As of August 2023. Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cameroon Central African Republic (CAR) Chad Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cote d’Ivoire Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Niger Rwanda…
read moreGovernment’s plan to grow the creative industries by £50bn and support a million more jobs by 2030, with £77m of new funding for the sector announced Advanced screen and performance technology research labs to be based in Yorkshire, Dundee, Belfast and Buckinghamshire £50m to support more regional creative clusters, plus extra cash for music venues,…
read moreThese countries share the position of APWPT e.V. and SOS – Save Our Spectrum for a “No change” at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023. The UHF band between 470 and 694 MHz must be preserved for media and culture! Spain CPG#5, 25.-29. April 2022, Bornholm https://www.cept.org/ecc/groups/ecc/cpg/client/meeting-documents/?flid=30195 Spain provided the following statement: In relation…
read more“Without continuous access to the entire 470-694 MHz frequency range, it becomes impossible to host an event like the Glastonbury Festival,” says the new EBU study “BROADCASTERS’ SPECTRUM NEEDS FOR AUDIO PMSE APPLICATIONS,” which we linked to here: https://tech.ebu.ch/publications/tr075 Conclusions: Especially in these times of fake news and hate speech, broadcasting continues to be of…
read moreIn May 2023, more than 100 cultural and media organizations call on decision makers, governments and regulators to protect production and distribution via the lower UHF spectrum band (470 and 694 Megahertz). At the World Radiocommunication Conference in the autumn of 2023, there is a risk of transferring this frequency band to mobile broadband services.…
read moreOnePaper C2E3 OnePaper C2E3 only text OnePaper C2E3 only text (ger) OnePaper C2E3 only text (fr) OnePaper C2E3 only text (esp) Llamamiento a Europa 2023 El espectáculo debe con/nuar: vota para proteger la cultura y los medios de comunicación Supporters C2E3 long version C2E3 long version without citation Quote Nicholas Ofczarek Actor Quote Olivia Klemke…
read moreIn its new “Spectrum Statement”, the British government has fortunately stated that PMSE has a permanent need for frequencies in the range between 470 and 694 MHZ (TV-UHF band). This is what the paper literally says: “[…] and other surrounding factors on the future format of broadcasting and the importance of Programme Making and Special…
read moreThe UK government reiterated at the end of March 2023 that it supports the “no change” position at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 in Dubai. This is excellent. Thus, the frequencies for culture, wireless microphones and television will be protected. In response to a question from Emma Hardy MP (Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull…
read moreThe Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held respectively from July 26 to August 11, 2024 and from August 28 to September 8, 2024. The Spectrum Booking Portal (SBP) allows a stakeholder to create requests for frequencies according to the Spectrum Management Plan, which defines rules, policies, and conditions regarding the usage of wireless equipment…
read moreThe initiative SOS – Save Our Spectrum visited the Luxembourgian municipality of Betzdorf and held talks there. All children of Grand Duke Jean were born at Betzdorf Castle: Princess Marie-Astrid (February 17, 1954), Grand Duke Henri (April 16, 1955), Prince Jean and Princess Margaretha (May 15, 1957) and Prince Guillaume (May 1, 1963). In the…
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