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33-657: MARTa Herford is a contemporary art museum in Herford , Germany. The idea for the museum formed in 2000, drawing from Herford's status as a German center of furniture and home furnishing production. The name MARTa is an acronym for Möbel ( German for furniture ), ART (simply art in English), and Ambiente (ambience). The founding director of the museum was Jan Hoet , a noted Belgian curator. Roland Nachtigäller  [ de ] took over as director in 2009. Kathleen Rahn followed as new director in 2022. The building

66-595: A ford in the narrow Werre river . A century later, Matilda , daughter of Dietrich of Ringelheim , a count of Saxony , grew up in the abbey of Herford ; she was a descendant of the Saxon leader Widukind . In Herford she met Henry the Fowler , who later became king of Germany. In late medieval times Herford was a member of the Hanseatic League . It was a Free Imperial City, i.e. it was directly subordinated to

99-553: A day, utilising content from BBC News , IRN and BFBS's own team of Forces News reporters. The standard bulletin is three minutes long, with extended ten-minute Newsplus programmes on weekdays at 0400, 0700, 1100, 1300 and 1700 UK time. Two-minute-long news and sport headlines are broadcast on the half-hour during breakfast programming. Bulletins are broadcast around the clock on BFBS the Forces Station and BFBS Gurkha Radio, and during BFBS Radio 2's music programming. Many of

132-512: A limited amount of BFBS 2 and BFBS 3 and Sky News on a 7-hour timeshift from CET. During the day, the television channel that BFBS 2/3 broadcast on, played BFBS Radio 1. Until 27 March 2013, there were five BFBS Television services: A combined version of the four main channels, called BFBS Navy TV , was available on some naval vessels. In 2005, BFBS also began distributing commercial networks Kiss TV (previously Q ), Sky News , Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 to certain areas. It also started

165-589: A movie channel on 2 May 2008, using money that it saved following the Premier League 's decision to waive the £250,000 rights fee. In 2010, BFBS also added Nepali TV (a TV channel in the Nepali language, based in the UK) to its channel line-up for the benefit of Gurkha soldiers. This was replaced by Nepal Television (the state TV broadcaster of Nepal) on 1 March 2016. SSVC was awarded a new ten-year contract by

198-617: A new channel aimed at the British Armed Forces . It was available on BFBS, Sky channel 181 in the United Kingdom only, Virgin Media channel 274 in the United Kingdom, Freeview channel 96, Freesat channel 165, and on satellite Eutelsat 10A (10°E) alongside BFBS the Forces Station and on Astra2 satellite 28°E free-to-air. Its content was a mixture of news reports, entertainment, documentaries and features produced by BFBS. It

231-925: Is independent of the Ministry of Defence and the armed forces themselves. It was established by the British War Office (now the Ministry of Defence) in 1943. In 1944, it was managed by Gale Pedrick . Originally known as the Forces Broadcasting Service (FBS) , it was initially under the control of the British Army Welfare Service, its first effort, the Middle East Broadcasting Unit, being headquartered in Cairo . Before and after

264-668: Is the Dornberg (240 m) in the Schwarzenmoor district; the lowest point (56 m) is located in the Werretal in the Falkendiek district. The River Aa joins the river Werre in the centre of the town. The Stuckenberg is located east of the town. The Herforder EV (Ice Dragons) is an ice hockey club that has enjoyed regular success. They draw an average of 800 fans. The town was founded in 789 by Charlemagne in order to guard

297-670: Is the seat of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (Northwest German Philharmonic) which performs regularly in the Stadtpark Schützenhof as well as many neighbouring cities in North Rhine-Westphalia. Eugene Tzigane is the principal conductor designate (2010–present). The current director is Andreas Kuntze. The Stadttheater (Municipal theatre) provides seats for 706 viewers and it is served by visiting theatre companies. Herford

330-553: The BBC and ITV , flown to Germany from London, which were then rebroadcast using low-power UHF transmitters. Live broadcasts of news and sport began in 1982, using a microwave link between the UK and West Germany, extending as far east as West Berlin . The BFBS TV service used the 625-line PAL system, used in the UK as well as West Germany. By 1982, it was available at 50 sites throughout northern and central regions of West Germany. It

363-773: The Gurkha units serving with the British Army . BFBS broadcast in Malta until 25 March 1979, when British forces left the islands. It ceased broadcasts from Berlin on 15 July 1994, following the end of the Cold War , German reunification , and the withdrawal of British forces from the city, after 33 years. The BFBS Berlin frequency was given up on 12 December 1994. BFBS broadcast in Hong Kong until 30 June 1997, before Chinese People's Liberation Army replaced British forces in

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396-681: The History Channel , Sky Atlantic and previously Channel 4 and Channel 5 . BFBS Sport carries sport from BT Sport (replacing ESPN ), Sky Sports , and Eurosport . BBC Two carries children's programming from CBBC until the late afternoon or early evening, while BFBS Extra carries programming from CBeebies until the evening. Additionally, the BBC One and ITV feeds are timeshifted to hit peak time in local time zones. Channel 4 and Channel 5 later became available as separate channels in 2019. On 10 June 2014, SSVC launched Forces TV ,

429-671: The 10-hour takeover show from Camp Bastion with BFBS presenters and shout outs from the military community. It repeated the link-up in 2011. In December 2011, the UK's Smooth Radio broadcast its national breakfast show, presented by Simon Bates , from the BFBS studios in Camp Bastion. On 8 April 2012, Easter Sunday , BFBS simulcast a two-hour show with Smooth, presented jointly by Bates and BFBS's Rachel Cochrane, allowing family and friends of serving troops to connect with their loved ones. BFBS currently has three main stations: BFBS

462-674: The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 , Channel 5 and Sky , including news from BBC News , Sky News and ITN , and sport from BBC Sport and Sky Sports . BFBS also has its own programmes, including the daily news bulletin programme Daily Forces News . BFBS Television was broadcast in some areas as a terrestrial service in the clear using low-power transmitters to minimise "overspill" to non-service audiences and protect copyright. Despite this, it could be received in West Berlin , and its listings were carried in local German language magazines. However,

495-581: The Forces Station (each with regional content), BFBS Radio 2 and BFBS Gurkha Network. In addition, there are themed online stations under the BFBS branding; they are Beats, Rewind, Best of British (replaced Unwind), Edge (formerly Dirt) and Samishran. BFBS Gurkha Network broadcasts on AM and DAB in selected UK locations as well as on FM in the Falkland Islands , Afghanistan , Brunei , Nepal , Belize and on Ops. It provides programmes in Nepali , for

528-445: The Ministry of Defence commencing on 1 April 2013. Fewer overseas troop deployments and reduced budgets resulted in a change to the previous TV service. Since 27 March 2013, BFBS TV has offered timeshifted versions of BBC One , BBC Two , ITV , as well as two channels of its own. BFBS Extra offers a variety of entertainment programming from W (formerly Watch), Dave , Sky One , National Geographic Channel , ITV2 , 3 and 4 ,

561-486: The Netherlands , as well as onboard Royal Navy ships at sea via live satellite links, online at BFBS Radio , on Sky channel 0211 in the United Kingdom only, via an Astra 2 transponder and on Freesat channel 786. From 12 January 2008, BFBS began a trial period of broadcasting nationwide across the UK on DAB , which ran until 31 March 2008. Audience research carried out during the trial concluded that it

594-628: The city. BFBS also broadcast on FM in Belize , from Airport Camp near Belize City . These broadcasts could also be received in eastern parts of Guatemala . It ceased broadcasting in Belize in August 2011. The station re-opened in 2016. BFBS Radio 2: BFBS Television started in Celle , near Hanover in the then West Germany , on 18 September 1975 from Trenchard Barracks. This used taped broadcasts from

627-625: The decision was made to encrypt the signal, starting with Nicosia in April 1997 and ending with Larnaca and Limassol in May 1998. The decision was criticised by MPs in an Early Day Motion . BFBS later ended terrestrial transmissions of its TV channel in Cyprus in January 2009. However, as a result of card sharing by services personnel, BFBS TV (later BFBS 1) was available to unentitled viewers on

660-591: The emperor. This status was lost after the Peace of Westphalia (1648), when Herford was annexed by Brandenburg-Prussia . It was administered within the Province of Westphalia following the Napoleonic Wars , and made part of the new state North Rhine-Westphalia after World War II . The MARTa Herford , a museum for contemporary art and design, housed in a building designed by Frank Gehry , has been open to

693-797: The end of the Second World War various radio stations were set up, some using the FBS name, others using the name British Forces Network (BFN) , but by the early 1960s these had all adopted the BFBS name. From 1982 until 2020, BFBS formed part of the Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC), a registered charity which is also responsible for the British Defence Film Library , SSVC Cinemas (now BFBS Cinemas), and Combined Services Entertainment (CSE; now BFBS Live Events ), providing entertainment for HM Forces around

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726-579: The global Forces Community with a focus on Forces News and connecting the Forces communities around the world. BFBS broadcasts to service personnel and their families and friends worldwide with local radio studios in Belize , Brunei , Canada , Cyprus , Germany , Gibraltar , the Falkland Islands , Nepal and operational areas. In addition, BFBS the Forces Station is heard by troops in Ascension Island , Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia , Estonia, and

759-672: The island, along with other channels until 2011, when an illegal pay-TV service was closed down in a joint operation by the Cyprus Police and the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance. In the Falkland Islands , SSVC TV was originally only available to entitled viewers in Mount Pleasant , and when a repeater in Sapper Hill was installed by civilians to relay the signal to Stanley in 1988, it

792-520: The programmes on BFBS Radio 2 are sourced from BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live , including the soap opera The Archers , which was popular in Hong Kong until BFBS Radio ceased broadcasting on 30 June 1997 before the handover to China . BFBS UK is a contemporary hit 'pop' station. It is similar in style to BBC Radio 2 , playing current music and chat, as well as regular news bulletins. On 31 May 2010, BBC Radio 1 teamed up with BFBS to transmit

825-614: The public since May 2005. Its exhibits change regularly. The current artistic director is Roland Nachtigäller. The Daniel-Pöppelmann-Haus in Herford explores the history of the city, and the Memorial and Meeting Place Cell Block, in the basement of the city hall, documents the persecution and the obliteration of minorities. Plans to construct a museum of city history next to the city hall and the Minster church have been postponed. Herford

858-603: The same day as they had been shown in the UK, but timeshifted by three to four hours to take account of the time difference. This expanded the civilian terrestrial TV service as part of a digital upgrade, which included BFBS 1 and BFBS 2. BFBS 1 and 2 also became available to civilian audiences in Tristan da Cunha . British Forces and their families stationed at British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS), located at Canadian Forces Base Suffield in Canada, had access to BFBS 1,

891-678: The signal was largely confined to the British Sector, reflecting the situation with its American counterpart, AFN TV , whose signal was similarly limited to the American Sector. Until 1997, it was also widely available in Cyprus, but its signal was encrypted or confined to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia . Following complaints from local broadcasters like Lumiere TV , which had bought local rights to show English football and other programming,

924-501: The world. In March 2020, most of the properties under the SSVC umbrella were rebranded under the new BFBS and Forces brandings. On 23 July 2020, SSVC was renamed BFBS. BFBS does not carry commercial advertising. BFBS Radio operates 22 radio stations, broadcast on a combination of local DAB, FM and AM frequencies, online and on digital television. BFBS Radio is a music, news, entertainment and community service providing bespoke content to

957-522: Was designed by Frank Gehry and built by Archimedes GmbH . Construction began in 2001, and it officially opened to the public on May 7, 2005. This article about a museum in Germany is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Herford The former Hanseatic town of Herford is situated in the chain of hills south of the Wiehen Hills ( Ravensberg Hills ). The highest place

990-427: Was known as SSVC Television ( Services Sound and Vision Corporation ) between 1985 and 1997, when it reverted to the BFBS name. Today it broadcasts live via satellite . DVDs are still sent to forces serving in more remote areas. There was also a service known as Navy TV , which broadcast time-shifted versions of the channel to Royal Navy vessels around the world via military satellite . Most programmes came from

1023-449: Was shut down owing to issues related to broadcasting rights for US programming. It was only on Christmas Eve of that year that the service became available to civilian residents. Initially this consisted of prerecorded programmes brought over on cassette from the UK, meaning that they were shown two weeks after the UK, However, in 1997, the channel, by now rebranded as BFBS, was broadcast via satellite, enabling news and sport to be shown on

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1056-708: Was successful and broadcasts continued for eight years until 6 March 2017 when the service ceased due to the cost to the charity SSVC . On 1 April 2013, BFBS began a new 10-year contract for to supply all forces broadcasting service to British troops around the world and expanded its service to UK army bases formerly served by Garrison Radio . BFBS UK base stations now broadcast using DAB in Aldershot , Aldergrove , Blandford , Bovington , Brize Norton , Bulford , Catterick , Colchester , Edinburgh , Fort George , Holywood , Inverness , Lisburn , and Portsmouth . Bespoke news bulletins are broadcast every hour, 24 hours

1089-709: Was the location of the headquarters of the 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division at Westfalen Garrison , part of British Forces Germany , until the division moved to the United Kingdom in 2015. The British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) studio for Germany was located in Wentworth Barracks until 2009 when it moved to Hohne. Herford is twinned with: Herford also has friendly relations with: British Forces Broadcasting Service The British Forces Broadcasting Service ( BFBS ) provides radio and television programmes for His Majesty's Armed Forces , and their dependents worldwide. Editorial control

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