When a bookmobile broke down last winter in rural Vermont, patrons, especially preschoolers, really missed it. Then a donor, who heard an NPR story about the rolling library's demise, came up with over $100,000 for a replacement. The town can't believe its good fortune. Vermont Public Radio's Charlotte Albright reports.

Copyright © 2012 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: To Zimbabwe now, where elections are in 2008 elections were marred by extreme violence. Now, elections are once again on the horizon.

May 18, 2012, 10:35 am Guatemala-U.S. World Cup Qualifier on PPV Only By JACK BELL There may be more live soccer games on television available in the United States than nearly any other place in the world, but the United States World Cup qualifying match at Guatemala on June 12 will not be one of....

A study commissioned by Altia Eesti and carried out by TNS Emor indicated that the consumption of wine has increased by 18% in Estonia in 2011, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.

Copyright © 2012 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. NEAL CONAN, HOST: Facebook hopes to raise more than $100 billion tomorrow in a monumental initial public stock offering.

During television upfront week, NBC reached for Broadways stars for several new series, James Murdoch appeared at a Fox party, and USA and the CW tapped show fans to work up excitement.

Nearly 30% of radio listening is now digital but digital audio broadcasting (DAB) radio slipped back in the first three months of the year.Digital platforms accounted for 29.2% of all listening in ...

Rajar figures reveal a fall in listeners using DAB radios but an increase in those who tune in online or use apps Nearly 30% of radio listening is now digital but digital audio broadcasting (DAB) radio slipped back in the first three months of the year. Digital platforms accounted for 29.

Estonian government approved on Thursday of the needs-based student support bill, to enable students from low-income families to fully focus on their studies, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.

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Target to Achieve Subscriber Base of 3 million in Anhui Province within the next 3 YearsHong Kong, May 17, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - Heng Xin China Holdings Limited ("Heng Xin China"/"the Group")(SEH...

WWE (NYSE:WWE) and D-Smart today announced a two-year television distribution deal that brings WWE's weekly flagship television programs WWE Raw® and WWE Smack...

I lead a dog's life. Good food. Long walks. A fulfilling job chasing off the mailman. So what's all this about a television channel that's created just for Fido? Dog TV says it's "the first television channel for dogs," with "scientifically developed" 24/7 programming full of frisky hounds like me....

Culture Minister Ed Vaizey says an estimated 945,000 households which use signal amplifiers to boost their television reception could be affected by improved mobile signals.

Eton, the name behind solar-powered sound systems and emergency radios, is updating its disaster-preparedness portfolio with the new FRX series of self-powered radios. The FRX 1, FRX 2 and FRX 3 use hand-turbine energy to keep the internal lithium ion battery juiced, and all include a glow-in-the-dark indicator, LED flashlight and DC input.

Children's television programmes including Blue Peter and Newsround will be moved off BBC1 and BBC2 as part of the corporation's cost-cutting measures.

The programme, which has been broadcast on either BBC1 or BBC2 for the past 60 years, will instead be shown on CBBC.

Estonian Riigikogu foreign committee chairman Marko Mihkelson, who met on Wednesday in Tallinn with Russian Federation Council foreign committee chairman Mikhail Margelov, said that parliamentary dialogue at the committees level has been restored now, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.

TALLINN - Shipping company Tallink, which earned 37.5 million euros of profit last year, will not pay any dividends to its shareholders, Public Broadcasting reports. Tallink's council and b...

Children's television programmes including Blue Peter and Newsround will be moved off BBC1 and BBC2 as part of the corporation's cost-cutting measures.

Children's television programmes including Blue Peter and Newsround will be moved off BBC1 and BBC2 as part of the corporation's cost-cutting measures.

Digital TV reruns enable humanity to learn and bond. Over and over. WE ALL eventually experience a ''Wait, did I just get old?'' moment. These unsettling realisations are not medical, but cultural. Knowledge you attain just from being alive, which anchors you to the world and is so pervasive as to....

The BBC is under financial and competitive pressure: the TV licence fee, which funds the broadcaster, was frozen by Chancellor George Osborne in 2010 for six years in the face of inflation and increasing costs. BBC One is the Beeb’s most popular TV channel with 47 million viewers, according to BARB,....

An analysis of TNS Emor indicates that Estonians drank 11% more alcohol in 2011 than in 2010 and the consumption of strong alcohol also grew, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.

The BBC Trust confirms children's shows will no longer be shown on BBC One and BBC Two after digital switchover.