Tanzania – Insider https://blogs.dw.com/insider The latest news about DW and its services. Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:23:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Market roundup: June 2013 https://blogs.dw.com/insider/2013/06/13/market-roundup-june-2013/ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:57:03 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/insider/?p=2269

Latin America
Mexiquense TV, the public broadcaster for the Mexican state of México, is now featuring the DW programs Enclaces and Reporteros en el Mundo as a part of its lineup. Mexiquense, also known as Canal 34 by locals, is a part of the nationwide broadcasting network La Red and already includes the DW journals En Forma and Prism as a part of its programming. Together with the new formats you can find DW programming in 15 time slots every week. Canal 34 is also available in México on cable and DTH providers bringing DW programming to a potential audience of 40 million.

DW has signed a strategic partnership with Lanacion.com in Argentina, providing content to the most visited website in Argentina.

Africa
DW is expanding its cooperation with the Sahara Media Group, one of Tanzania’s leading media groups. DW’s English program is now available as part of the group’s digital-terrestrial television program “Continental”. The Sahara Media Group also includes Radio Free Africa and Star TV – both of which have been long-time DW partners. According to DW’s research, 43 percent of the Kiswahili target audience listens to Radio Free Africa and 10 percent lists Star TV as their primary source of information.

DW has signed its first partner in Chad with Radio FM Liberté. The station will be incorporating DW’s French radio programming into its lineup.

Europe
After a two-year hiatus, you can once again watch DW programming in Hungary. The popular shows Tomorrow Today, Euromaxx and Arts.21 will be broadcast on channels M1 and M2 of the public broadcaster, MTVA. MTVA is also a partner of the DW series World Stories. All DW programming is being dubbed into Hungarian for broadcast.

In the context of a joint project with DW’s Russian premium partner, Newsru.com, a DW-Widget will be built into the website. It will display seven of the latest and most popular articles from dw.de/russian.

Online
What happens off-camera at Journal? What does Learning by Ear do so well and what challenges are overcome by DWAkademie? For four weeks now, DW users and employees alike have gone online at dw.de/mydw and clicked their way through the numerous departments in Bonn or Berlin to learn more about the work that is being done by DW professionals. With 360, DW is offering fans around the world an inside look at how producers, trainers, project and department managers all overcome challenges every day to create programming and run projects. The online special is available in German, English and Spanish.

Notes
DW’s Distribution Department in cooperation with International Marketing has organized four workshops at the 2013 Global Media Forum. On June 17, there will be a panel on the growth potential of Pay TV and the teaching of values in Latin America. The following day, there will be two panels focusing on the economic growth in the Asian media industry and the challenges for free speech and freedom of the press. High ranking CEO’s and regional media representatives promise to provide an exciting presentation and discussion.

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Learning by Ear via mobile in Tanzania https://blogs.dw.com/insider/2011/09/15/learning-by-ear-via-mobile-in-tanzania/ Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:36:20 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/insider/?p=693
DW is now offering its distance-education program Learning by Ear to listeners in Tanzania via mobile phone following a new agreement with Vodacom Tanzania – the country’s largest mobile provider with more than 10 million customers.

By using the “Music Radio” program, Vodacom customers now have access to all of the Learning by Ear episodes as audio on demand – on all types of mobile phones. They just need to call a predetermined Vodacom number to tune in – practically turning their mobile into a remote control. No download is necessary.

Learning by Ear, Deutsche Welle’s multimedia distance-learning program, examines the challenges that young Africans face and engages listeners in an informative and entertaining way. The programming is a lively mix of in-depth reports, radio dramas and feature stories that will provide listeners with an opportunity to get the necessary skills to succeed in Africa today and to discover a whole new world of knowledge. Episodes are currently being broadcast by more than 270 partners in Africa.

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