomatic cables to media outlets around the world. "Mediastan is an acid-test, where depending on how the film is treated by the media you can understand where their boundaries and allegiances are," said Johannes Wahlstrom, Swedish journalist and the film's director. … [Read more...] about WikiLeaks announces documentary film
Dentsu wins broadcast rights in Asia for upcoming Olympics
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced it that has reached an agreement with Dentsu Inc. for the Olympic broadcast rights in 17 countries across Asia for the XXII Olympic Winter Games (2014) in Sochi, Russia, the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (2016) in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, and the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games (2014) in Nanjing, China. Dentsu has acquired exclusive gatekeeper broadcaster rights for the three editions of the Games in … [Read more...] about Dentsu wins broadcast rights in Asia for upcoming Olympics
“Got Talent” breaks record with 55 local versions
London - FremantleMedia and Syco Entertainment celebrate Got Talent's 55th local adaptation – a record unequalled by any other talent show in history. Afghanistan’s Got Talent will launch later this year on 1TV Media and comes on the back of the recent launches of Brazil’s Got Talent (Got Talent Brasil) on Rede Record, and Kazakhstan’s Got Talent (Жұлдызды Ñәт) on Kazakhstan 1, earlier this … [Read more...] about “Got Talent” breaks record with 55 local versions
