Public Broadcasting of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas sabiedriskais medijs, lit. 'Latvian Public Media' – LSM) is a publicly funded radio and television organization operated by both of Latvia's public broadcasters – Latvian Television and Radio Latvia. LSM provides news, analysis, culture, entertainment and new experimental content, produced mainly by Latvian Television and Radio Latvia, and by the portal’s editorial personnel. The site was launched on 3 February 2013.[1] LSM content is also available in Russian and English.[2] News content in English was made available from 1 July 2014.[3]
A unified news portal was one of the steps planned in a much wider convergence of both public broadcasters. In 2012, Latvia’s National Electronic Media Council (NEMC) approved the concept of creating a new Latvian public service media organization.[4]
NEMC members had to decide from 3 different scenarios:
partial convergence (institutional independence, but both media to engage in joint projects);
full convergence with a single board and management;
new single, minimal media (new structure itself would only produce news and current affairs programmes).
NEMC chose the second proposal, and approved its realization, including a unified internet platform as a new Latvian public service media, on 7 January 2013.[5]
LSM.lv in its first year showed rapid growth. According to Google Analytics, the news portal reached 200,000 – 250,000 page views per month, at the end of 2013 page view statistics doubled.[6] In the first year of activity LSM has explored the role and importance of social media in order to reach audiences and bring them to the news portal.
According to an article, published on 3 February 2014, during first month 60% of all links to the site were from social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and draugiem.lv. In fact, statistics shows decrease in audience numbers brought by social media after first month of increased interest. And as well a lack of activities on social media platforms such as Facebook.[6] The peak of page views in November 2013 is objective possibly due to the increased interest in the site following the Zolitūde shopping centre roof collapse.
In its second year of activity the portal was ranked among the 10 most popular sites in Latvia by Reach. By February 2015 lsm.lv reached 16.92% of the audience according to “Gemius” data. That placed the unified news portal 10th[7] – its highest ranking so far. The increase in ranking can be explained by a lessening of fragmentation of the public broadcasters presence online.
Until the end of 2014 Latvian Television and Radio Latvia operated separate domains – ltv.lv and latvijasradio.lv. In order to strengthen the position of Public Broadcasting of Latvia among other internet resources in Latvia, they both became sub-domains under lsm.lv as ltv.lsm.lv and latvijasradio.lsm.lv respectively.[8]
After upgrading their broadcasting technology, both TV channels and content on the REplay.lv and LSM began a gradual switch to Full HD (1080p) from SDTV on 19 May 2021 for cable and online broadcasts (the switch for free terrestrial operators is scheduled for 2022).[9] The LTV News Service programs (Panorāma etc.) marked their switch to 1080p on 30 August by unveiling a new studio and visuals.[10]
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External links
LSM news in English
Official site of LSM (in Latvian)
Overview of NEMC (in Latvian)
LTV official site
January 21, 2023
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Public Broadcasting of Latvia Latvian Latvijas sabiedriskais medijs lit Latvian Public Media LSM is a publicly funded radio and television organization operated by both of Latvia s public broadcasters Latvian Television and Radio Latvia LSM provides news analysis culture entertainment and new experimental content produced mainly by Latvian Television and Radio Latvia and by the portal s editorial personnel The site was launched on 3 February 2013 1 LSM content is also available in Russian and English 2 News content in English was made available from 1 July 2014 3 Public Broadcasting of LatviaTypePublic service broadcasting and news portalIndustryMass mediaFounded3 February 2013 9 years ago 2013 02 03 HeadquartersRiga LatviaArea servedInternational primarily Latvia ProductsBroadcasting Radio Web portalsServicesTelevision RadioOwnerGovernment of LatviaWebsitehttp www lsm lv A unified news portal was one of the steps planned in a much wider convergence of both public broadcasters In 2012 Latvia s National Electronic Media Council NEMC approved the concept of creating a new Latvian public service media organization 4 NEMC members had to decide from 3 different scenarios partial convergence institutional independence but both media to engage in joint projects full convergence with a single board and management new single minimal media new structure itself would only produce news and current affairs programmes NEMC chose the second proposal and approved its realization including a unified internet platform as a new Latvian public service media on 7 January 2013 5 Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditLSM lv in its first year showed rapid growth According to Google Analytics the news portal reached 200 000 250 000 page views per month at the end of 2013 page view statistics doubled 6 In the first year of activity LSM has explored the role and importance of social media in order to reach audiences and bring them to the news portal According to an article published on 3 February 2014 during first month 60 of all links to the site were from social networks such as Facebook Twitter and draugiem lv In fact statistics shows decrease in audience numbers brought by social media after first month of increased interest And as well a lack of activities on social media platforms such as Facebook 6 The peak of page views in November 2013 is objective possibly due to the increased interest in the site following the Zolitude shopping centre roof collapse In its second year of activity the portal was ranked among the 10 most popular sites in Latvia by Reach By February 2015 lsm lv reached 16 92 of the audience according to Gemius data That placed the unified news portal 10th 7 its highest ranking so far The increase in ranking can be explained by a lessening of fragmentation of the public broadcasters presence online Until the end of 2014 Latvian Television and Radio Latvia operated separate domains ltv lv and latvijasradio lv In order to strengthen the position of Public Broadcasting of Latvia among other internet resources in Latvia they both became sub domains under lsm lv as ltv lsm lv and latvijasradio lsm lv respectively 8 After upgrading their broadcasting technology both TV channels and content on the REplay lv and LSM began a gradual switch to Full HD 1080p from SDTV on 19 May 2021 for cable and online broadcasts the switch for free terrestrial operators is scheduled for 2022 9 The LTV News Service programs Panorama etc marked their switch to 1080p on 30 August by unveiling a new studio and visuals 10 See also EditLatvijas Televizija Latvijas RadioReferences Edit Par mums Lsm lv Retrieved 6 November 2017 LSM LV www lsm lv LSM launches English language service Lsm lv Retrieved 6 November 2017 1 dead link NEPLP Country report Latvia April 2013 Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 1 June 2015 a b LSM LV pirmais gads Latvijas interneta vide Lsm lv Retrieved 6 November 2017 gemiusRating Rating gemius com Retrieved 2 February 2019 Cinoties par ietekmi tirgu arvien vairak interneta portalu apvienojas zem viena domena Gemius lv Retrieved 6 November 2017 Latvian Television switches to HD resolution Lsm lv 19 May 2021 Retrieved 4 September 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Latvian Television unveils new setup Lsm lv 30 August 2021 Retrieved 4 September 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link External links EditLSM news in English Official site of LSM in Latvian Overview of NEMC in Latvian LTV official site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Public Broadcasting of Latvia amp oldid 1112994363, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
