H2onews
| Company type | Limited |
|---|---|
| Founder |
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| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Services | Catholic Multimedia Information, Medias Production |
Number of employees | 40 |
| Website | h2onews.org |
H2onews is a Roman Catholic multimedia production agency established in 2006 with headquarters located at Rome, Italy.
Description
[edit]H2onews creates and distributes multimedia news about the life of the Church[1] and social or cultural events that directly pertain to Catholics living in the world. The news are produced in nine languages :[2][3]
- Italian
- English
- Spanish
- French
- Portuguese
- German
- Hungarian
- Arabic
- Chinese
The agency uses an important correspondents network around the world and an assembly/production platform in Rome. After translations and video assembly, the news are uploaded on the internet site or directly sent to the main partners. The videos are also available on the H2onews iPhone application.[4][5][6][7] H2onews is also one of the creators of the Vatican's Channel on YouTube[8]
Project Genesis
[edit]H2onews was born during the First World Congress of Catholic Television in Madrid in October 2006, hosted by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. H2onews springs from the Pope’s request to use modern methods of communication for evangelization and promoting peace and development (cfr. World Social Communications Day, May 8, 2005).
Name
[edit]H2O is the chemical formula for water, a vital element. Then, in Christian tradition, water is a symbol of life, purification, salvation and renewal.
Partners
[edit]Catholic information producers or Catholic TV are the main partners of H2onews. The most important are :
- Vatican Television Center
- Vatican Radio
- Salt + Light Television
- Popular television
- KTO
- EWTN
- Cançao Nova
Editorial Philosophy
[edit]H2onews takes a Catholic point of view based on the official position of the Church's authorities.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Article Title[usurped]
- ^ "H2onews – Streaming the Catholic Faith | Fr. Stephen, MSC". stephencuyos.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
- ^ "Catholic San Francisco". www.catholic-sf.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25.
- ^ "The Church and the iPhone: Pope application coming to the App Store | iPhone applications | iPhone Games | iPhone Game Reviews | iPhone Tips |iPhone News updated daily. | iPhone Footprint". Archived from the original on 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
- ^ "Pope Benedict Launches Facebook and iPhone Apps". Mashable. 22 May 2009.
- ^ "Vatican blesses iPope app for Jesus Phone". The Register.
- ^ "息与子五十路中文字幕,男人不超过三分钟是怎么回事,男生自慰出精过程免费观看,人妻尝试又大又粗久久".
- ^ "Ruth Gledhill - Times Online - WBLG: Vatican on YouTube". Archived from the original on 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2010-06-21.