Governance of the Association is provided by an elected six-
person Executive Committee that holds office for two years.
ExCo helps steer the AIB’s work and ensures that members’
interests are fully met. ExCo members are, from top,
Klaus
Bergmann
- DW;
Mark Bunting
- BBC;
Abubakar Jijiwa
- VoN;
John Maguire
- FMM;
Lindsey Oliver
- Bloomberg;
Margarita
Simonyan
- RT. Top
Simon Spanswick
, AIB chief executive, at
ENBA in New Delhi, January 2014
IB was established in
1993 by a group of
international broad‐
casters to serve their
needs across intelligence gathering,
promotion, networking and lobbying.
Today, as AIB enters its third decade,
the ideals that were established at
its foundation continue at the core
of AIB’s work – serving the
membership is a top priority.
VISIBILITY
It’s a membership that’s
international, and it is growing. In
the past few weeks, AIB has been
joined by satellite company SES;
three major African broadcasters
have enrolled – Nigerian Television
Authority, Cameroon Radio and TV
Corporation, and Channels TV;
London‐based news production
company TIMA has become a
member; so too have Euronews and
the TV production arm of Shell.
As the breadth and depth of
AIB’s work increases, so too does
its visibility. We’re involved with a
range of events – either chairing or
contributing to – that provide
platforms for us to talk about the
activities of our members. Already
in 2014 we’ve taken part in the
NewsNext conference in New
Delhi, attended by CEOs and
editors‐in‐chief of TV news
channels in India.
The CTO Digital Switchover
Conference in Arusha, Tanzania, is
another event that AIB is
supporting, bringing our expert
knowledge of the world’s
migration to digital broadcasting to
delegates of this high profile event.
At Mobile World Congress in
Barcelona, AIB is meeting handset
manufacturers, network operators
and app developers to start
conversations that will involve
many AIB members. We analyse
and report on developments in the
mobile industry exclusively for
As we all benefit from ever
better technical connections,
the word out there is that even
in our multiplatform age
nothing can replace
networking that’s up close and
personal – and that’s where
AIB has the edge in the global
media business, says chief
executive Simon Spanswick
AIB members.
Later this year, AIB will be
staging its own major media
summit. This will bring together
CEOs, CTOs, CMOs and editors‐in‐
chief from AIB members and
invited participants from the wider
media industry for high‐level
discussions on strategy, sports
broadcasting, news coverage,
entertainment programming and
more. Watch for details in our
online industry briefings that reach
26,000+ media leaders globally.
A firm fixture in the AIB’s
calendar are the AIBs, our annual
celebration of excellence in factual
content from broadcasters and
producers worldwide. The 2014 AIBs
will be open for entry in April and
we are inviting media professionals
in all parts of the world to join this
year’s judging panel. As we all
know, in broadcasting nothing
stands still and so the AIB Awards
are constantly evolving too. This
year for our 10th awards we’ve
formed a small group of key media
professionals to make the awards
categories even more relevant.
BUSINESS STRANDS
Resarch into members’ use of C‐
band satellite spectrum in advance
of WRC‐15; sports rights; connected
TVs; production training; mobile
partnerships; strategic advice –
these are some of the many strands
on which AIB is currently actively
working on behalf of its members.
We call AIB the global media
industry association and knowledge
network. We’ve got a wide reach
and a very personal approach. I’m
told we are the perfect ‘companion
app’ and just what’s needed to
progress business today.
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ABC International
ABU
Africa 24
Antena 3
Arabsat
arvato Systems
Babcock International Group
BBC Global News
Bloomberg
Broadcasting Board of Governors
Cameroon Radio & TV Corporation
Channel NewsAsia
Channels TV
Colors – Viacom 18
Deutsche Welle
Euronews
Eurosport
Eutelsat
France 24
GlobeCast
INSI
Intelsat
InterMedia
Islam Channel
Kazakhstan Republican TV and
Radio Corporation
KBS WORLD Radio
MBN Alhurra
Mobiles Republic
Montenegro Agency for
Electronic Media
NHK World TV
Nigerian Television Authority
Phoenix Satellite TV
RFE/RL
Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Radio New Zealand International
Radio Romania International
Radio Taiwan International
Rivinet
RRsat Global Communications
Network
RT Channel
Russian Travel Guide TV
SatLink Communications
SES
Shell TV
Spectrum Radio Network
Sunset+Vine
TIMA
Times Global Broadcasting
TVC News
TVN News & Services Agency
Vision 247
Vizrt
Voice of Nigeria
Voice of Russia
WRN Broadcast
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