X-Nico

unusual facts about public broadcaster



2009 Georgian demonstrations

On 8 April, the Tbilisi-based pro-opposition Maestro TV aired a brief video, informing the public that the opposition and their supporters will start gathering at three various venues in the capital city – in Avlabari Square, Tbilisi State University and at the public broadcaster’s office subsequently to join outside the Parliament in Rustaveli Avenue.

XHLEG-TV

TV4 or TV CU4TRO (XHLEG-TV Cuatro) is the state-owned public broadcaster serving the Mexican state of Guanajuato.


see also

Cuatro

TV Cuatro (TVCU4TRO), is the brand name of TV4 León (XHLEG-TV), the public broadcaster for the Mexican state of Guanajuato.

Dušan Mitević

From 1989 to 1991 he was director of Radio Television Belgrade (RTB, later renamed Radio Television of Serbia in 1992), Serbia's public broadcaster, during the breakup of Yugoslavia and the ascent to power of Slobodan Milošević.

Emphasis, Stuttgart 1961

Emphasis, Stuttgart 1961 is an album by the Jimmy Giuffre 3 recorded live at the Liederhalle in Stuttgart, Germany, November 7, 1961, by the regional public broadcaster Sueddeutscher Rundfunk.

Flight, Bremen 1961

Flight, Bremen 1961 is an album by the Jimmy Giuffre 3 recorded live at Sendesaal of regional public broadcaster Radio Bremen, Germany, on November 23, 1961.

GPB

Georgian Public Broadcaster, the national public broadcaster of the nation of Georgia

Graham Yost

Born in Etobicoke, he is the son of Canadian television personality Elwy Yost, the longtime host of the public broadcaster TVOntario's Saturday Night at the Movies.

IMN

Al Iraqiya, formerly IMN, a satellite and terrestrial public broadcaster and television network in Iraq

La Puerta del Cielo / Seven Lives

The track "Seven Lives" had been featured on German TV as the signature theme to the public broadcaster EinsFestival's coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Leo Kirch

As his company rose to become one of the most important private media companies in the then West Germany, the country's second public broadcaster, ZDF, came to depend on it heavily for films and other programs, partly as a result of companies that appeared to be competing actually being owned by Kirch.

PR1

Polskie Radio Program I, a radio channel broadcast by the Polish public broadcaster Polskie Radio

Privacy International

In July 2012, the French Minister for the Digital Economy, Fleur Pellerin, announced her opposition to exports of surveillance technology to repressive regimes during a radio show hosted by Le Monde and public broadcaster France Culture.

Radio Moldova Tineret

Radio Moldova Tineret is a youth-oriented radio station, owned by the public broadcaster TRM.

RTÉ Board

The RTÉ Board is a seven-member body which makes policy and guiding corporate direction for RTÉ, Ireland's state public broadcaster.

RTVE Interactive

In November 2013, RTVE launched +TVE, a consumer application to watch and share mobile phone and tablet content of programs and sports broadcasts of the public broadcaster.

Serbian language

For example, the public broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia, predominantly uses the Cyrillic script whereas the privately run broadcasters, like RTV Pink, predominantly use the Latin script.

Shay Byrne

In 2005, Byrne joint the Irish public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann, after his wife spotted an advert for continuity announcers, he began working on shows with Ryan Tubridy and Derek Mooney.

Signing of the Treaty of Lisbon

The television coverage of the ceremony was produced by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the public broadcaster of Portugal.

Silent Witness

The show is also broadcast on Swedish commercial channel Sjuan, in the Netherlands by public broadcaster KRO, Belgium on VRT channel Canvas and in Finland on the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle using the name "Hiljainen todistaja", which is a direct translation of the original title.

Two Thousand Acres of Sky

The first season of Himmelblå was aired by the Swedish public broadcaster SVT and by the Icelandic public broadcaster RUV during the autumn 2009.

Viva Zapatero!

Viva Zapatero! is titled after the famous "Viva Zapata!" and it also refers to the Spanish prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who, immediately after gaining power in Spain, ensured that the head of the state-run public broadcaster would no longer be a political appointee (as opposed to Italy).