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THE CHANNEL
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JANUARY08
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SIMON SPANSWICK
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
he AIB is an increasingly
influential networking
organisation and industry
association – which is why more
companies are enrolling as
members. Bloomberg Television
and Thomson are the two latest
major organisations that have joined the AIB,
bringing their expertise and knowledge to the
organisation and sharing in the intelligence
network that the AIB provides to all its
members.
Our members describe the AIB as a
“networking club par excellence”, bringing
together opinion-formers across the industry
and providing a wide range of contacts that help
members get business done.
The AIB does much more. We have a first rate
intelligence-gathering service that informs our
members about developments in the industry
and provides analysis that helps them in
developing strategy in the ever more complex
international media industry. We celebrate
excellence and reward success in our annual
Media Excellence Awards (you can see who won
our 2007 Awards in the special supplement in
this edition of The Channel). We bring people
together through our top-level, invitation-only
working dinners held in key cities around the
world. We report and promote through this
magazine and our online newsletter – together
these publications reach more than 25,000
people. We provide contact data and market
updates in our annual AIB Directory of Global
Broadcasting. We encourage the sharing of ideas
among members through our regular conference
calls.
And we offer genuine cost-savings through
specially-negotiated discounts at industry
events, such as the FT Digital Media and
Broadcasting Conference and IPTV World Forum
taking place in the first quarter of 2008 and at
events such as the Arab Broadcast Forum and
Middle East Broadcasting Summit later this year.
Significantly we don’t just look inwards. We
look at what is happening around the industry
and in related sectors. Mobile telephony, digital
design, social networking – all these are having
an impact on traditional broadcasting and we’re
making sure that the AIB and its members have
information, data and intelligent analysis to help
them enter new markets and attract new
audiences.
With all this going on, life at the AIB is busy
and stimulating for the whole team – but we
wouldn’t have it any other way. So do talk to us
about what the AIB can do for you. We’re keen to
start a conversation with you.
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THE LATEST FROM
THE AIB
We look at
what is
happening
around the
industry -
mobiles, social
networking,
digital design
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MEMBERS
Platinum
demonstrating commitment to international
broadcasting and support for the industry
and the AIB at the highest level
Gold
demonstrating strategic support of
international broadcasting and the AIB
Corporate
demonstrating an active role in
international broadcasting
Al Arabiya; Al Hurra/Radio Sawa; ABU
- Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union;
APTN - Associated Press Television
News; ABC Radio Australia; Autocue;
Broadcasting Agency of Montenegro;
Broadcasting Board of Governors
(BBG); Deutsche Welle; Getin Media;
GlobeCast; Hellas Sat; InterMedia
Survey Institute; The Islam Channel;
Linx Productions; Media Asset Capital;
Norcom Information Technology;
Pharos Communications; Quantel;
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty;
Radio France Internationale; Radio
Netherlands; Radio New Zealand In-
ternational; Radio Prague; Radio Ro-
mania International; Radio Taiwan
International; RadioScape PLC; RRSat;
S4M Media Solutions; Teletrax Limited;
Vizrt; VT Communications; Voice of
Nigeria; Wohler Technologies; WRN