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National Co-ordinator Frank Böhm
Head of New Formats dept at Hessischer Rundfunk

Germany
Frank Böhm, HR

HR - Hessischer Rundfunk Frankfurt/Main
website: www.hr.de
Bertramstrasse 8
60320 Frankfurt / Main

Hessischer Rundfunk is the public broadcaster for the German state of Hesse. HR broadcasts on Radio and Television it also has digital output. Its main offices are in Frankfurt. It collects licence fees from households in the region. HR is a member of ARD, the association of public service broadcasters in Germany.

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Published: 18 January 2010

IRELAND
National Co-ordinator
Kevin Burns

Ireland
RTÉ

Kevin Burns
Head of RTÉ Learn and Access

tel: +353 1 2083288

Radio Telefís Éireann - RTÉ
website: www.rte.ie

Headquarters:
Donnybrook
Dublin 4
Ireland
tel: +353 1 208 3111

RTÉ is Ireland’s public service broadcaster. It provides a broadcasting service on radio and television. It also provides associated services through its publishing, performing groups and transmission network divisions. RTÉ is a not-for-profit, dual-funded organisation with revenue generated from licence fees and commercial income. It has regional offices in Dundalk (North-East) Waterford (South-East) Cork (South) Limerick (Mid-West) Galway (West) Athlone (Midlands, North Leinster) and Sligo (North-West).

- RTÉ Television consists of two channels, RTÉ One and RTÉ Two.
- RTÉ News and Current Affairs provides the public with daily news and current affairs services via RTÉ Radio, RTÉ Television and on-line via www.rte.ie and the nuacht service on TG4 .
- RTÉ Radio consists of four stations, RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ 2fm, RTÉ lyric fm and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.

Under the terms of the Broadcasting Act 1960 and subsequent legislation, RTÉ is subject to the RTÉ Board which is appointed by the Government, but which includes a staff-elected representative and the Director-General. The Board's function is to make policy and guide corporate direction. The RTÉ Executive Board is responsible for the day-to-day running of RTÉ and is chaired by RTÉ's Director-General. RTÉ employs some 2,000 people .

RTÉ, a not-for-profit organisation, currently derives approximately 50% of its revenue from licence fees and approximately 50% from commercial income. Since 2008 the annual television licence fee is €160.

There are approximately 4.2 million inhabitants in the Republic of Ireland and 1.3 millon have TV sets. RTÉ Television provides a wide-ranging service, with RTÉ One and RTÉ Two as complementary channels, which are viewed by 55% of Irish people on an average day. The prime time adult audience share against other Irish terrestrial, UK and satellite channels is 44%. RTÉ television averages 336 hours per week with 49% of peak-time programmes coming from RTÉ and other Irish producers.

RTÉ has a nation-wide communications network with an increasing emphasis on regional input and news gathering. It has regional centres providing news and programme material for television and radio. There is a permanent correspondent based in each of the regional centres with live studio, crews and editing.

There is a production facility for the Irish-language Nuacht RTÉ and Nuacht TG4  based in Baile na hAbhann in Co. Galway, from which both programmes are transmitted on RTÉ One and TG4. A team of journalists, including three VJs, provide output to Nuacht and other RTÉ programmes on radio an television. There are Nuacht journalists in  five other regions, including two VJs and in the RTÉ headquarters in Dublin.

RTÉ also operates overseas from London , Brussels and Washington

RTÉ also maintains an extensive operation based in RTÉ Belfast covering events in Northern Ireland . The Belfast office consists of a team of journalists with crews, editing, and technical staff with a live studio permanently linked to RTÉ Dublin.
There are also radio studios at various locations around the country.

RTÉ' s Cork Studio continues to develop as a major regional programme production centre and produces the regional news magazine programme Nationwide as one of its flagship programmes.

Regional news is integrated into RTÉ's national evening news programmes, and on the Nuacht programmes on RTÉ and TG4.

RTÉ Television competes with a national commercial channel and several English-speaking television services. Most of the country receives the four United Kingdom networks and a wide range of television channels is available on satellite. Distribution of Irish, United Kingdom and satellite television is available on cable in major urban centres and suburban areas.

RTÉ Radio's four stations cover national and regional news. RTÉ Radio One produces comprehensive coverage of news, current affairs, music, drama and variety, features, agriculture, education, religion and sport. RTÉ 2fm is a popular music and chat radio station, also based in Dublin . RTÉ lyric fm caters specifically for arts and music and is located in Limerick city. RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, based in Co. Galway, is the dedicated Irish language channel. RTÉ Radio competes with local radio stations in many areas.

RTÉ Publishing produces the RTÉ Guide - the country's best-selling entertainment magazine; the RTÉ website; and Aertel - RTÉ's teletext service.

RTÉ Performing Groups Division is a major contributor to the arts in Ireland , and supports five performing groups, including the National Symphony Orchestra.

TG4 - Teilifís na Gaeilge
website: www.tg4.ie

Headquarters:
TG4
Baile na hAbhann,
Co. na Gaillimhe.
Éire
Tel.: +353 91 505050
Fax: +353 91 505021

TG4 (Teilifís na Gaeilge)  is a national television channel which began broadcasting on 31 October 1996. Over 800,000 viewers tune into the channel each day. The daily Irish language programme schedule is its core service: seven hours of innovative quality programming in Irish and a further seven hours of childrens programmes daily.

TG4 invests over €20m annually in original Irish language programming from the independent production sector in Ireland. This investment supports 340 posts in small private sector companies throughout the island.

The channel provides a daily programme schedule in Irish for children and young people. This represents an attractive and entertaining daily point of contact with Irish in a context that is totally different to school.

The channel's signal covers the island of  Ireland. It is available directly by aerial in the Republic and in Northern Ireland, to satellite Sky Digital customers throughout Ireland, on cable and MMDS in the Republic or worldwide via webcast .

TG4 is a publisher/broadcaster. The station sources its programmes from independent production companies as well as from RTÉ, the national broadcaster for Ireland. It also broadcasts a range of other programmes in English including live coverage of Dáil Éireann, the national parliament

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National Co-ordinator Polett Harman
International Relations Expert, MTVA

Hungary
MTVA

Polett Harman

mob: +36303422338

MTVA - Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap / Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund
website: mtva.hu

In January 2011 the assets of three public service media organisations were transferred to the Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA). The organisations transferred were MTV-Hungarian Television, Duna TV, MR-Hungarian Radio.

"MTVA supports the fulfilment of their tasks from its own budget, provides various administrative services as well as takes care of the production, commissioning, and/or purchase of their programs. All public service archives have been passed into the ownership of MTVA."

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Published: 18 January 2010

National Co-ordinator Eva Maria Esposto Ultimo

Italy
RAI

Eva Maria Esposto Ultimo

International Relations and European Affairs Department
Viale Severo, 246
00145, Rome, Italy
mob: +39 36 66 20 93 33

RAI Regional
website: www.tgr.rai.it

RAI regional offering is mainly made up by three television news programmes and two radio news bulletins; in addition, special programmes and news are produced in French, German, Ladin and Slovenian for the linguistic minorities in specific regions. On 20 October 2008, the TGR (Testata giornalistica regionale) started producing Buongiorno Regione in the four RAI production centres (Rome, Turin, Milan, Naples). The programme, which is broadcast live on RaiTre from Monday to Friday, from 7.30 to 8.00 am, extends the space dedicated to local information to the early morning, including two editions of the news, traffic and weather information, a presentation of the articles featured in the regional newspapers and a glance over the main appointments on the agenda. Viewers are given an opportunity to voice their opinions in «Ditelo al TGR», sending in videos, photos or e-mails to report the issues they want to air during the programme. The half-hour magazine also includes live reports dedicated to the main events occurring at local level.

The production for the national programmes goes on air during the weekend on RaiTre: financial, social, environmental and cultural issues are analysed by I nostri soldi, Bellitalia, Ambiente Italia and Italia agricoltura;  information on Europe, science and technology issues by Buongiorno Europa, RegionEuropa, Leonardo and Neapolis; relations with the neighbouring regions are the subject of Levante, Estovest and Mediterraneo; Montagne, broadcast by RaiDue, is the programme on life at high altitudes produced by TGR.

Over 700 journalists work as part of an organization with a total of 868 staff members, in a network made up of 23 regional offices throughout Italy; in addition, some decentralised offices, correspondents and ‘resident editors’.

Thanks to the launch of Buongiorno Regione (from 19 January 2009 in all regional departments), the TGR production figures have risen significantly:
• 8,000 hours of regional news broadcasts, including 550 hours dedicated to linguistic minorities;
• some 200 hours of nationwide broadcasting;
• 6,000 hours of regional radio broadcasts, including no less than 2,000 hours dedicated to linguistic
minorities;
• more than 30,000 contributions, among services and links, to national TV and radio news broadcasts and to other national network programming.

• Region - Sede Regionale Valle D'Aosta

Località Charrière,70
11020 – Saint Christofe – Aosta
Contact: Giacomo Sado  
tel: +39 0165 308202

• Region - Sede Regionale Piemonte

Via Verdi, 16
10124 Torino
Contact: Carlo Cerrato
+39 011 8104877

• Region - Sede Regionale Lombardia

Corso Sempione, 27
20145 Milano
Contacts: Ezio Trussoni
tel: +39 02 33102415

• Region - Sede Regionale Trentino

Via Perini, 141
38100 Trento
Contact: Laura Strada
tel: +39 0461 905211

• Region - Sede Regionale Alto Adige

Piazza Mazzini, 23
39100 Bolzano
Contact: Maurizio Ferrandi
tel: +39 0471 902315

• Region - Sede Regionale Friuli Venezia Giulia

Via Fabio Severo, 8
34133 Trieste
Contact: Giovanni Marzini
+39 040 37784335

• Region - Sede Regionale Liguria

Corso Europa, 125
16132 Genova
Contac: Sergio Farinelli
tel: +39 010 3568246

• Region - Sede Regionale Veneto

Palazzo Labia, Campo San Geremia 275
30131 Venezia
Contact: Giuseppe Gioia
+39 041 781216

• Region - Sede Regionale Emilia Romagna

Via Della Fiera 13
40127 Bologna
Contact: Luca Gianferrari
tel: +39 051 6374384

• Region - Sede Regionale Toscana

Largo Alcide de Gasperi, 1
50136 Firenze
Contact:
Franco De Felice
tel: +39 055 2488240

• Region - Sede Regionale Umbria

Via L. Masi, 2
06121 Perugia
Contact: Alfredo Cerrato
tel: +39 075 5686210

• Region - Sede Regionale Marche

Piazza della Republica, 1
60121 Ancona
Contact: Daniela Sodano
tel: +39 071 5896212

• Region - Sede Regionale Lazio

Largo Villy De Luca, 4
00188 Saxa Rubra, Roma
Contact: Nicola Rao
tel:+39 06 33176342

• Region - Sede Regionale Abruzzo

Via De Amicis, 27
65123 Pescara
Contact: Domenico Logozzo
tel: +39 085 4285251

• Region - Sede Regionale Molise

Via Conte Verde, 41
86100 Campobasso
Contact: Filippo Massari
tel: +39 0874 402279

• Region - Sede Regionale Campania

Via Marconi, 9
80125 Napoli
Contact: Massimo Milone
tel: +39 081 7251369

• Region - Sede Regionale Puglie

Via Dalmazia, 104
70121 Bari
Contact: Renato Cantore
tel: +39 080 5415 210

• Region - Sede Regionale Basilicata

Via Dell’Edilizia, 2
85100 Potenza
Contact: Oreste Lo Pomo
+39 0971 605244

• Region - Sede Regionale Calabria

Via Marconi
87100 Cosenza
Contact: Annamaria Terremoto
tel: +39 0984 480262

• Region - Sede Regionale Sicilia

Via Strasburgo, 19
90146 Palermo
Contacts: Vincenzo Morgante
tel: +39 091 6908269

• Region - Sede Regionale Sardegna

Viale Bonaria, 124
09100 Cagliari
Contact: Tonino Oppes
tel: +39 070 6012208