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ISSUE 2 2010 | CONTENTS

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REGULARS

18 AN INTERESTING TIME TO BE IN THIS BUSINESS

Robert Bell, Executive Director of WTA, sees opportunities for change agents 20 SOLUTIONS FOR CONTENT PROVIDERS

Lior Rival, VP Sales and Marketing, on why RRsat keeps growing in tough times 22 BUILDING A REPUTATION

How CEO Ken Armstrong is turning CET Teleport into a high quality provider 24 SOLID PERFORMANCE FOR SATELLITE PAY-TV

Euroconsult's Mounia El Bouzegaoui on world trends and prospects 28 DIGITAL TV WITHOUT THE PAIN

How Paul Bristow at ADB is making digital TV more enjoyable for consumers 30 SOCIAL TV – THE VIRTUAL WATERCOOLER?

Richard Kastelein and Dick Rempt explore the phenomenon and the forces driving development 32 THE 2010 AIBS

The categories, the judges, the sponsors and how you can be part of the big awards night on 9 November 34 MULTIMEDIA FOR KIDS

Malika Alouane, Director of Channels' Programming at Al Jazeera Children's Channel, on branching out into publishing 37 KIDS COMMUNITY

How KidsCo MD Paul Robinson is creating that kids’ community 40 EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Babcock International's Margaret Keane on a rapid response to severe flooding at the BBC's Asia relay station 43 3D TRAILBLAZER

Vizrt is out of the starting blocks with graphics for 3DTV, says UK MD Rex Jenkins 46 CHALLENGE WORLD CUP AFRICA

Eurosport's Joe McAvoy on the strategy behind their South African campaign 48 FREEVIDEO AND MORE

RT's Editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan is marking two important anniversaries 50 THE HEAT IS ON

Highlights from Deutsche Welle's Global Media Forum on climate change 52 SHEDDING LIGHT ON AUDIENCES

David Montez about InterMedia's African AudienceScapes project 54 THE CASE FOR AFRICA

Ayo Johnson of Viewpoint Africa looks at the evolving African media landscape 56 FOCUS MEDIA FINANCE

S4M's Eivind Sandstrand reports from the 2010 Media Finance Focus in Nashville 58 100% BROADCAST

David Treadway, MD of rebranded WRN Broadcast, unveils the new direction 60 MEDIA ENTREPRENEURS MIDDLE EAST

Fazal Malik practises the hands-on approach at HCT in Dubai 62 A NEW KIND OF FUSION

Islam Channel CEO Mohamed Ali Harrath is going mainstream and international

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SATELLITE & TELEPORT

How media broadcasting technology service providers on the ground are going with the times, adding ever more complex value

06 MEDIA MARKETS

14 AIB INTERVIEW Mahendra N. Vyas, Director, Essel Shyam 19 AIB NEWS

26 PROFILE Toby Hartwell, Global Marketing Director, The Associated Press

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