Family & Media
Family & Media is one of Europe’s largest listeners and viewers associations with 22,000 Individual Members and 31 Corporate Members (churches/missions/denominations). One of the goals of Family & Media is to promote Christian broadcasting in Norway and around the world. The association has been instrumental in the development of local FM-radio and a national channel for tv, Frikanalen, serving civil society in Norway. Family & Media owns part of Kristen Riksradio, a national radio initiative serving local radios with Christian programming.
Part of Family & Media also owns an association for parents: Kids and Media (BarneVakten) with members from different faiths and interest groups (www.kidsandmedia.org).
Family & Media aims to represent the interest of its members by taking an active part in public life through media commentaries in the press, radio and TV. Part of this is the involvement in media policy issues in Norway and the European Union.
The Internet Newsletter Nyhetsbrevet is widely quoted in the Norwegian daily and periodic press. You find us on the Web at www.fom.no and www.barnevakten.no
Inspiration Network International
Inspiration Network International (INI) is one of four networks owned by The Inspiration Networks. INI serves 118 nations throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand and features a unique blend of programming from the United States and Europe for the entire family. Launched in 2005, INI is distributed through cable systems and strategic direct-to-home (DTH) satellites, including BSkyB, Multichoice Africa, Sky Italia, FreeTV and Freesat. Today INI reaches more than 80 million households. In addition, INI can be viewed anywhere in the world through broadband internet IPTV. To learn more visit www.ini.tv.
Trans World Radio
There isn’t a minute in the day when Trans World Radio (TWR) isn’t telling someone, somewhere, about the love of Jesus. From humble beginnings more than five decades ago in Tangier, Morocco, Trans World Radio has become one of the most far-reaching Christian media networks in the world.
TWR exists to assist the church in fulfilling the command of Jesus Christ to make disciples of all people. In today’s ever-changing world, TWR is committed to using the latest technology to develop innovative ways to take the unchanging message of the Gospel to people everywhere.
Today, the TWR media network includes partners, offices, studios, and broadcasting facilities in more than 70 countries, airing programmes in over 225 languages and dialects from more than 2,000 outlets around the world; this includes 14 superpower transmitters, a vast network of local medium wave (AM), shortwave, long wave, and FM radio stations, direct-to-listener satellite broadcasts, cable audio systems, and the internet. Through this massive, multi-platform international network, TWR’s broadcasts reach a potential audience of hundreds of millions of people every day in more than 160 countries. In Europe, TWR works with the network of 31 National Partner organizations in 30 countries.
Just as Christ came to us too and met our needs where we were in a way we’d understand, TWR’s programming brings the gospel message straight into people’s homes, cars, and workplaces, speaking relevant truth directly into their lives in ways they understand. TWR is reaching the world for Christ through mass media so that lasting fruit is produced.
Visit www.twr.org for more information.
ERF Medien in Switzerland
ERF Medien in Switzerland – with 42 employees – is the largest Christian media organization in Switzerland. Since 1973, the purpose of ERF Medien Switzerland is to address the claims of the Gospel as well as discussions about faith issues in radio and TV. The programmes are supplied to local and international stations. ERF Medien produces and broadcasts the TV programme “FENSTER ZUM SONNTAG” and the radio station “Life Channel”.
In Switzerland approximately 20 private stations request radio programmes from ERF Medien on a regular basis. Short clips, reports, portraits and the coverage of current events form part of the range of programmes. Since 1995, ERF Medien – together with its partner ALPHAVISION – produces the 30 minute-TV programme “FENSTER ZUM SONNTAG” on the national TV channel SF2 every week. In October 2005, ERF Medien started the first and only Christian radio station “Life Channel” with a full programme in the German- speaking part of Switzerland, which can be heard via cable network, internet and bluewin TV and, since September 2008, via satellite Astra.
Together with its international partner organization TWR (Trans World Radio), ERF Medien broadcasts programmes in more than 220 languages worldwide. Furthermore, ERF Medien annually produces around 250 German-speaking programmes for the international partner organization ERF Germany. Moreover, ERF Medien Switzerland supports the humanitarian aid projects “Woman of Hope” and “Africa challenge”. ERF Medien is confessionally and politically neutral. The supporting constituency is made up of members of the state churches and a large variety of evangelical churches, and the organization is funded by donations and legacies, sponsorships, advertising and publishing income.
ERF Medien is well established in their programmes with Swiss local radio broadcasters and the national TV channel SF2. About 500 programmes are broadcast annually on local stations and an average of 100,000 viewers watch “FENSTER ZUM SONNTAG” every weekend. It seems that the ERF Medien staff is able to edit the Christian programmes in a way that is of interest and attracts a wide selection of the Swiss population.
For further information:
ERF Medien Switzerland
P.O.Box 383, CH-8330 Pfaeffikon/ZH, Switzerland
Phone: +41 44 953 35 35, Fax +41 44 953 35 01
www.erf.ch
Hanspeter Hugentobler, CEO
Email: hanspeter.hugentobler@erf.ch
Verena Birchler, Director of Communications
Email: verena.birchler@erf.ch
International Media Ministries
International Media Ministries (IMM) is based in Madrid, Spain.
Madrid is a great media resource centre. Now that we are located in the Spanish language world, our connection with Latin and South America is more active. We continue to focus on the things that IMM has become known for over its rich 21 year history – training students, consulting with developing nations, providing engineering help, and producing programmes in partnership with a wide variety of broadcasters. All of this – to establish a global witness of Christ through media.”
IMM is a part of the Assemblies of God World Missions programme. Their contact information is:
International Media Ministries
APDO 2001
28801 Alcala de Henares
(Madrid) SPAIN
tel: +34 91 879 3947
info@imm.edu
www.imm.edu
Christian Vision
Christian Vision is a non-profit charitable company founded in the United Kingdom on biblical principles by Bob Edmiston in December 1988.
The company has its head office in West Bromwich, England, just 10km from the city of Birmingham. Christian Vision has other facilities in the United States, Brazil, Chile, Zambia, Mozambique, Angola, East Timor, India and Australia.
Christian Vision is committed to bringing people into a relationship with Jesus and has developed a number of global strategies to achieve this, including “Touch a Billion” – using Christian broadcasting to introduce listeners to Jesus and “Impact a Nation” – a series of Mission projects which aim to improve the spiritual climate of a Nation.
More information about us and what we do can be found at www.christianvision.com
ERF Medien
ERF Medien: The broadcaster for a whole lifetime – “Good News” via radio, TV and the Internet
Wetzlar, Germany (ERF). “The broadcaster for a whole lifetime” – that’s the slogan of ERF Medien (Wetzlar). The Christian media enterprise offers programming aimed towards both the young and the old, the healthy as well as those who are ill, both Christians and non-Christians, women and men. Founded in 1959, the ERF was one of the first private broadcasters in Germany to spread the gospel through the media, first via radio, and now also on TV and the internet. The 230 staff desire to implement ERF’s slogan through a wide variety of journalistic endeavours. ERF is a multifaceted German media company, providing quality content via radio, television and the Internet, all serving to help people discover and deepen faith in Jesus Christ and to live this out within their churches and society.
Financed almost solely through donations, ERF has an annual budget of approximately 14.5 million Euros. In 2001, a foundation was established to further financially support the ministry. ERF is the media partner of various denominations in Germany including the Lutheran Church, Evangelical Free Churches and many others and considers itself to be a broadcaster for evangelicals in Germany.
Since March, 2009, ERF has had its own TV and radio broadcast channel. ERF produces some of its own programs such as “Hof mit Himmel” (Courtyard to Heaven) and “Gott sei Dank!” (Thank God!), current affairs magazines, features, documentaries, life-style magazines and talk-shows. On Sundays, worship services from various churches all over Germany are broadcast. External productions, for instance from ERF Switzerland, are also broadcast. In addition, the film “Jesus”, based upon the gospel of Luke, is broadcast every night, rotating through more than 20 languages.
ERF 1 can be received via digital signal through the satellite ASTRA, through an increasing number of cable networks, and also on the internet (www.erf.de) and through apps on mobile phones. Selected programs from ERF are also being broadcast by other networks such as DAS VIERTE, rheinmaintv, bw family.tv and approximately 25 other regional networks. In addition, ERF 1 also provides the opportunity to listen to three different audio signals including the well-known and appreciated ERF Radio, ERF Pop and Life Channel in Swiss German. This is only one example of the cross-medial networking of programming offered by ERF Media.
ERF Radio offers a wide range of programmes such as early morning devotionals, current affairs magazine programmes, call-in programmes, and modern Christian pop music. Over 1,000 volunteer writers contribute to the programming content. ERF Radio broadcasts around the clock via ASTRA Satellite using both analogue and digital signals and also via cable networks in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria (Munich), southern Hessen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Thuringia, and Saxony. ERF Radio is also available on the Internet (www.erf.de) and on the telephone. In addition, ERF broadcasts for several hours (in the mornings and evenings) on Am/MW 1539 kHz. In addition to the radio channel, ERF Media also produces the web radio channel, CrossChannel.de, which is aimed towards teens and young adults from 14 to 25. (www.CrossChannel.de). Since April, 2009, ERF Pop is available on the web with music and content for the middle generation. All three radio programs can be received per livestream (www.erf.de) or by using various apps.
No other media has found a place in everyday life as quickly as the Internet. It is an extraordinary medium for challenging people to consider faith issues, helping people to grow in their faith, and linking Christians together, for instance on the internet portal www.erf.de where ERF presents daily, up-to-date and true-to-life inspiration in addition to the livestreams mentioned above and their corresponding media centres.
On www.mehrglauben.de (‘more faith’), ERF seeks to make the Christian faith evident and understandable to contemporary society in interactive ways, an effort that is supported by more than 100 volunteer workers and cooperative partners. As a side effect, well-engineered technical solutions are generated, which are offered as services to business customers through ERF mediaservice GmbH.
ERF was founded in 1959 and made its first broadcast in 1961. ERF stays in close contact with its listeners, viewers of its TV channel and those accessing its internet site. Hundreds of calls, emails, faxes and letters reach its headquarters following each broadcast. ERF puts a strong emphasis on service – each enquiry is answered personally. ERF offers information about its programs, for instance tips about literature and contact to churches, counselors, help centres, and therapists. Listeners and those watching the TV channel send in personal questions about life to ERF, and each of these enquiries receives a competent and confidential answer. ERF has a Germany-wide network of counselors available to its listeners, TV viewers, and internet users alike. This is greatly appreciated by its listeners.
Programs broadcast by ERF are not only in German. In Germany and beyond, ERF contributes to the cost of broadcasts in 45 languages. For those living in German-speaking regions, ERF produces ten foreign-language radio programs. Together with its international partner, Trans World Radio, ERF is helping to spread the Gospel in over 200 languages throughout the world.
ERF’s bi-monthly broadcast guide “ANTENNE” has a circulation of 115,000 copies and is available in Germany for an annual fee of 15 Euros. Contact ERF Medien, 35573 Wetzlar, Phone: +49 (0)6441 957-0, Fax: +49 (0)6441 957-51120, E-Mail: info@erf.de, Internet: www.erf.de
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