Engnews December 2016

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FW: AudioNow & Radio Free Asia Launch Major Digital Initiative

by Rohit Mahajan

From: AudioNow [mailto:elan@audionow.ccsend.com] On Behalf Of AudioNow Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2016 2:50 PM To: mahajanr(a)rfa.org Subject: AudioNow & Radio Free Asia Launch Major Digital Initiative Having trouble viewing this email? Click here <http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1102254001789&ca=f7ae8d26-…> <http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?a=1102254001789&r=3&c=88b98e30-07f6-11e6-a610-d4a…> News From AudioNow <https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs122/1102254001789/img/162.png?ver=1…> & National Television Authority <https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/d7e4573a001/c2f57249-2aa8-4d29-86e9-6…> Radio Free Asia Launches Major Digital Initiative With Multilingual Audio Mobile Streamer App by AudioNow® December 8, 2016 - Washington, D.C. Radio Free Asia, a private, nonprofit multimedia news corporation broadcasting in nine East Asian languages, and AudioNow®, the leading mobile platform for broadcasters, today announce a new state-of-the art mobile app to expand the reach of RFA’s global audio content, RFA Mobile Streamer. Available here: <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jNTq7DjtwPHBFd1BgGYjQvbsGWQaC8KuH-MoAg90BOxF…> Download the app on the Google Play store <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jNTq7DjtwPHBFd1BgGYjQvbsGWQaC8KuH-MoAg90BOxF…> Download the app on the iTunes store The centerpiece of the AudioNow®-produced app is RFA’s award-winning investigative brand of domestic journalism via its audio programs, serving audiences in six Asian countries who otherwise lack access to reliable news and information. In-language programming by RFA Cantonese, Khmer (Cambodian), Korean, Lao, Mandarin, Myanmar, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Vietnamese is streamlined for an “audio-only” experience, where listeners can choose how to hear favorite programs over voice or data plans. “RFA’s mission is to bring reliable, accurate news and information to people living in closed Asian countries,” said Rohit Mahajan, RFA’s Director of Public Affairs and Digital Strategy. “This app, which RFA is proud to launch with AudioNow®, provides a great way for people in Asia to access RFA’s programming and audio content through their mobile phones and devices.” Headquartered in Washington, D.C. since 2008, AudioNow® has become the leading developer of innovative, in-language apps for global and local broadcasters designed around listener engagement unique to communities and broadcaster genres. App Splashscreen <https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/d7e4573a001/62610337-b447-4fdb-bf42-7…> App Screenshot <https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/d7e4573a001/efb14cd1-c8ba-4366-8a69-2…> RFA Mobile Streamer includes features that enable users to: * Listen to dozens of radio news programs in all of RFA's nine languages on demand; * Choose between listening to audio over your phone cellular connection or data connection to save money and bandwidth; * Save on data costs with the Low-Bandwidth Mode in the settings; * Share audio content by e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and other social media services; * Download podcasts, allowing listeners to access programs offline; and * Users will soon be able to submit their citizen journalist content to RFA (allowing users to send text, photos, audio files, or video –- giving access to content in a variety of forms). This specific feature will be available in the upcoming weeks. In addition to RFA, AudioNow® app partners include VOA, BBC, ESPN 980, WTOP, Radio America, Multimedios, CCTV, Radio Television Caraibes, United Nations, and apps in over 50 languages. For more information, contact Rebecca Walker at: Rebecca.walker(a)audionow.com About Radio Free Asia Radio Free Asia is a private, nonprofit corporation broadcasting and publishing online news, information, and commentary in nine East Asian languages to listeners who do not have access to full and free news media. RFA’s broadcasts seek to promote the rights of freedom of opinion and expression, including the freedom to “seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” RFA is funded by an annual grant from the Broadcasting Board of Governors. About AudioNow® & AudioNow Digital AudioNow®, based in Washington, DC, USA, is the leading in-language mobile distribution platform in the world. With broadcast partners on every continent, AudioNow® extends the reach of radio by connecting mobile listeners to their favorite radio stations in two ways: through its acclaimed Call-to-Listen™ system, and through our industry-leading mobile apps. AudioNow® serves more than 5,000 radio broadcast partners around the world, broadcasting radio by phone in over 100+ languages, to over 7 million unique listeners across 140+ nationalities and ethnic groups. AudioNow® partners include global leaders such as the United Nations, BBC, RFI, Voice of America, Entravision, talkSPORT, C-SPAN and IMG College. Our platform connects users to breaking news, sports, faith, talk, and much more, resulting in 4 billion minutes of listening time annually. Apps from AudioNow® Digital are designed for a “two-way” engagement experience between the station and its audience. 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RFA Breaking News: Tibetan Self-Immolates in China’s Gansu Province

by Paul Eckert

Tibetan Self-Immolates in China’s Gansu Province Dec. 8, 2016 - A Tibetan living in northwestern China’s Gansu province self-immolated on Thursday in the first such protest in Tibetan areas of China since May, Tibetan sources say. The protest took place at about 7:00 p.m. local time on a main road leading from the Machu (in Chinese, Maqu) county center to the Machu Bridge, a local source told RFA’s Tibetan Service. “Many who saw the protest said the self-immolator was praying to [exiled spiritual leader] the Dalai Lama,” RFA’s source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Not long after, Chinese police arrived and took the self-immolator away,” the source said. No details on the protester’s identity or condition were immediately available. The protest brings to 146 the number of self-immolations by Tibetans living in China since the wave of fiery protests began in 2009. Most protests feature demands for Tibetan freedom and the return of the Dalai Lama from India, where he has lived since escaping Tibet during a failed national uprising in 1959. Reported by RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Karma Dorjee. Written in English by Richard Finney. View this s tory online at: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burns-12082016120643.html Radio Free Asia is a private, nonprofit corporation broadcasting and publishing online news , information, and commentary in nine East Asian languages to listeners who do not have access to full and free news media. RFA ’s broadcasts seek to promote the rights of freedom of opinion and expression, including the freedom to “seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” RFA is funded by an annual grant from the Broadcasting Board of Governors. If you no longer wish to receive RFA news releases, send an e-mail to engnews-leave(a)rfanews.org . To add your name to our mailing list, send an e-mail to engnews-join(a)rfanews.org . ##### All media inquiries may be sent to Rohit Mahajan at mahajanr(a)rfa.org .

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Radio Free Asia Launches 'A River in Peril: The Mekong Under China's Control'

by Rohit Mahajan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 6, 2016 Contact: Rohit Mahajan 202 530 4976 mahajanr(a)rfa.org Radio Free Asia Launches 'A River in Peril: The Mekong Under China's Control' Project Investigates Dams, Development, through Eyes, Experiences of People in Six Countries cid:image003.jpg@01D24FB4.6531DD40WASHINGTON - Radio Free Asia <http://www.rfa.org/english/> (RFA) today launched a multimedia investigative web series examining the impact of China's rapid development on the Mekong River and the communities downstream. "A River in Peril: The Mekong Under China <http://www.rfa.org/english/news/special/riverinperil/> 's Control" tells the story of Southeast Asia's longest river, on which more than 60 million depend for their food, drinking water, and livelihoods. Relating personal accounts from people of all walks of life from six countries in addition to analysis by some the world's foremost authorities on the Mekong, the project follows on RFA's award-winning 2009 web series "The Mekong Diaries <http://www.rfa.org/english/multimedia/MekongProject/mekongVideo-02272013110 500.html> ," which chronicled the early stages of the major waterway's damming. "This is an underreported story," said Dan Southerland, the chief editor of RFA's six-part series of blogs and photos, as well as a forthcoming e-book on the plight of the Mekong. "I call it the slow death of a river, which has had an untold effect on the many millions who rely on the Mekong's health and viability." The river's slowly developing crisis rarely gains much attention from mainstream Western media or the state-controlled press in several Southeast Asian countries. This is partly because of a lack of transparency from regional governments and developers over plans by China, Laos, and Cambodia to build more dams. RFA revisited many locations from its 2009 series in China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, interviewing people who have both witnessed and endured the drastic changes since then. Among those interviewed were Laotian villagers who complain that their government tells them little about the impact of dams built in Laos. "A River in Peril" explores these stories and more in reporting on the dire environmental, health, and commercial consequences that have been felt by numerous communities and individuals living along the river as a result of Chinese industrial development and dam building. People featured in the project's blog series include Cambodian villagers who demonstrate against their government and block bulldozers sent in to destroy their village and make way for a new dam; a Thai teacher who organizes villagers to stand up against Chinese-backed enterprises that pollute the villagers' drinking water; and farmers and fishermen in Vietnam's heavily populated Mekong Delta who complain that upstream dams have blocked the sediment needed to refresh their soil and riverbanks. Offering expert commentary are Brian Eyler, Southeast Asia Director at the Stimson Center; Dr. Ian Baird of the University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Dr. Pham Tuan Phan, Chief Executive Officer of the Mekong River Commission. # # # Radio Free Asia is a private, nonprofit corporation broadcasting and publishing online news, information, and commentary in nine East Asian languages to listeners who do not have access to full and free news media. RFA's broadcasts seek to promote the rights of freedom of opinion and expression, including the freedom to "seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." RFA is funded by an annual grant from the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Rohit Mahajan | Radio Free Asia | Director of Public Affairs and Digital Strategy <mailto:mahajanr@rfa.org> mahajanr(a)rfa.org | O: 202.530.4976 | M: 202.489.8021

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