06
MEDIA MARKETS
16
AIB INTERVIEW
John Momoh, Chairman and CEO, Channels TV
48
PROFILE
Mark Kornfilt, Co-Founder and General Manager, Livestream
ISSUE 1 2015
|
CONTENTS
THIS ISSUE
FOCUS
21
32
REGULARS
21
JOURNALISM JAILED
Three Al Jazeera journalists have been jailed in Cairo for over a year. Al Jazeera’s
Heather Allan talks about getting them back
23
WE ARE ALL CHARLIE
Simon Spanswick looks at the threats to freedom of expression and press
freedom
25
ON THE RADAR
UK charity Radar turns members of marginalised communities into formidable
citizen journalists
29
SECOND SCREEN, FIRST PLACE
Miles Weaver, Innovation Programme Strategist for video monetisation company
Piksel explores what works, and what doesn’t, on the second screen
32
MOBILE IS GLOBAL
In a world where most people access media through mobile devices, BBG is
reinventing its strategy
34
WHERE THE STORY ENDS
Tom Roope, Creative Director of the Rumpus Room and #iamabroadcaster
guest, trades stories for experiences
36
TAKING TV TO COURT
Carte Blanche
won exclusive coverage of the Oscar Pistorius trial with its pop-
up channel – and broadcast South Africa’s courts for the first time
40
PUTTING CUSTOMERS FIRST
Post-production tools powerhouse Avid is reinventing the media industry
paradigm with Avid Everywhere
42
THE TRANSFORMERS
How do you gauge whether a state broadcaster is serving the public or is just a
propaganda platform? DK Akademie undertook a study to find out
45
“ENOUGH”: ALGERIA’S NEW BROADCAST LANDSCAPE
Algerian private broadcasters are flourishing, but will they appeal to an
increasingly web-savvy public?
47
EARN AS YOU LEARN
Apprenticeships are crucial to Arqiva’s skills strategy
49
THE 2014 AIBs
The winners and finalists of the tenth annual AIBs
60
PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
AIB Award winner Shaimaa Khalil talks about covering Egypt’s revolution and
the differences – and similarities – in her new post in Pakistan
60
#IAMABROADCASTER
In the wake of the digital
revolution, everyone’s a
broadcaster. We talk to the
pathfinders mapping the new
digital landscape
25
45
36
