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AIB Industry Briefing | September 2016
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In this briefing...
NEWS |
PEOPLE |
AIB RECOMMENDS |
THE AIBs 2016
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News from the global media industry
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New 24 hour news channel for France
Franceinfo
is a new 24 hour TV news service
on digital television across the nation. A collaboration between
France Télévisions
,
Radio France
,
France Médias Monde
and the
Institut national de l'audiovisuel
, franceinfo plans to stand out from the "hystericalisation of news" prevalent on commercial news channels, according to its senior management. The new TV channel builds on the long-established
franceinfo
radio brand.
NHK World investigates the body's potential
How far can athletes push the limits of their body? The question is central to an exclusive NHK documentary about Russian synchronised swimmers Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina. They won back-to-back Olympic golds in the duet competition. Using cutting-edge video technology and breathtaking imagery, scientists deliver an unprecedented analysis of the physiological factors behind the pair's underwater prowess. The result is a spectacular exploration of the human body's full potential.
Russia's Golden Mermaids is part of the Miracle Body strand, airing on NHK WORLD on 24 September at 1510 and 2110 and on Sunday 25 September at 0310 and 0910 GMT.
Intelsat 36 launches successfully
Intelsat
has successfully launched the Intelsat 36 satellite from French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle.
Built for Intelsat by Space Systems/Loral (SSL), Intelsat 36 is designed to enhance Intelsat's media neighbourhoods serving Africa and the Indian Ocean regions. The Ku-band payload was built to support MultiChoice, the leading direct-to-home platform in South Africa. The C-band payload provides in-orbit resilience for Intelsat's leading video content distribution neighbourhood at 68.5° E. Intelsat 36 will be collocated with Intelsat 20.
"Intelsat 36 is a testament to our dedication to working closely with our customers in Africa to support critical growing infrastructure needs in the region," said Stephen Spengler, Chief Executive Officer, Intelsat.
Arqiva distributes live Red Bull sport
Arqiva, the communications infrastructure and media services company, has today announced a new partnership with multi-platform media company
Red Bull Media House to distribute live video sports content to international broadcasters.
As part of an exclusive multi-year occasional use (OU) partnership, Arqiva will be responsible for distributing the content, and delivering it globally through Arqiva's teleports to the rights takers.
Red Bull hosts a range of sports events across the globe, including the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series and the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. Though the exact schedule has yet to be confirmed, one of the key sports Arqiva will handle as part of the contract is the second season of its
Beach Volleyball
coverage.
Gabon media under pressure
According to media observations by BBC Monitoring,
Gabon has been suffering from a partial media blackout since the country was plunged into post-electoral violence on 31 August. BBCM says that traditional media outlets have been severely affected by the crisis, forcing Gabonese to turn to foreign outlets for news. Internet connectivity in the country has been down since the declaration on 31 August of the re-election of President Ali Bongo, though there are unconfirmed reports that the internet may have been restored in the capital Libreville on 5 September. Access to social media platforms, however, is reportedly still blocked.
Ruptly meets Xinhua
Cooperation among media organisations of the BRICS countries enables the voices of emerging economies to be better heard, He Ping, editor-in-chief of the
Xinhua News Agency, said at a meeting with the CEO of Berlin-based news and video agency
Ruptly .
Media co-operation between the BRICS countries, that include the world's major emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa,
can help build a more just international media order, according to He.
Mr He told visiting head of the Ruptly news agency Xenia Fedorova that Xinhua is willing to strengthen cooperation with Russian media organisations to promote mutual understanding and friendship.
Vietnam pushes YouTube channels
Vietnam is moving into the YouTube age as its national and regional broadcasters launch channels on YouTube and invest in programming exclusively for the online world. National broadcaster VTV has launched VTCTube, attracting what it says is more than 80 million viewers - in a country with a population of around 90m. The country's young programme makers and production staff are travelling to places like Singapore and Korea to learn new skills and gain new insights into modern TV programming.
Read the full story
here.
IABM and AIB announce strategic partnership
The Association for International Broadcasting
has unveiled a strategic partnership with
IABM
. AIB represents 70 major international broadcasters and has an active community of 27,000 senior executives in media companies in over 160 territories; IABM membership comprises 450+ broadcast and media technology
suppliers worldwide. The partnership brings together both ends of the industry to create opportunities for conversations that will dramatically increase understanding and cooperation across the entire media ecosystem.
"IABM members have been keen for us to help promote dialogue, cooperation and understanding between them and end-users and so this partnership will be warmly welcomed both by our members and the wider industry," said Peter White, IABM CEO (pictured).
Read more on the story here.
IBC opens its doors
The annual IBC conference and exhibition gets underway this week (Thursday 8-Tuesday 13 September). Some 50,000 people will descend on Amsterdam to see more than 1,600 exhibitors and hear from expert speakers from across the world. The AIB will be there - CEO
Simon Spanswick will be joining Peter White for a conversation on IABM TV, as well as visiting the AIB's Members who are exhibiting. We're looking forward to the keynote session featuring
Sir Martin Sorrell in conversation with
Ray Snoddy on Friday - doubtless the topics will include Sorrell's "Common Ground" initiative that brings together the major advertising agencies to assist the UN Sustainable Development Goals. And that's something that the AIB is working on (see following story).
If you need a break from the RAI exhibition centre, you could sample some great food - see our guide to the AIB's favourite
restaurants in Amsterdam
here.
AIB working on sustainability
The Association for International Broadcasting has started a series of work around sustainability in broadcasting that is designed to help its Members - and the wider media industry - to operate their businesses with less impact on the environment. Part of the work involves assisting with best practice for broadcasters and production companies. Another strand of the AIB's work is designed to help broadcasters cover issues around sustainability and climate action effectively and proactively.
The AIB has published a briefing note for broadcasters and production companies to provide a range of simple suggestions about how to make day-to-day operations more sustainable. You can read the briefing note here.
The media industry is now exploring how it can work together to follow the advertising agencies' lead in working to ensure the success of the SDGs - and the AIB is collaborating with the United Nations and the World Bank on an initiative that will be announced in the coming weeks. Watch the
AIB website
for more information.
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The
AIBs - judging about to start
The entries are in, the short-listing has been completed - now it is the turn of our global panel of
judges to find the winners among the record number of entries submitted to this year's
AIBs.
"The quality of work we have seen in this 12th international competition is truly remarkable," says AIB awards co-ordinator, Clare Dance. "We are privileged to see so much quality journalism from broadcasters and producers around the world, across TV, radio and online. This year's competition is going to challenge our judges more than ever. We're looking forward to seeing the results on November 2nd!"
The AIBs 2016 will be presented at our gala evening in London on Wednesday 2 November at LSO St Luke's. Tables are already being booked so it's going to be another sell-out event. And we're introducing a new event the day after the awards - details will be announced in mid-September, along with the shortlist for this year's AIBs.
And the AIB is pleased to welcome MediaGuru as a second sponsor of this year's awards, joining global communications company Eutelsat. India-based Pixel Party are once again providing the graphics support for the AIBs.
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AMSTERDAM, 8-13 September 2016
The IBC conference and exhibition returns to Amsterdam in September. The event is the premier annual event for professionals engaged in the creation, management and delivery of entertainment and news content worldwide.
AIB will be in attendance, along with many of the Association's Members. Contact us for more information and to arrange to meet us.
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iO Media Group launches LNS
The iO Media Group has been working with small, medium and large news and sports organisations around the world, for decades. While they have vast experience of setting up and running international scale, 24 hours news channels, it was while working with smaller organisations that they realised the need for work flows and news room systems designed specifically for smaller operations, based on less complex systems, which were easier to operate and yet achieve everything the bigger systems could do, without their increased complexity. Also important was the ability to operate webcast and appcast applications, without double handling and increased manpower. The iO Media Group's aim was to achieve a broadcast, webcast and appcast system at the touch of a button. After thorough development, over many years, the iO Media Group has announced the Live News System (LNS) which they launch at IBC in September.
Find out more about LNS here
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New Euronews COO
Euronews has announced that
François Schmitt has been appointed as the group's Chief Operating Officer, with a seat on the Executive Committee.
As part of its NEXT strategy, Euronews has set up a new department charged with the operational management of broadcast and digital products that Schmitt will lead
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Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation gets new CEO
Seymoun Mekonen
has been appointed as the chief executive of the national broadcaster, EBC. Mekonen was formerly head of the Amhara Mass Media Bureau. EBC operates three nationwide TV channels.
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New edition of
The Channel
The latest edition of the AIB's international media magazine,
The Channel, is now available. In digital page-turning edition with the option to download a PDF version,
The Channel is the only global media magazine covering all platforms and subjects from programming to technology to strategy.
Click
here, or on the image below, to read the latest issue.
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