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New TV-Magazin in Connemara/Ireland – only two operators in the gallery
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Irish member stations RTE and TG4 hosted major celebrations in the West of Ireland in July to celebrate the decentralisation of the Irish language TV news service from the Dublin capital to the new regional base at TG4 Headquarters in Connemara on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.
The day also saw the inauguration of the new Ross overdrive control room system which is a two person operation and is the system now driving the RTE and TG4 national nightly Gaelic news bulletins. Any CIRCOM members interested in getting more information on this can contact CIRCOM President Michael Lally who is also the boss of the entire new service.
Also at the launch was CIRCOM Gen Sec Peter Sauer, TG4 boss Pol O Gallachoir, Chairman of RTE Tom Savage, BBC Head of Regions and Nations Pat Loughrey. Messages of congratulations were received from the Irish prime Minister Brian Cowen and the leaders of all main political parties.
The new service is transmitting 45 minutes of TV news daily.
Training Summit
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The President and the General Secretary of CIRCOM, Michael Lally and Peter Sauer, hosted a meeting on training in Dublin in July to plan for this years VJ course in Budapest, perform an early assessment of CESA and to further examine the potential for commercial media training.
The meeting was attended by Anita Bhalla from BBC and CIRCOM Training Executive Karol Cioma.
A full report will be presented to the next EC meeting in Brussels.
PIERRE COUCHARD, Executive Committee CIRCOM dies suddenly
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It is hard to find words in this situation. Being in Groningen to prepare this year’s Annual conference of Circom Regional, we received the sad news that our colleague Pierre Couchard from RTBF in Brussels had died.
Pierre, one of the founders of CIRCOM, was a long time friend and supporter of the Association and contributed immensely to build Circom into a strong, healthy and vibrant organisation.
Friendship is the term the Circom family associates with Pierre Couchard.
Only last week he was working on European co-productions trying to establish collaboration between European stations.
We will remember him as a brilliant journalist, reliable friend and a great European.
We express our deepest sympathy to his wife and family.
Colleague Ahmed Hadzijamakovic died last week
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We have received sad news that our colleague Ahmed Hadzijamakovic from RTBH in Sarajevo died last week.
Ahmed was a long time National Coordinator for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Member of the European Board of CIRCOM Regional.
We will remember him as an exceptional professionalist and a reliable friend.
We express our deepest sympathy to his wife and family.
Your Balaton Summer – European Cultural exchange weeks in summer 2009
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Call for Applications – ”Your Balaton Summer” – The 1st European Cultural Exchange Programme of MTV
MTV is pleased to announce its 1st European Cultural Exchange programme, the ”Your Balaton Summer”.
Join the crew of ”Balaton Summer”, the television news programme of MTV for a week, tell your experiences and make your own Balaton story!
Every summer the colleagues of the regional stations of MTV work on a common project at Lake Balaton, in Hungary, and produce a 5 minute information-news programme, the "Balaton Summer" (Balatoni Nyár).
This summer, for the 1st time the Balaton crew would like to invite 11 video journalists (one per week) from all over Europe to join the crew of the ”Balaton Summer”. The opportunity is open to young and ambitious journalists who are ready to work as video journalists.
Applications will be considered from people who work in news who wish to get experiences working abroad as video journalists.
Candidates should speak good English!
The participation is free of charge. MTV will provide for all successful applications free accommodation with breakfast, lunch and dinner. The candidates / their stations should cover only the travel costs to Budapest.
The European Intercultural Programme begins on Sunday June 7th until Sunday, August 23rd and it works on a weekly basis.
Applications must be received by Friday, May 8th 2009.
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please return to Erika Kocsor: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
If you need any further information, e-mail to Erika Kocsor, Circom National Coordinator of Hungary.
