Czech Republic News Station

I watched a Czech Rebulic's news broadcast. Unfortunately, I don't know how to speak Czech, but I found some similarities that the Czech news station had to our news stations in the U.S. First of all the broadcast opened with the cheesy news station music that U.S news stations have. I found that pretty funny. Also, the news anchor interviewed the news reporter in the same fashion that our news stations do when they are unable to be videotaped. The reporter's picture was shown on full screen while his voice was being recorded talking about the news story. There were these red, space-like, graphics flowing in the background of the story that I found to be eerie. The whole news broadcast I found to be creepy. The lighting at the station was also very dark. I also found it interesting that the news anchor's head was fully shaved. I have never seen a news anchor in the U.S that had his head shaved. Overall, I thought this was an interesting experience to watch a new broadcast of another country.

I found this broadcast on http://beelinetv.com/ under Czech TV- 400 Ceska TV, Czech Republic Media

TW1 - Vienna's Televison Online

Just like the radio station, I found this webpage to be just as fascinating. TW1 is a German station, so of course I couldn't understand a word spoken or written, but the set up is similar to an American news webpage. TW1 gives whether, sports, marketing/press and other news in real time format. - I would like to say at the time of my surfing its was -4 degrees celsius. I guess we as Americans figure that we're the best technology wise. These past blog experiences have opened my eyes to see how other countries communicate not only with there own people, but us as well. The site should be looked at by anyone who agrees with what I am saying.

http://www.tw1.at/jart/prj3/tw1/website.jart?rel=de&content-id=1139274198293&reserve-mode=active

Oh, and the Volkswagon car was shown as one of the advertisements!

104.1 2day in australia

first I just want to say that is it really cool that i can sit in my small room in Salem, MA, USA and be listening to a radio station that is broadcasting from Australia. i was really hoping to get a station from S. Africa but i couldn't get one to work. however, here i am listening to ads for all these events and items from australia, being amazed by the power of the radio. With web streaming, the internet has taken radio to the next level. we come from a generation that never really apperciated the radio. it was not our source of entertainment or information, but now with the internet, it has become bigger and can reach more people. all of the advertising on these stations not only reach those in the country but everyone listening over the web. you never really realize how much the world is connected. we all listened to some station some place far away. also you see how much popular culture is very similiar in different places. on the sites are pictures of the same artist we admire in the united states and as i listen the same song i sing to play on the station. its interesting how similiar the current generations are no matter where in the world they are living.

www.2dayfm.com.au

Barousse FM in France

It’s really cool that you can look up other streams from other countries. I just wish I could speak French now so that I could browse through the site and know what I was clicking on. It’s a culture shock to see pictures of artists and know who they are but not be able to listen to the song because the titles are in French. It would be really cool to listen to the music in French, but I am not sure what to click on to be able to listen. The web site is only set in orange and white and is not as active as the KISS sites. They have different links to play lists, music and a lot of other stuff that I cannot read. It’s really cool and makes you realize that there are other countries out there that have access to the web, which can also access the USA.


http://perso.orange.fr/radiotune65370/

Radio Station in Bahamas

How awesome is it that you can listen in on radio stations around the world through the internet? I was amazed when I saw the list of countries that I was able to access radio stations from. I chose a radio station in Bahamas called 100 Jamz, which is based in Nassau, Bahamas. Their website reminded me a lot of Boston's Jam'n 94.5 image. They both are hip-hop/rap stations. Also, the fonts and colors used on their website are similar to Jam'n 94.5's theme. I thought this similarity was very interesting considering that the Bahamas is so far away from the U.S and also so different in culture, yet our hip-hop radio stations have the same theme. I am very interested to look into more radio stations around the world. I find music and culture to be facinating.

http://www.100jamz.com/contact.html

Radio Via Web

I never thought that the radio stations across the world would work through links provided by MIT. Call me skeptical. Well to my amazement it actually worked and I found myself intrigued by the concept of listening to one of Ireland's radio stations from my desk. The alternative music blasted from my speakers as I sat stupified that this could actually be happening. The website also allowed the surfer to listen to pod-casts and look at recent playlist from the station. There were an array of nodes that one could access hundreds of links. It's amazing how far we've come in the world of communications via web. The capabilities seem endless. The stations played decent tunes, although not my favorite genre. It's absolutely worth checking into for the set-up and the different nature of the website and the station itself.

http://www.radio2xs.com Ireland's Alternative Radio

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Spring 2007 Class Starts Here!

Welcome, new students, to the Advertising in the Global Village blog. The posts below were from the fall class. You might want to browse through them to get a sense of what the blogging assignment is all about.