"Extending its broadcast to new media platforms, RFI launches a multiplatform mobile application enabling people to listen news bulletins and programs from RFI and its subsidiaries Monte Carlo Doualiya, and RFIRomânia, live and on-demand. Powered by Mobiclip™, the service enables users to stay informed all over the world in 13 languages: French, English, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Persian, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Romanian, Hausa and Kiswahili. The application can be downloaded for free on all connected mobile devices running Apple iOS, Android, Symbian, Windows-Mobile and soon Bada operating systems. RFI and its subsidiaries are now available for almost all smartphone users." -- Interesting that this press release never spells out "Radio France International." Monte Carlo Doualiya, formerly known as Radio Monte Carlo, broadcasts in Arabic from a medium wave transmitter in Cyprus and via FM outlets in several Arab countries. RFIRomânia is RFI's extensive Romanian programming and network of FM affiliates in Romania. So how many people will actually listen by this means? (Mobiclip press release/Kim Elliott http://www.kimandrewelliott.com/)
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Radio France International audio available via new app
"Extending its broadcast to new media platforms, RFI launches a multiplatform mobile application enabling people to listen news bulletins and programs from RFI and its subsidiaries Monte Carlo Doualiya, and RFIRomânia, live and on-demand. Powered by Mobiclip™, the service enables users to stay informed all over the world in 13 languages: French, English, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Persian, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Romanian, Hausa and Kiswahili. The application can be downloaded for free on all connected mobile devices running Apple iOS, Android, Symbian, Windows-Mobile and soon Bada operating systems. RFI and its subsidiaries are now available for almost all smartphone users." -- Interesting that this press release never spells out "Radio France International." Monte Carlo Doualiya, formerly known as Radio Monte Carlo, broadcasts in Arabic from a medium wave transmitter in Cyprus and via FM outlets in several Arab countries. RFIRomânia is RFI's extensive Romanian programming and network of FM affiliates in Romania. So how many people will actually listen by this means? (Mobiclip press release/Kim Elliott http://www.kimandrewelliott.com/)
