{"id":33935,"date":"2018-09-03T07:24:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T11:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=33935"},"modified":"2018-09-03T07:24:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T11:24:38","slug":"encompass-digital-media-has-signed-a-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-babcocks-media-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/encompass-digital-media-has-signed-a-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-babcocks-media-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Encompass Digital Media has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Babcock\u2019s Media Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Satellite-dishes-buildings-urban.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33937\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Satellite-dishes-buildings-urban.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Pawe? Czerwi?ski on Unsplash\" width=\"650\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Satellite-dishes-buildings-urban.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Satellite-dishes-buildings-urban-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Satellite-dishes-buildings-urban-624x405.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to an <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor who shares this item which was originally posted by Kai Ludwig on the Shortwave Sites email group. Kai writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There is a new name to get familiar with:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.encompass.tv\/encompass-to-acquire-babcocks-media-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Encompass to Acquire Babcock&#8217;s Media Services<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"YnpssMiJBh\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.encompass.tv\/encompass-to-acquire-babcocks-media-services\/\">ENCOMPASS TO ACQUIRE BABCOCK\u2019S MEDIA SERVICES<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;ENCOMPASS TO ACQUIRE BABCOCK\u2019S MEDIA SERVICES&#8221; &#8212; Encompass Marketing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.encompass.tv\/encompass-to-acquire-babcocks-media-services\/embed\/#?secret=e4vwus0SMV#?secret=YnpssMiJBh\" data-secret=\"YnpssMiJBh\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Note the statement from Encompass about their reasons for purchasing Babcock\u2019s Media Services. It does not mention the word &#8220;radio&#8221; at all. Seems to me that radio distribution will in future be just a legacy service, kept in the same way Babcock already keeps the traditional stuff of World Radio Network after they likewise took over this company three years ago. Just consistent with the observation quoted at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisGreenwayUK\/status\/1022963699374596099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisGreenwayUK\/status\/1022963699374596099<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cShortwave is on its last legs\u201d a BBC colleague told us yesterday. OK, but the Chinese government still feels it necessary to jam many SW channels with their \u201cFiredrake\u201d music, as they were doing this evening on 9355 kHz, to stop their own people from hearing voices from abroad <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bM9oenliOx\">pic.twitter.com\/bM9oenliOx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Greenway (@ChrisGreenwayUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisGreenwayUK\/status\/1022963699374596099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The sports stuff mentioned in the statement is this:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/babcock.media\/latest\/001017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/babcock.media\/latest\/001017\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a picture is worth thousand worths, so just compare the photos from 2004<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/travelseries.de\/trav2004\/trav04_4.htm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addx.org\/textarchiv\/04-23-18-20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click to access 04-23-18-20.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>with the current ones of what has in the meantime developed into a TV\/video NOC:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/babcock.media\/virtual-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/babcock.media\/virtual-tour\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I would be surprised if Encompass keeps the former WRN HQ, because they already have a facility in London:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.encompass.tv\/encompass-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.encompass.tv\/encompass-london\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to an SWLing Post contributor who shares this item which was originally posted by Kai Ludwig on the Shortwave Sites email group. Kai writes: There is a new name to get familiar with: Encompass to Acquire Babcock&#8217;s Media Services ENCOMPASS TO ACQUIRE BABCOCK\u2019S MEDIA SERVICES Note the statement from Encompass about their reasons [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3,43],"tags":[790,788,7275],"class_list":["post-33935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-babcock-international-group","tag-babcock-international-group-bbc","tag-encompass"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8Pl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2546,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/bbc-world-service-awards-200m-contract-to-babcock-international-group\/","url_meta":{"origin":33935,"position":0},"title":"BBC World Service awards \u00a3200M contract to Babcock International Group","author":"Thomas","date":"January 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio Today) Babcock International Group has won a 10-year contract to continue providing radio and TV transmission and distribution services to the BBC\u2019s World Service. 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