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Spanish region of Catalonia plans to introduce third media sector |
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Wednesday, 16 December 2009 |
 Representatives of the non profit media sector voiced their views about a draft decree on the audiovisual sector on a public hearing hosted by the Catalan government (Generalitat de Catalunya) and the media regulator, the Audiovisual Council of Catalunya (Consell Audiovisual de Catalunya), at a meeting held in Barcelona on 10 December 2009. Community Media Forum Europe's Board member Núria Reguero (first speaker on the left in the picture, with the Consell de l’Audiovisual de Catalunya’s adviser, D. Comas and the Catalan Assembly for Social Communication’s representative, L. Bergés) was invited to comment on the decree’s contents, together with speakers from the Catalan Association of Social Communication, during a round table devoted to the third sector’s view. Other round tables were organised representing the Government, the academy and the commercial sector points of view.
The Decree’s draft on non profit media services (Projecte de Decret sobre els serveis de comunicació audiovisuals sense ànim de lucre a Catalunya) aims at introducing the possibility to grant licenses to these media, putting them on the same level as the public and the private sectors. The regulation will be applicable – from the second half of 2010- to media projects from non-profit associations and foundations representing communities currently without access to public and commercial media, that should be open to the participation in management and content production processes to the communities they will serve. |
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CMFE, AMARC Europe and ReMC joint declaration to support community media in Spain |
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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 |
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 The Community Media Forum Europe, in collaboration with the Spain's Red de Medios Comunitarios (ReMC) and the European branch World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, AMARC Europe have released a joint Declaration to support the community media sector in Spain.
The Spanish Government has published recently the Draft of the Audiovisual’s General Law (Ley General del Audiovisual) which may regulate all broadcast services, until now spread on different regulatory frameworks. Despite the draft law recognises the community media sector, ReMC claims for the inclusion of measures granting and promoting the sector’s activity. What is more, the forthcoming law imposes restrictions and conditions from which commercial stations are exempted. On the other hand, the draft law has been criticized by the regional Governments of Catalonia, Andalusia and Navarra, as well as unions and other organizations because of the lack of participatory measures as well as the lack of consultation during the project’s elaboration since its definitive approval.
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Community Communication @ IAMCR 2010 |
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Research -
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Monday, 07 December 2009 |
 The general theme for IAMCR’s 2010 conference is 'Communication and Citizenship: Rethinking Crisis and Change'. The Community Communication Section is calling for papers that investigate the relationship between community or alternative media, empowerment, social policy and citizenship. Community media projects have traditionally sought to provide access to under-represented groups. Recent research has highlighted that these practices contest and redefine conventional notions of ‘citizenship’. - How successful has this body of work been in influencing social and media policies?
- What does ‘participation’ mean in the context of community and alternative media and how does it differ from other forms of media participation (such as social networking)?
- How can the values, methods and structures of community-based and alternative media production help to create a more open an egalitarian online media environment? How can their experiences inform debates on Internet regulation and digital broadcasting?
- What theories and methods are appropriate for investigating the relationship between community or alternative media and citizenship?
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Civilmedia09: conference sessions now available online |
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Thursday, 05 November 2009 |
 The Civilmedia 09 UnConference, held in Salzburg on 5 - 7 November 2009, was a landmark at the end of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009.
In bringing together international and national alternative media practitioners, researchers, policy makers, activists, and community development workers, the conference reviewed the importance of community media and Web 2.0 in fostering social as well as technological innovation. > Access all the recordings of the conference with audio, video and photo streams from Salzburg |
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Community Radio campaign in Britain: sign the petition to the Prime Minister |
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Monday, 20 July 2009 |
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 On 20 July 2009, in an Open Letter to the Prime Minister, community radio leaders, media scholars and experts, including 60 community radio stations, called for a fair settlement for community radio including a sizeable increase in the Community Radio Fund. Now you can add your voice to their call.
To sign the petition, please click here
For updates on Twitter click here
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