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MEDIA MARKETS
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AIB INTERVIEW
Prof Dr H Nwana, CEO, Dynamic Spectrum Alliance
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AIB NEWS
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PROFILE
Alla Salehian, CEO, TIMA
ISSUE 2 2014
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CONTENTS
THIS ISSUE
FOCUS
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REGULARS
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THE DSO OPPORTUNITY
Emeka Mba outlines Nigeria’s milestones on the road to DSO and the National
Broadcasting Commission’s strategy
22
DSO – WHERE ARE WE NOW?
Pham Nhu Hai of the International Telecommunication Union gives the broad
picture of DSO transition around the world
26
CHOICE FOR AFRICA
How Mayo Okunola at Nigerian pay-TV provider Consat is changing the African
TV landscape
28
OPENING UP THE SKY
SkyNet’s Win Naing shares his experiences of establishing pay-TV in Burma
30
THE AIBs 2014
The categories, the judges, the sponsors and how you can be part of the big
awards night on 5 November
35
PERSUADING BY DESIGN
Turan Ali, the new director of Radio Netherlands Training Centre, explains his
approach to media training
36
CAMERA IN THE SKY
For Tom Hannen and Owain Rich of the BBC’s Global Video Unit and RUPTLY’s
Ahmet Cakan, camera drones provide creative and newsgathering possibilities
40
OUT OF THE CORPORATE SHELL
Shell has been expanding into branded content – but it’s not branded content as
we know it, explains Shell’s Sven Herold
43
SCALING UP VIDEO
AFP’s video business is not only catching up fast but forging ahead, says
AFPTV’s Marie-Noëlle Vallès
46
EURONEWS’ AFRICAN SISTER
Michael Peters on why he believes strongly in the Africanews project, in
partnership with TeleCongo
48
MYANMAR EMERGING
As Burma is opening up to the media, the BBC’s Tin Htar Swe and Channel
NewsAsia’s May Wong tell us how reporting conditions are changing
52
MULTI SCREEN INDIA
MSM Asia’s Neeraj Arora on the challenges of a changed distribution dynamic
and business models in the digital world
54
NEWS WITH BENEFITS
Henrik Eklund explains his vision of what crowd-curated video news service
Newstag might achieve
56
VISION OF THE FUTURE
Demos of the new Dolby Vision technology leave viewers stunned – Dolby’s
Roland Vlaicu has the background
48
DIGITAL MIGRATION
2015 or bust? A look at the
reality of digital switchover
in major economies and the
developing world
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