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The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service – Ríkisútvarpið, or RÚV for short - is an independent public service broadcaster, comprising television, radio and online services. The main objective of the National Broadcasting Service is to inform, educate and entertain. This triple role is reflected in its mission to provide the public with reliable news service and culture and entertainment content of the highest quality. We place particular attention on the Icelandic language, the history of the nation, cultural heritage and an active dialogue with the public. We furthermore place special focus on quality programming for children and young people. RÚV’s Archives are open and accessible to the public. RÚV is managed by an executive board made up of nine members, nominated by the Parliament and elected during a General Assembly in January each year, and by a management board chaired by the director-general. Among the emphases in the new strategy are upgraded services for young people; closer collaboration with the creative arts; more open development of ideas; news coverage in greater depth and a major drive in drama production. The strategy was unveiled at a conference on the future of media in the Broadcasting Centre on Efstaleiti. RÚV‘s history spans over 80 years with regular radio service starting in 1930. Television broadcasts begun in 1966 and the website RUV.is was launched in 1996. Today RÚV is comprised of the following services: • TV channels: RÚV, RÚV 2 • Radio channels: Rás 1, Rás 2, Rondó • Internet and mobile platforms: www.ruv.is, podcasts and apps

Bíó Paradís (lit. “Cinema Paradise“) is a new independent cinema in the centre of Reykjavik, screening the latest arthouse releases, special genre films, repertory cinema, documentaries, shorts, animation and experimental films. It opened for business on September 15th 2010. Bíó Paradís especially emphasizes Icelandic films of all types, old and new. Bíó Paradís is also the centre of activies of the annual Reykjavik International Film Festival and several smaller festivals, such as The Reykjavik Short Film Days, Reykjavik Shorts & Docs and others. The cinema features a café/bar that provides delicious beverages (coffee, beer, organic light drinks), supremely good pop corn and candy but first and foremost it is a place where one can sit down in a good atmosphere, listening to vinyl records and enjoying a good conversation. The cinema has four screens; Screen One has a capacity of 205 seats, Screen Two sits 130, Screen Three 46 and Screen Four 38. Bíó Paradís succeeds Regnboginn (The Rainbow), an older cinema located at the premises since 1977. Regnboginn was the first multiplex cinema built in Europe. It ceased operations on June 1st 2010. Bíó Paradís is run by the non-profit organisation Heimili kvikmyndanna (Lit. “The Home of Cinema”). The organisation was founded by The Association of Icelandic Film Producers, The Filmmakers Association, Film Director’s Guild Iceland, Reykjavík International Film Festival and The Cinephiles Society. It has received financial support from the City of Reykjavik and The Icelandic Film Centre. It also enjoys collaboration with all the main film distributors in Iceland, The National Film Archive, The Icelandic Film School and other bodies of film education.

Morgunblaðið is a daily newspaper, published by Árvakur, which also runs Iceland’s most popular news site, mbl.is; Iceland Monitor news site in English; Finna search engine; the radio stations K100 and Retro, Edda book publishing and Landsprent printing plant.