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British Telecommunications
BT Group plc is the listed holding company for the BT Group of companies,
while British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly owned subsidiary.
BT is one of the world’s leading providers of telecommunications services
and one of the largest private sector companies in Europe. Its principal
activities include local, long distance and international telecommunications
services, Internet and broadband services and IT solutions. In the UK, BT
serves more than 28 million exchange lines as well as providing network
services to other licensed operators.
The company is organised in to self-contained business units:
· BT Ignite, an international broadband network business, focused primarily
on corporate and wholesale markets;
· BTopenworld, an international, mass-market Internet business;
· BT Retail, serving end-business and residential customers; and
· BT Wholesale, selling network capacity and call terminations to other
carriers.
Further businesses make up the BT Group, including BTexact Technologies,
an internationally renowned engineering and technology research and
development business.
Globecast NewsForce
GlobeCast – the broadcast services division of France Telecom – is the world leader
in professional broadcast, enterprise television and Internet delivery via satellite.
Operating satellite transmission centres in Europe, America, Asia, Australia,
the Middle East and Africa, GlobeCast offers the complete range of satellite
broadcast solutions, including TV channel distribution, secure satellite Internet
delivery, satellite newsgathering, direct-to-home distribution, sports
programming backhaul, programme origination, studio production, special
events mobile production, language conversion and audio distribution.
The regional GlobeCast unit serving Europe; the Near & Middle East; and
North and Sub-Saharan Africa – provides access to the company’s global
assets through its international teleports and sales offices in London, Paris,
Madrid and Rome, as well as through regional sales offices in Beirut.
International Broadcasting Bureau
Under the supervision of the presidentially-appointed Broadcasting Board
of Governors, the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) provides
administrative, marketing, and engineering support for U.S. government-
funded, non-military international broadcasting services. Broadcast elements
include the Voice of America (VOA), the Arabic-language Radio Sawa for
the Middle East, Radio and TV Marti for Cuba, and WORLDNET Television
and Film Service. In addition, the IBB provides engineering and program
support to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia.
The IBB was established by the International Broadcasting Act of 1994,
which also created the nine-member, bi-partisan Broadcasting Board of
Governors. The IBB was initially part of the U.S. Information Agency (USIA).
When the USIA was disbanded in October 1999, the IBB and BBG were
established as independent federal government entities.
Newmembers join AIB
The AIB is delighted to announce three new major members.
With a growing membership covering television and radio broadcasters, satellite companies, transmission
providers, consultants, manufacturers and service providers, the AIB brings together the key players in the
industry.
African Broadcast Network
Autocue
AWR - Adventist World Radio
British Satellite News
British Telecommunications plc
Channel Africa
CNBC Europe
Dalet A.N.N
George Jacobs and Associates
GlobeCast NewsForce
InterMedia
International Broadcasting Bureau
Lextronix Inc
National Association of Shortwave
Broadcasters
ND SatCom
NPR Worldwide
Radio Canada International
Radio Free Asia
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Radio Miami International
Radio New Zealand International
Radio Polonia
Radio Prague
Radio Romania International
Radio Sweden
Radio Taipei International
Radio Vlaanderen International
SES-Astra
TDP
VT Merlin Communications
World Radio Network
You/Com Telecommunicatie B.V.
AIB Members
At January 2003
Serving the international
broadcasting industry
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