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Corona-Virus: Solidarity with the cultural and creative industries

Corona-Virus: Solidarity with the cultural and creative industries 2400 1350 SOS - Save our Spectrum

The European cultural and creative industries have been affected by the pandemic to an alarming extent. Thousands of events have to be cancelled. Organisers, distributors and artists are left with their fixed costs without any income. The initiative “SOS – Save Our Spectrum” welcomes all efforts to support companies in the cultural and creative industries.…

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“Bad Banks” Actor Marc Limpach: “The sound has to be right”

“Bad Banks” Actor Marc Limpach: “The sound has to be right” 1125 750 SOS - Save our Spectrum

Marc Limpach first received attention in Europe for his acting in the successful series “Bad Banks” aired on ZDF/arte. In the series, he plays the Luxembourg banker Luc Jacoby. Limpach, who is also a lawyer, got his start in the theatre world. He has been curating the program of the renowned Kassemattentheater in Luxembourg since…

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Book suggestion: „There’s not much in entertainment that provides an experience like live music“

Book suggestion: „There’s not much in entertainment that provides an experience like live music“ 1720 1292 SOS - Save our Spectrum

The new book “Rockonomics” describes the changes in the music world, its production, distribution, etc. Author is Alan B. Krueger, he was an economics professor at Princeton. He impressively describes the music business of today, and he has an international perspective. The author often looks to China, Asia in general, and also to Europe. All…

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5G and wireless microphones

5G and wireless microphones 1625 1125 SOS - Save our Spectrum

What is 5G? Can wireless production resources use 5G? Will there be a technical solution for radio microphones? Our graphic gives an overview and describes the problems. Here you can download the graphic as a PDF file .

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World Radiocommunication Conference approves studies on the use of the UHF band

World Radiocommunication Conference approves studies on the use of the UHF band 2560 1707 SOS - Save our Spectrum

The 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) has ended. The result in one sentence: It was possible to prevent the early allocation of cultural frequencies to mobile radio, but only extensive studies up to the next World Radiocommunication Conference in 2023 (WRC-23) will bring the decision. It was close. But the compromise of the 2015 World…

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Germany: Shortage of Spectrum is noticeable – The future of UHF Radio Frequences

Germany: Shortage of Spectrum is noticeable – The future of UHF Radio Frequences 1387 1003 SOS - Save our Spectrum

Presenting shows and to guarantee speech intelligibility, event and theatre productions use wireless microphones. With the Digital Dividends 1 and 2, the creative sector has lost access to about 50 percent of the spectrum that it has traditionally had access to – a deficiency that massively restricts production. The substitute spectrum promised by the politicians…

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European campaign for cultural frequencies starts with video clip

European campaign for cultural frequencies starts with video clip 1916 1101 SOS - Save our Spectrum

“CHEAK!” Is the name of the young band from Luxembourg, which was selected for a Europe-wide video clip to secure cultural frequencies. The “SOS – Save Our Spectrum” initiative is campaigning for the 2019 World Radiocommunications Conference to ensure that in the future there will also be frequency ranges for wireless production equipment such as…

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Frequency Shortage: Will the ESC 2020 be the last in Europe?

Frequency Shortage: Will the ESC 2020 be the last in Europe? 855 400 SOS - Save our Spectrum

The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in 2020 will take place in the Netherlands. This is the success of the Dutch singer Duncan Laurence, who won this year’s contest. The next ESC will take place in Rotterdam. But are there enough frequencies?

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The UHF frequency band must continue to be available for the PMSE-users and radio!

The UHF frequency band must continue to be available for the PMSE-users and radio! 4586 2419 SOS - Save our Spectrum

Dr. Jochen Zenthöfer 16/10/2019 Berlin/Karlsruhe. The motion tabled in the Bundestag by the Free Democratic Party (FDP) entitled “safeguarding radio frequencies for media and culture for the long term” (German Bundestag printed paper 19/11035) will be deliberated on by the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure. FDP Member of the Bundestag Christian…

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