In keeping with traditions that looked long gone, the French Parliament rose to the challenge of spearheading the fight for shielding the so-called “cultural spectrum” from the ambitions of other sectors, notably the mobile industry. More precisely, the European affairs Committee has just adopted a proposition of European resolution whose single article sounds like an…
read morehttps://open.overheid.nl/documenten/e67f906a-1324-4ea8-b136-4a0a92f2a3eb/file Wider Spectrum Group , SRF study (page 30) and German alliance (page 37) mentioned “Terrestrial broadcasting is the backbone of the European audiovisual industry and of European content production and exposition, which is still financed by more than 74% by broadcasters,” says the Wider Spectrum group, [Fn 16] an advocacy organisation backed by the…
read moreOur leaders are feeling more compelled by the day to turn the EU – often referred to as “the world’s unique peace project – into a military alliance. Since this existential U-turn has yet to dawn upon most Europeans, it is not too early to try and draw some consequences, more specifically on culture as…
read moreYemisi Bamgbose, Executive Secretary of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), has cautioned the Federal Government against selling the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) band reserved for broadcasting to telecom operators. He stressed that such a move would undermine the future of television broadcasting in Nigeria. In remarks reported by The Guardian, Bamgbose urged government to…
read moreOur friend Johannes Everke (BDKV Managing Director) says, among other things: “Cultural frequencies are as important to us as electricity or water.” “We expect a clear signal: culture needs frequencies, and it needs them permanently.” “Without frequencies, microphones can fail, as has already happened.” “We have already lost 40% of our frequencies to mobile communications.”…
read moreThe Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released its response to the consultation on the Radiocommunications (Low Interference Potential Devices) Class Licence 2025. Summary: The instrument will commence on 1 October 2025. There is no major change to the way users of wireless audio devices interact with the LIPD Licence, other than Wireless multi-channel audio…
read moreJochen Zenthöfer is the spokesperson for an international initiative called Save Our Spectrum (SOS), which aims to preserve spectrum for use by the media and cultural organisations. For example, when theatre actors or arena rockstars sing, wireless microphone spectrum is used to communicate that sound to speakers and the audience. “Prices at spectrum auctions have…
read moreThe new RSPG report leaves no doubt that terrestrial broadcasting will remain with a large majority. Yes, two countries (Sweden and Finland) have plans to switch off (p.67) – It but the RSPG survey took place before the US election and a lot has changed since then on the subjects ‘resilience’ and ‘sovereignty’. Table 4…
read moreOn June 11, 2025, the following draft European Resolution has been filed with the presidency of France’s Assemblée Nationale: https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/textes/l17b1568_proposition-resolution-europeenne.pdf For the 70+ MPs behind this bold initiative, it is all about “securing the post-2030 allocation to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) of the below 700 MHz frequency band.” The general comments below explain why this…
read moreOur balance sheet 200 press reports Lectures in 10 countries 40 ‘public consultations’ Trilingual website with 300 articles The Timeline 2015 Foundation of the initiative in Germany. Cabaret artist Thomas Pigor writes a rage song as part of the “Chanson of the Month” for Germany’s radio. In it he demands: “Save the wireless microphone!” Musician…
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